Your first paragraph of your last response shows/expresses why our different views and construction of history of the USA will not be reconciled. My years of living has taught me that words, and even events, mean different things to different people. So be it! I shall continue to believe as to the intent of the Founder’s incorporating that a specific requirement ‘natural born citizen’ was to be differentiated from the less restrictive stated requirement of ‘citizen’ for Congresspersons. My belief carries no accusatory words as to others that have a different belief even though an important, if not a vital, impact of/on our Constitution is in question.
I agree that the qualifications are different between the Presidency (either a citizen at the time of the adoption of the Constitution or a natural born citizen) and a Senator (a citizen of any type). That should be obvious.
Where we differ is that you seem to think there is some OTHER category of citizen not mentioned in the Constitution.
There are only three types of U.S. citizen mentioned in the U.S. Constitution - at the time of adoption, natural born, or naturalized.
The more restrictive standard for the Presidency is that naturalized citizens are not qualified for the Presidency.
Do you consider Senator Cruz (or McCain) a naturalized citizen? You did not answer a clear question about what type of citizen you would consider Senator Cruz.