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To: Southside_Chicago_Republican
She was born in American Samoa. Is she a natural-born citizen?

As much as Barry Goldwater.

Wikipedia says her father was also born in American Samoa, but became a naturalized U.S. citizen at age one.

I saw that, but don't know whether to believe it. The grandfather's name was Benjamin Harrison Gabbard, Jr. and you don't get much more American than that.

Quite a family: Mom from Indiana is a Hindu, Dad from Samoa is Catholic and very conservative for a Democrat, very much against gay marriage. He was originally a Republican but switched parties, probably because he wanted to get elected in Hawaii.

101 posted on 05/05/2016 5:31:45 PM PDT by x
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I remember the Goldwater issue. I thought Arizona might have had a different territorial status that might make a difference.

I don’t claim any expertise on the matter, and here is what Wikipedia also says: American Samoans are considered U.S. nationals, but may claim U.S. citizenship if one parent is a citizen. So I guess that covers her. I guess.

The issue has come up enough over the years that I wish we could get a settled definition.


120 posted on 05/05/2016 7:07:09 PM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.)
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