Claudio Lomnitz Quoted in Washington Post
A new birther lie? ‘Claudia the Mexican’ fights back.
MEXICO CITY — Claudia Sheinbaum is Mexican.
“More Mexican than mole!” the politician proclaims in a tweet.
“100% Mexican,” she says in another.
She has promoted a song called “Claudia the Mexican.” She’s displayed her birth certificate in a campaign video. She posted the document to Twitter. Twice.
Sheinbaum’s made-in-Mexico moment is her response to a new political era in this country, which until now had largely avoided the birther conspiracy theories and identity politics familiar to Americans. Sheinbaum, 61, a leading candidate in the 2024 presidential election, has been trying to quell rumors that she was born in Bulgaria. They’re a backhanded way of reminding this largely Catholic country of her Jewish heritage.
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