{"id":3034,"date":"2019-04-06T19:34:19","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=3034"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"United-States-President-Barack-Obama-Banned-Nativity-Scenes-at-the-White-House?","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=3034","title":{"rendered":"United States President Barack Obama Banned Nativity Scenes at the White House?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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United States President Barack Obama Banned Nativity Scenes at the White House?<\/h1>\n

False claims that President Obama banned nativity scenes at the White House have been circulating since 2009 \u00e2\u20ac\u201d and they persist today.<\/h4>\n
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United States President Barack Obama banned Christmas nativity scenes at the White House.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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President Barack Obama took office in January 2009 after a presidential election that was as historic for its voter turnout<\/a> as it was for his ascension to office as the first black leader of the United States.<\/p>\n

Immediately, rumors began to appear about purported changes he was making to the White House and to the nation. These stories were not based in fact, but instead was part of a larger effort to push baseless speculation questioning Barack Obama’s American citizenship<\/a> and faith<\/a> to heavily imply (or say outright) that he was either too unqualified or too traitorous to be president.<\/p>\n

This particular rumor appears to have been drawn from a report that appeared in the New York Times<\/em>‘ fashion section which made reference to the Obamas planning a “non-secular Christmas.” The original report<\/a> was about \u00a0Desir\u00c3\u00a9e Rogers, a corporate executive from \u00a0Chicago, joining the Obama White House as its social secretary<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In that role, Rogers would orchestrate White House special events and celebrations. Rogers mentioned the Obamas were discussing a “non-secular” Christmas display at the White House during an introductory luncheon:<\/p>\n

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The lunch conversation inevitably turned to whether the White House \u00a0would display its cr\u00c3\u00a8che, customarily placed in a prominent spot in the East \u00a0Room. Ms. Rogers, this participant said, replied that the Obamas did not \u00a0intend to put the manger scene on display \u00e2\u20ac\u201d a remark that drew an audible \u00a0gasp from the tight-knit social secretary sisterhood. (A White House official \u00a0confirmed that there had been internal discussions about making Christmas \u00a0more inclusive and whether to display the cr\u00c3\u00a8che.)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In the end, the Obama White House displayed the nativity scene. But this was red meat for those looking for ways, no matter how byzantine, to push fake news; rumors that Obama banned the nativity scene, like all the others, persisted throughout his presidency.<\/p>\n

In 2015, a disinformation account on social media called “Fox News The FB Page” (which is not affiliated with Fox in any way) reported the story as “breaking news,” deliberately reigniting the controversy:<\/p>\n

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‘Obama Bans Nativity Scene’ Rumor Persists Post-Presidency<\/h3>\n

Many stories about the Obamas’ so-called “war on Christmas” have circulated over the years, usually accompanied by heavy innuendo that it was because Barack Obama (and, by extension, Michelle Obama) was a “secret Muslim.” This manifested in bogus claims such as the rumor that the FCC fined ABC<\/a> for airing a Charlie Brown Christmas special; stories that Obama had refused to deliver Christmas cards to soldiers<\/a> followed. There were many more, all untrue.<\/p>\n

The rumor that Obama banned nativity scenes (or other Christmas traditions or symbols) still persists. President Donald Trump repeatedly has said that he is “ending the war on Christmas” \u00e2\u20ac\u201d which has reinforced both the idea that there is some sort of “war” on one of the biggest marketing seasons of the year and that Barack Obama was leading it.<\/p>\n

In fact, in October 2017, Trump renewed his commitment<\/a> to tilting at the “War on Christmas” windmill at the Family Research Council’s annual Values Voter Summit<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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We’re getting near that beautiful Christmas \u00a0season that people don’t talk about anymore. \u00a0They don’t use the word Christmas because \u00a0it’s not politically correct. You \u00a0go to \u00a0department stores and they’ll say ‘Happy New \u00a0Year,’ or they’ll say other things and it’ll be red, \u00a0they’ll have it painted. But they don’t say \u00e2\u20ac\u201d \u00a0well guess what? We’re saying Merry \u00a0Christmas again.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The rumor received new life in 2018 with posts like these on social media, despite being entirely untrue from start to finish and thoroughly debunked:<\/p>\n

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In the end, Obama did not ban nativity scenes at the White House, in the United States, or anywhere else. Despite that, these rumors are likely to persist as long as disinformation purveyors continue to find them highly lucrative.<\/p>\n

<\/br><\/br> Original Source : https:\/\/www.truthorfiction.com\/obama-banned-nativity-scene-trump\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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