Obama birtherism was dumb but never took over swathes of institutions like this. Even Trump abandoned it before he became President. What we're seeing now is n

Obama birtherism was dumb but never took over swathes of institutions like this. Even Trump abandoned it before he became President. What we're seeing now is not merely a set of hysterical beliefs, but widespread pulling on the levers of power on the basis of them. That seems pretty new.