Mitt Romney, whose father was born abroad and whose grandfather was a member of an unusual religion, is really the last person who should be aligning himself with the birthers. Especially since, hey, I’ve never seen his long-form certificate, so I have to take him at his word that he wasn’t actually born in Mexico and isn’t a member of the FLDS.

Yet here you go:

The presumptive GOP nominee, joined for a rally outside Detroit Friday by running mate Paul Ryan, joked that he had been born in a nearby hospital and that ‘‘no one’s ever asked to see my birth certificate. ‘‘