Racist Ex-Convict Pledges to Investigate Barack Obama 's Birth Certificate : ` Biggest Cover-Up ' in American History . 
And in a recent interview given to the San Jose Mercury News , Arpaio has pledged to keep up the fight for one of Trump 's old pet causes : searching for former President Barack Obama 's birth certificate . 
The former sheriff and longtime racist asshole told the paper that Obama 's birth certificate "has to go down as the biggest cover-up in the history of the United States ." 
Of course , Obama shared his Hawaiian birth certificate back in 2011 . 
Even Trump , to whom Arpaio refers as his "hero ," has stopped lying about Obama 's origins . 
One of the primary advancers of the "Birther" conspiracy theory , Trump finally admitted in September 2016 that Obama was born in the U.S. -- but not before blaming Hillary Clinton for starting the rumors . 
As the Mercury News notes , the man who was convicted of continuing to racially profile Latinx people as sheriff of Maricopa County , Ariz. , once sent a deputy to Hawaii to investigate Obama 's birth certificate . 
While Trump has abandoned the search for Obama 's "real" origins , Arpaio pointed out to the Mercury News that Trump "never directly addressed the authenticity of the birth certificate itself ."
And in a recent interview given to the San Jose Mercury News , Arpaio has pledged to keep up the fight for one of Trump 's old pet causes : searching for [TGT] 's birth certificate . 
The former sheriff and longtime racist asshole told the paper that [TGT] 's birth certificate "has to go down as the biggest cover-up in the history of the United States ." 
Of course , [TGT] shared [TGT] Hawaiian birth certificate back in 2011 . 
Even Trump , to whom Arpaio refers as [TGT] "hero ," has stopped lying about [TGT] 's origins . 
One of the primary advancers of the "Birther" conspiracy theory , Trump finally admitted in September 2016 that [TGT] was born in the U.S. -- but not before blaming Hillary Clinton for starting the rumors . 
As the Mercury News notes , the man who was convicted of continuing to racially profile Latinx people as sheriff of Maricopa County , Ariz. , once sent a deputy to Hawaii to investigate [TGT] 's birth certificate . 
While Trump has abandoned the search for [TGT] 's "real" origins , Arpaio pointed out to the Mercury News that Trump "never directly addressed the authenticity of the birth certificate itself ."