U.S. Rep. Nathan Deal, a Republican from Georgia, has reportedly sent a letter to President Obama requesting his birth certificate.
The conservative, pro-birther site The Post & E-mail confirmed with Deal’s chief of staff that Deal — who is also running for governor — sent the letter Dec. 1.
Deal office did not return repeated calls from TPM, so we cannot independently verify that the letter was sent.
If it was, Deal was keeping a promise he made in November, when he said he would send “a letter to the President asking that he release a copy of his birth certificate so we can have an answer to this question.”
But at the time, Deal said he’d be joining “several of [his] colleagues” in signing the letter.
The letter he sent? Only one signature on it: Deal’s.
Deal’s staff did not respond to repeated requests for comment.
A campaign spokesman in November tried to downplay Deal’s apparent birtherism. “Let’s just get an answer, that’s all we’re saying, not suggesting anything to the contrary,” he told TPMDC.
