Hawaii Governor Looking to Silence 'Birthers' by Releasing Birth Data - The Epoch Times

Hawaii Governor Neil Abercrombie said he wants to release more information about President Barack Obama"s birth data to prove wrong the so-called Sbirthers," who claim Obama was born somewhere else, according to a CBS report on Tuesday.

Abercrombie told CBS affiliate KGMB that people who think Obama was born in another country and thus is not truly eligible to be president of the United States, are incorrect.

According to the report, the birthers have attempted to get Hawaii to release data on the president"s birth, but that is not allowed under U.S. law. Abercrombie, a Democrat, said he will attempt to find a way to get around this hurdle to defend Obama.

"This has to do with the people in Hawaii who love him, people who loved his mom and dad," Abercrombie told the news station over the weekend. "This has to do with the respect of the office that the president is entitled to."

He said that the birthers are making claims against the president for political reasons, according to a separate report by the Los Angeles Times.

Abercrombie said he had a longterm friendship with Obama"s parents and recalled seeing Obama when he was a small child.

"He had a friendship with Mr. Obama's parents, and so there is a personal issue at hand," spokeswoman Donalyn Dela Cruz told the Associated Press on Tuesday. "Is it going to be done immediately? No, the first thing on our list is the economy."