No, that's not what he said.
He said that because he is a US citizen by birth, and not by naturalization, he is a legally and Constitutionally a natural born citizen and eligible to be President.
Throughout our entire national history, "natural born citizen" has basically meant "citizen by birth." That's what the term has ALWAYS meant to pretty much EVERYBODY, until about 4 years ago, when someone came along and tried to change the definition because they didn't like Obama, and you bought into it, because YOU didn't like Obama.
There were those of us whose love of our Constitution was greater than our dislike of Obama, who tried to tell you, but you wouldn't listen, because your dislike of Obama was greater than your love of the Constitution.
Why is he saying this? He’s not stupid.
Exactly. He's saying this because he's not stupid.
“He said that because he is a US citizen by birth, and not by naturalization, he is a legally and Constitutionally a natural born citizen and eligible to be President.”
Well, well, well, if it isn’t our Fogbow and Dr. Conspiracy disciple who has arrived to obfuscate historical facts about the true meaning of a natural born citizen, born to two U.S. Citizen parents to guarantee full allegiance to the United States of America. Well Jeff, no Cruz did not say that to mean he was eligible.
Jeff also states: “Throughout our entire national history, “natural born citizen” has basically meant “citizen by birth”.
That is a bold face lie fogbower. If true, then what was the purpose of putting both ‘Natural Born Citizen’ and ‘Citizen’ in the presidential clause?
No person except a ‘natural born Citizen’, or a ‘Citizen’ of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty-five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.
In both Jay's Letter to Washington, and in the Federalist Papers, the intent is plainly stated to guard against Foreign influence in the executive branch of government.
Any definition which does not accomplish this purpose is defacto WRONG.
Obama is the evidence of this made manifest.