Excuse me .. when are you people going to stop with the “clarification” garbage ..?? I mean, really; get the facts once and for all in your brain and stop this continual harassment on these threads.
Ted’s MOTHER WAS BORN IN DELAWARE, USA - MAKING HER AN AUTOMATIC AMERICAN CITIZEN. THAT CIRCUMSTANCE ALSO MAKES TED CRUZ AN AUTOMATIC CITIZEN - NO MATTER WHAT COUNTRY HE WAS BORN IN (BUT BECAUSE THAT WAS WHERE HIS MOTHER LIVED AT THE TIME HE WAS BORN - AND SHE NEVER GAVE UP HER USA CITIZENSHIP).
GOT IT ..????????
NO OTHER EXPLANATION IS NECESSARY .. SO STOP THIS CONTINUAL PLANTING OF DOUBT INTO THE CITIZENS OF AMERICA THAT HE IS NOT QUALIFIED.
being an ‘automatic citizen’ (whatever the hell that is) does not qualify him as a natural born citizen.
if that were the case, then every anchor baby would also be eligible... which they are not.
the term ‘natural born’ was specifically added to insure two things, both discussed by the founders. they wanted to insure no split allegiances, at least by birth, for the person that assumes the office. the other was to insure no future king of England could become president.
if being an ‘automatic citizen’ was enough, the prince William and Kate could fly to NYC, have their child, and fly home. that child would be American due to being born on the soul, but also British and in line for the throne due to his parents. obviously, this is a situation the founders wanted to avoid. therefore, they added specific language to insure against it.
it’s really not that complicated... unless you’re just trying to ignore the requirement to get ‘your guy’ into office