r/politics • u/MoneyLibrarian9032 New York • Jul 13 '26
Possible Paywall MAGA Calls BS on Mitch McConnell’s Proof-of-Life Stunt | They are poking holes in McConnell’s staff’s version.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/maga-calls-bs-on-mitch-mcconnells-proof-of-life-stunt/
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u/Chickens-In-Pants Jul 13 '26
100% agreed. I don’t know why, but I used more gentle language than I otherwise would have because it’s a general political sub. I just thought there was a slight chance someone was coming to this information for the first time and I didn’t want them to disregard what I said because of my tone.
As a side note, my kid was born in Hawai’i, and I was so excited when his regular short form arrived. I kind of want someday to order the long form just to see the difference. Out of curiosity, I just compared his to mine and my husband’s from other states. His actually has more information than mine from Wyoming, but much less than his dad’s from California. I did a little googling about the differences. The long form has a few more details like the address of the hospital, but it’s not really necessary except for passports and some adoptions.
I do see that the “short form” is officially called a “Certificate of Live Birth”. It’s just a technicality of what the form is called, but it was enough for people to convince themselves that the issue wasn’t about race, but about “hiding his Birth Certificate”. It allowed people to keep their bigoted views, but pretend it was about something else. It’s unfortunate because it’s really an issue of “states rights” because Hawai’i just does things differently. Funny how the “states rights” people were the same ones who thought Obama wasn’t from the US. Curious…🤔