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When now-President Joe Biden chose then-Sen. Kamala Harris (D-California) as his running mate in 2020, she became the target of racist “birther” attacks from the far right. Some MAGA Republicans claimed that because of her immigrant parents and the fact that she lived outside the United States during her teens — Montreal, Canada, to be exact — Harris was ineligible for the White House. Now that she is the official 2024 Democratic presidential nominee, “birther” attacks against Harris have resurfaced. But Boise State University political science professor Charlie Hunt, in an op-ed published by …