Politics | birther Now Obama Tells Birther Joke Last month, Dems slammed Romney for making similar joke By Mark Russell Posted Sep 9, 2012 5:42 AM CDT Copied President Barack Obama, right standing, points at Andre Wupperman, far left, during an unschedule stop at Gator's Dockside yesterday in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) Apparently Mitt Romney isn't the only presidential candidate who likes to make a birther crack, because President Obama chimed in with his own yesterday. While at a campaign stop in Orlando, Obama was told a 6-year-old boy at the table was born in Hawaii. "You were born in Hawaii? You have a birth certificate?," joked Obama, reports the Hill. Obama's campaign was considerably less amused over Romney's August comment, saying the country didn't need a "birther-in-chief." Read These Next English tests pull thousands of truckers off the road. Author of bestselling memoir about depression dies at 35. ChatGPT is going to get sexy. Lots of people are worried. Andrew is still a prince, but he's no longer a duke. Report an error