And by 'dodged' you mean was the first President to ever show actual evidence to American voters that he was born in the United States.
Show me a copy of Obama's original birth certificate. You can't. No legally standing birth certificate was ever produced.
Let us get something straight- nothing you see on the internet is ever a 'legally standing birth certificate'- at most it is an image of a legally standing birth certificate'.
And Barack Obama is the first President to ever show Americans both images of his legally standing birth certificate- and also to show Americans(in this case reporters) legal certified copies of his original birth certificate.
So lets start out with the statement from the State of Hawaii's Director of Health:
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Note this specific comment:
In June 2008, President Obama released his Certification of Live Birth.....Both documents are legally sufficient evidence of birth in the State of Hawaii
So the original of this Birth certificate- the image of which we all saw online- is confirmed by the State of Hawaii- to be legally valid and proof of his birth in Hawaii
But because of an idiot Birther named Donald Trump
- President Obama requested a certified copy of his original birth certificate from Hawaii
- also referenced in the letter from Hawaii above.
So in 2012- President Obama held a press conference where he showed reporters the certified copies of his original birth certificate- so the reporters saw his legally certified birth certificate- with the raised seal and everything- and afterwards posted an image of the birth certificate online.
And so did one of the reporter
- Savannah Guthrie took snaps with her phone of the certified original she handled
So what do we have?
A) The State of Hawaii stating that both the COLB and the 2012 original are legal documents.
B) That in 2008 Barack Obama was the first Presidential candidate to ever show the American voters legal evidence of where he was born.
C) Birthers lying again.