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Kris Kobach in the News: “What Do God and President Obama Have in Common?”

By immigrationprof

I6a00d8341bfae553ef01156fc307e9970c-800wi ImmigrationProf in June reported that law professor and anti-immigrant advocate KRIS KOBACH, not a stranger to controversy, is running for Kansas Secretary of State.  The Washington Independent reports that Kobach is in hot water again.  Kobach, who has been campaigning for photo ID requirements at the voting booth, recently spoke at a Republican Party barbecue and told a joke, “ask[ing] what President Obama and God had in common, with the punchline being neither has a birth certificate.”  Not surprisingly, Democrats objected.

Despite the fact that President Obama’s citizenship was settled long ago, conspiracy theorists abound about the alleged efforts to maintain secrecy over the President’s lack of U.S. citizenship.  Now, Kobach seems to be seeking to tap into the “birther movement.”

UPDATE (July 20):  Julia Preston of the N.Y. Times has a profile on Kobach’s immigration “fight.”  It fails to mention this latest campaign faux pas. 

KJ