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Hannity: Birtherism Has “Never Been My Issue,” But “I Don't Know, I Can't Tell” If Obama's Birth Certificate Is Real

Written by Media Matters Staff

Published 05/17/12 6:55 PM EDT

From the May 17 edition of Premiere Radio Networks' The Sean Hannity Show:

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Previously:

Hannity Again Tries To Distance Himself From Birtherism

Hannity Hannitizes Trump's Birtherism: “He Said It Was Peculiar That [Obama] Won't Release” Birth Certificate

Hannity Wonders Why Trump's Birtherism Is “So Toxic,” Asks Panel For Their Birth Certificates

Hannity Says Obama Was Born In The U.S. But Demands That He “Show The Stupid Birth Certificate”

Hannity Wages All-Out Campaign To Promote Birther Conspiracy Theory

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