Sentence:  Earlier this month, columnist and <WSD>birther</WSD> Frank Gaffney, Rep. Pete Hoekstra, R-Mich., the ranking Republican on the Intelligence Committee, and others held a news conference on Capitol Hill to release a report on Muslim religious law entitled "Shariah: The Threat to America." 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A believer in the conspiracy theory that (Barack Obama), 44th President of the United States (2009–2017), was not born in that country, and therefore ineligible for presidency due to national law.