“IF YOU WEREN’T BORN HERE, YOU’LL NEVER LEAD HERE” — AN UNVERIFIED CLAIM PUTS BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AT THE CENTER OF A DEBATE ABOUT BELONGING
The sentence is blunt enough to stop a reader mid-scroll: “If you weren’t born here, you’ll never lead here.” Attached to Bruce Springsteen’s name in a circulating account, it suggests a sweeping restriction on who could hold America’s highest elected offices. But the attribution remains unverified. No authenticated statement, interview, or proposal establishing that Springsteen…