Not in those words. He's said he is eligible or qualified. He filed papers in response to a ballot access challenge.
In any event, there is no doubt that Petitioners' challenge to Senator Cruz's constitutional eligibility to hold the office of President is baseless: Senator Cruz is unquestionably a "natural born Citizen." Every single reliable authority has confirmed that a "natural born Citizen" is a person who was a citizen at birth -- that is, a person who does not need to go through naturalization proceedings to become a citizen.See Page 2 of Cruz Response to Petitions : NH Ballot Law Commission November 20, 2015
I agree he and the GOP are attempting to front him as eligible. But he sure did not answer the eligibility question with the only answer that counts, when asked in the last debate. That is how I know that he knows he is not “ natural born”.