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Sen. Cruz formally gives up Canadian citizenship
Yahoo/AP ^
| June 10, 2014
| WILL WEISSERT
Posted on 06/11/2014 6:13:39 PM PDT by kingattax
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) Canada-born U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz has made good on a promise to renounce his birth country's citizenship doing so amid speculation he could make a run at the White House in 2016.
Spokeswoman Catherine Frazier said Cruz's action became official May 14 and that Texas' junior senator received written confirmation at his home in Houston on Tuesday. She said the tea-party-backed Republican "is pleased to have the process finalized."
"Being a U.S. Senator representing Texas, it makes sense he should be only an American citizen," Frazier said in an email.
Cruz, 43, was born in Calgary, Alberta, in 1970, while his parents were working in the oil business there. His mother, Eleanor, is from Delaware, while his father, Rafael, is a Cuban became a U.S. citizen in 2005.
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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: canada; cruzcanada
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posted on
06/11/2014 6:13:39 PM PDT
by
kingattax
To: kingattax
We already knew this, it is old information.
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posted on
06/11/2014 6:15:22 PM PDT
by
ansel12
((Ted Cruz and Mike Lee-both of whom sit on the Senate Judiciary Comm as Ginsberg's importance fades)
To: ansel12
If he runs for President, man they’ll scream he isn’t a citizen.
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posted on
06/11/2014 6:18:17 PM PDT
by
Mmogamer
(I refudiate the lamestream media, leftists and their prevaricutions.)
To: Mmogamer
man theyll scream he isnt a citizen After Obama?
Let'em scream.
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posted on
06/11/2014 6:19:41 PM PDT
by
grobdriver
(Where is Wilson Blair when you need him?)
To: ansel12
then you need to be real helpful and inform AP and Yahoo News. they just published the story.
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posted on
06/11/2014 6:19:44 PM PDT
by
kingattax
(a real American would rather die on his feet than live on his knees.)
To: kingattax
Should not be a problem if he runs, I’m sure with some $$$ he can get a certified Hawaiian birth certificate.
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posted on
06/11/2014 6:20:29 PM PDT
by
Bringbackthedraft
(2016 an election or a coronation of a Queen? I'm sure we'll be told to eat cake.)
To: Mmogamer
I wouldn’t consider him a Natural Born Citizen, as originally intended.
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posted on
06/11/2014 6:20:46 PM PDT
by
PghBaldy
(12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
To: Mmogamer
“If he runs for President, man theyll scream he isnt a citizen.”
Scream back that an immigrant running for president is an act of love. Then call them racists.
To: kingattax
Why?
I posted to you that it is old information, if they interest you, then you contact them, I’m posting here.
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posted on
06/11/2014 6:22:01 PM PDT
by
ansel12
((Ted Cruz and Mike Lee-both of whom sit on the Senate Judiciary Comm as Ginsberg's importance fades)
To: kingattax
Already done to death
here.
To: kingattax
Giving up a foreign citizenship doesn’t miraculously turn him into a NBC. While he’s the best out there, chipping away at the Constitution isn’t going to bring back America.
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posted on
06/11/2014 6:27:38 PM PDT
by
bgill
To: PghBaldy
I wouldnt consider him a Natural Born Citizen, as originally intended.
Your problem is that even the Founders disagreed about the exact meaning, so much, that they never bothered to codify the meaning either in the US Constitution or US Law.
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posted on
06/11/2014 6:30:21 PM PDT
by
SoConPubbie
(Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
To: bgill; kingattax
Giving up a foreign citizenship doesnt miraculously turn him into a NBC. While hes the best out there, chipping away at the Constitution isnt going to bring back America.
There is no constitutional requirement for a US Citizen to have 2 US Citizen parents at birth to be a 'Natural Born Citizen'
If you would like to argue your position, please provide the relevant part of the US Constitution that defines 'Natural Born' as requiring 2 US Citizen parents at birth to be a 'Natural Born Citizen'.
Lacking that, please provide the relevant US Law(s) that defines 'Natural Born' citizenship as requiring 2 US Citizen parents at birth.
Lacking that, please provide the relevant SCOTUS rulings that defines 'Natural Born' citizenship as requiring 2 US Citizen parents at birth.
You won't because you can't because they don't exist, thereby making your opinion about the "chipping away at the Constitution" both incorrect and immaterial to this conversation.
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posted on
06/11/2014 6:34:11 PM PDT
by
SoConPubbie
(Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
To: kingattax
This could start a trend.
B0 DunhamSoetoroSoebarkah could give up his Indonesian citizenship.
Maybe not. Multiple citizenships would be an asset in being selected as United Nations Secretary General.
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posted on
06/11/2014 6:36:12 PM PDT
by
Zuse
(I am disrupted! I am offended! I am insulted! I am outraged!)
To: SoConPubbie
I wish. I have many problems. But enough about me ;) I guess I would support him, assuming he doesn’t go native which most people in DC tend to do.
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posted on
06/11/2014 6:37:14 PM PDT
by
PghBaldy
(12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
To: SoConPubbie
I guess one was out of luck for president if your dad died before you were born, or if your mom was raped by an unknown assailant, or lied about your mysterious, and long gone father.
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posted on
06/11/2014 6:43:26 PM PDT
by
ansel12
((Ted Cruz and Mike Lee-both of whom sit on the Senate Judiciary Comm as Ginsberg's importance fades)
To: bgill
Giving up a foreign citizenship doesnt miraculously turn him into a NBC. You're right. It doesn't.
Even if Cruz had left things as they were, he'd still be an NBC.
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posted on
06/11/2014 6:44:38 PM PDT
by
okie01
(The Mainstream Media: Ignorance on parade.)
To: SoConPubbie
Actually this subject has been discussed thoroughly on Obama threads. Obama didn’t qualify. His father was not and never wanted to be a citizen. Cruz’ father became a citizen.
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posted on
06/11/2014 7:07:40 PM PDT
by
DJ MacWoW
(The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
To: bgill
I hope he doesn’t get turned into a CBS or ABC either.
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posted on
06/11/2014 7:15:23 PM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: Mmogamer
Of course he’s a citizen, just not natural born.
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posted on
06/11/2014 7:15:28 PM PDT
by
HMS Surprise
(Chris Christie can STILL go straight to hell.)
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