Posted on 01/15/2016 12:16:55 AM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
Donald Trump defended his argument that his Republican presidential rival Sen. Ted Cruz should not be the GOP nominee because he was not born inside the U.S. by arguing that Democrats would mount a legal challenge to his eligibility for office.
"I am not bringing a suit, but the Democrats are going to be filing a lawsuit," Trump warned during Thursday's night's debate on Fox Business.
The Texas senator laughed off the argument, saying that there was no legal question that he was eligible. Noting that he was a constitutional lawyer who has argued cases before the Supreme Court, he said he was "not taking legal advice from Donald Trump."
However, Trump's claim that Democrats would mount a challenge regarding Cruz's eligibility is plausible. At least one, Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Fla., has already said he would do exactly that. Other Democrats and liberal thought leaders appear to be warming to the idea.
"Technically, he's not even an American... The Constitution says natural-born Americans, so now we're counting Canadians as natural-born Americans? How does that work?" Grayson told radio host Alan Colmes in November. "I'm waiting for the moment that he gets the nomination and then I will file that beautiful lawsuit saying that he's unqualified for the job because he's ineligible."
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I’m not going to argue all those situations. They’re not part of the discussion unless and until one of them is accepted as the true story. What’s relevant is that it’s generally accepted that Obama was born in the USA and that’s how the Natural Born Citizenship issues are fended off.
Do you honestly believe that?
Trump is the only Democrat who can win. What a clever trick the Dems pulled to have him run as a pubbie. They new last year about hillarys legal problems... Trump is a democratic plant. Nasty but smart tactic.
What we believe isn't relevant. The fact that it's accepted and was deemed necessary is.
Trump has improved in the debates but he is still better in one-on-one interviews and paradoxically also better in his rally speeches. Trump has improved his debate performances but in the debates you are still not seeing The Best of Trump.
Not surprising considering he never did a debate in his life before the first one. Still his poll numbers have just gone up after each debate.
They'd never have countenanced our President being marched around by some other country's laws.
I really hope that everyone finally realized just how desperate Trump truly is./ Like Cruz said the only thing that has changed since September are the poll numbers.
Precisely. It's good to see that you are coming around to my point of view.
So, you are not one of the Natural Born Citizenship purists that insist that BOTH parents must be US citizens in order for their child to be an NBC.
No one wins in New York Real-Estate jungle without being super intelligent. Especially a developer of buildings. One has to weave a path through local regulations, unions and liberal politicians.
You project frequently?
No, John, I’m not. If the President is legitimately subject to legal action under another jurisdiction then that President is compromised on the international stage, and the interests of the US are compromised in turn.
They should not have done that unless they had physical possession of a Kenyan birth certificate.
So, yeah, I think they messed up, but it can be recouped because there was no court case about the parentage. I certainly don't want Obama's situation to be precedent for anything.
I have no doubt the Democrats would cause chaos at election time with this matter if Cruz is the candidate. It would be worse than the 2000 fiasco. They are not like the Republicans, who never called obama to account for his sealed past. Trump knows this.
Only the truth. Cruz's numbers are rising and Trump is a desperate. Why did Trump say that it was a non-issue in September but now all of a sudden it is a n issue?
Obama admits he was born in Kenya!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQcd41RO25k
More evidence:
So where was RNC??????
President Trump’s Justice dept. may investigate.
It’s like radioactive polonium. It will slowly poison the Cruz campaign.
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