You were here in 2016. I assume you were aware of the bleep show Birther FReepers were having on Cruz being a Canadian and not a NBC.
So if Cruz had gone further - he would have met resistance from Repubs. In fact, it was the NBC pushback from the beginning of his run that did the damage.
Pushback from Republicans.
They were wrong then. And they are wrong now.
Me in 2008, in 2016 I originally supported Cruz and was souring on him when Trump joined and I immediately chose Trump. Realize that Cruz first said he was not eligible, then changed his mind and we only learned more about why he was ineligible laterz. This all still matters, maybe just to voters for the moment.
Well he isn't, and I was backing Cruz in 2016. I just decided that after Obama, if the Democrats weren't going to adhere to it, there was no reason we should bother adhering to it either.
The dicta in Wong Kim Ark even says that anyone born outside of the US is a "naturalized" citizen. I can find it and quote it for you if you want, but the same court that everyone holds out as the "authority" on citizenship, says that anyone born under Cruz's circumstances is a "naturalized" citizen.