Racist Birther Attacks On VP Kamala Harris Draw Attention To Facts About Presidential Eligibility

Vice President and 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign rally in Atlanta, Georgia, on July 30, 2024. | Source: ELIJAH NOUVELAGE / Getty

You may have heard the rumor that Kamala Harris isn’t eligible to be president because neither of her parents was born in the United States and they had unclear citizenship status when Harris was born in Oakland, California, in 1964.

That’s the false claim that some Harris opponents have begun recirculating since...