Washington, Apr.13: US President Barack Obama's sister Maya Soetoro-Ng,
has slammed comments made by 'birthers', who claim that Obama was not
born in Hawaii, saying it is time to put the argument to rest.
Maya,
who campaigned alongside Obama when he was running for president in
2008, backed her brother in a television interview and said it was
unfortunate that people were raising questions about his birth as the
President has already presented documents to prove he was born in
Hawaii.
'I think that it is time for people to put that to bed, to rest completely,' she said.
Her
comments came after speculative Presidential candidate Donald Trump
continued to question the President's birthplace, The Daily Mail
reports.
The siblings grew up together despite regular traveling
between Hawaii, Obama's native state, and Indonesia, Maya's father's
country.
Maya said despite the president being busy, she still
stays in touch with him though she feels that he has 'been loaned out to
the world' as she gets to see less of him, however, admitting that she
often called his secretary or the White House usher to stay connected.
Maya said she and older brother Barack get their sense of focus from their mother, who inspired Soetoro-Ng to write her first children's book, "Ladder to the Moon." "Our mother loved the moon because she said everywhere the moon was the same... she felt a connection, sense of kinship with people from all over the world."
Maya believes that Ann, who died of uterine cancer in 1995, would be pleased with the accomplishments of her children. "I think she would love that I'm a teacher because she was a teacher. I think she would be very proud of my brother.
"Donald Trump "I Have Serious Doubts"
Soetoro-Ng also spoke about Donald Trump's questioning of her brother's birthplace. "My brother was born in Hawaii in 1961, his birth certificate has been not only produced, but authenticated." Maya said her older brother advised his family on the matter. "He [Obama] said to us that we should not take it personally -- that we should remain steady."
When they were youngsters, Maya said Dunham used an ironic nickname for Barack. "She would jokingly call him Mr. President when he got, you know, kind of bossy or excessively self-assured for someone so young."
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Maya Soetero-Ng, half-sister of President Obama, wants birthers to stop their crazy theories and focus on more important issues.
President Obama's half-sister has a message for birthers: Get over it already!
Maya Soetoro-Ng,
who shares a mother with the Commander-in-Chief, says the evidence is
all there and people need to focus on more important issues.
"He was born in Hawaii," she told Piers Morgan on his CNN show, which will air Tuesday night. "There is a tremendous amount of proof that has already been presented."
Soetoro-Ng, who is doing the rounds to promote her new children's
book, "Ladder to the Moon," pointed out that officials have verified his
birth records.
In fact, the former director of Hawaii's Department of Health, Dr. Chiyome Fukino, said again recently that the whole conspiracy theory around Obama's birth has become "ludicrous at this point."
"[His birth certificate] is real, and no amount of saying it is not, is going to change that," Fukino told NBC News in a rare interview.
But she fears nothing at this point will stop the Internet theories from spreading.
"They're going to question the ink on which it was written or say it was fabricated," said Fukino. "The whole thing is silly."
Soetoro-Ng just wants those who insist on believing the wild theories to move on.
"I think it is time for people to put that to bed," she told Morgan.
"Put it to rest completely, and focus on what they can do to help" this
country.
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