Posted on 02/12/2016 2:26:50 PM PST by entropy12
Donald Trump on Friday issued a warning to Ted Cruz, alleging that he has standing to sue the Texas senator over questions of his birth and constitutional eligibility to serve in the White House.
If @tedcruz does not clean up his act, stop cheating, & doing negative ads, I have standing to sue him for not being a natural born citizen, Trump tweeted.
The broadside was an escalation in the accusations that the real estate mogul has been lobbing Cruzs way this week. Trump called Cruz a liar in a series of tweets beginning Thursday that stem from allegations that the Texas senators campaign created push polls against Trump. Cruz has denied his campaign has any affiliation with such polls.
Cruz caught cold in lie after denial of push polls like lies w/ @RealBenCarson. How can he preach Christian values? Trump asked, tweeting out a link to a POLITICO story headlined Cruz denies Trump accusation over push polls.
Trump continued his criticism, adding that his campaign has been getting reports from many voters that the Cruz people are back to doing very sleazy and dishonest pushpolls on me. We are watching!
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I support Cruz, let’s do this and get it over with and laid to rest.
Another candidate? Questionable.
Sooner the better. Cruz can begin the ball rolling by suing Trump first! Because Trump’s mother was not born in America.
Politico likes nothing better than to foment a Trump vs. Cruz fight, wishing the two would hurt each other as much as Politico hates them both.
Typical New York “values”: Intimidate.
Clean up? Looking in the mirror, DT?
It should have been settled long before this. Cruz would be the first openly foreign born President in American history. As such, you can’t convince me that there isn’t anything to to see here.
Trump’s mother was granted citizenship before his birth. Nice try
The question is, does Trump have a valid point? Often Trump’s so-called childishness, this time about Cruz’s eligibility, may actually have substance and gravitas.
I like Cruz and hope it’s a Trump/Cruz ticket, but what is it about people who whine about Trump’s whining?
The difference is Trump’s bitching and moaning often actually adds up to something, like here. Nobody knows exactly how this Cruz NBC thing will play out. But sooner or later it will almost certainly play out. Maybe this is Trump’s way of forcing the issue I don’t know, but if it turns out to be a problem, it could bite Cruz hard. If Cruz won the nomination, it could screw up the election in favor of the Socialist Democratic Party SOB’s.
Calling Trump a whiner sounds a lot like what the Left does - try to shame the opposition because they have no substantive response when the opposition actually has a substantive issue against them.
IMO, Cruz should get this issue settled in court. It would show good faith and more of an interest in America’s future than Cruz’s own political prospects. Otherwise, if Cruz was the GOP nominee for President and the Court ruled he wasn’t a natural born citizen, the election could be screwed.
Born here of citizen parents.
The parents can be naturalized citizens.
Trump’s mother was when he was born.
Logic and Natural Law
One is NATURALLY a US citizen when one cannot possibly be anything else.
Born here of citizen parents.
Natural born citizen.
All these later laws that people reference are immigration laws and do not alter the constitutional requirement for president.
And Ted’s response: Silence!
Yep! Enough is enough.
This constant threatening to sue _____ for _____ may play well in NYC, but it’s wearing thin out in fly over country.
Another candidate is exactly who has standing.
Trump should sue, then STFU.
I am not seeing the holy in the Cruz.
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