[colorado tanker]

I’m missing something. If he has American citizenship, why does he think its necessary to renounce his Canadian citizenship?

[Blackyce]

Just for show. I think he should just leave it be. May come in handy if we can’t get our act together down here.

[deport]

If he has American citizenship, why does he think its necessary to renounce his Canadian citizenship?

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Cruz in his own words from the linked article.

snip
“Nothing against Canada, but I’m an American by birth and as a U.S. senator, I believe I should
be only an American,” Cruz, a U.S. citizen who grew up in Houston, said in a statement.
end snip

[PauldArco]

I’m missing something. If he has American citizenship, why does he think its necessary to renounce his Canadian citizenship?

I think it is a good idea not to have divided loyalties. What is the purpose of dual citizenship anyway? So that one has more "options"? Anyone who wants to be POTUS should be unambiguously, 100% American.