Unless, of course, she was later persuaded to deny her statement. But that wouldn't mean anything. As far as I know, she said what she said. And his village in Kenya has a sign proclaiming that it is his birthplace.
I’m sorry, but I don’t believe your claim regarding a sign. Please cite the source for your info. The only sign picture I’ve seen is the Photoshopped one with Arabic on it (fake).
Read this. It explains how his defenders 'think' it was.
I’ve never heard that the grandmother’s statement was “debunked”. “ ===============================
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Of all the statements made the Kenyan grandmother is the one easiest to believe. I can’t remember the source who reported her statement, but I too missed any debunking of her statement. Trump has started a range fire. Obama will now have to spend some of his “billion dollars” trying to stamp it out.
Unless, of course, she was later persuaded to deny her statement.
We don't actually know what she said. Unless you know Lao and can do a translation of the tape.
The first time she supposedly said he was born in Kenya -- in the BBC interview -- she only said that he was a "son" of the village or region. That doesn't necessarily mean he was born there.
McRae took this as an assertion that Obama was born in Kenya, which it isn't. So you can understand why McRae's transcript of his own conversation with her may not be the most reliable translation.
Recall what "debunked" means, in media parlance.
It means that the New York Times said it was debunked.
For example, one day, the Swift Boaters were a story. The next day, the New York Times announced their claims had been "debunked" -- without presenting any evidence whatsoever to that effect.
Thereafter, their claims -- whatever they were -- were always identified as "debunked".
More like she was told to shut up.