What I find interesting is that there has never, in 226 years, been an openly foreign born President. Arthur is likely the exception but he had the sense to hide his illegitimacy. This is 226 years of historical precedent that Ted Cruz is attempting to undo.
To my mind, that number would be 219. I am still not convinced by the data released.
Through some registration process, Ted’s mother had to effectively tell the US that she birthed a son in Canada and that she would like the US to recognize her child as an American. Would this not be an act of the courts to grant the child citizenship through naturalization?
Or, is this simply establishing an equivalent US birth certificate when one could not be obtained at the time of birth? If so, then shouldn’t this document be provided as evidence of Ted’s birth status as anything other than Canadian?
What is forgotten the first 8 Presidents were British Colonial born in the British Colony of America, they did not become President until after the Revolutionary war.
http://www.usanewsandinformationservice.com/uspresidentsfb.html
McCain: https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/110/sres511/text
What I find interesting is that there has never, in 226 years, been an openly foreign born President. Arthur is likely the exception but he had the sense to hide his illegitimacy. This is 226 years of historical precedent that Ted Cruz is attempting to undo.
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Agree.
There was never conclusive proof of Arthur being born in Canada, as far as I know.