Falsehoods about Kamala Harris' citizenship status, racial identity resurface online as she becomes likely Democratic nominee

CBS News ^ | July 23, 2024 | Julia Ingram and Cait Bladt

[Macho MAGA Man]

Not long after President Biden dropped out of the 2024 presidential race and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris, false claims targeting her began resurfacing on social media.

Many of the falsehoods have followed her for years and focus on her citizenship status, racial identity and political achievements. Here are some of the claims.

False claims that Harris' foreign-born parents make her ineligible to run Shortly after the president's endorsement, a false narrative claiming the fact Harris' parents were not born in the U.S. makes her ineligible to hold office recirculated on social media. Posts pushing the claims received millions of views.

Harris was born in Oakland, California, to Jamaican and Indian immigrants. The fact that her parents are immigrants does not disqualify her from serving as vice president or president.

False claims about Harris' citizenship were a flashpoint last time she was on the ticket. Some have used an op-ed, written by pro-Trump lawyer John Eastman and published in Newsweek in 2020, to promote the argument that the Constitution does not grant citizenship to children of people born outside of the United States. An editor's note later appended to the opinion states: "All of us at Newsweek are horrified that this op-ed gave rise to a wave of vile Birtherism directed at Senator Harris."

[Fledermaus]

Wrong. You don’t have to be born in America.

John McCain was born in Panama while his father was stationed there.

[Political Junkie Too]

I'm trying to resolve that question in a discussion on another thread.

-PJ

[NWFree]

“ Harris was born in Oakland, California, to Jamaican and Indian immigrants”

I thought she had converted to being just black?

[glennaro]

It is whether they were U.S. Citizens at the time of her birth

Were they? I don't know ...

[FreedomForce]

Only fools believe the courts will ever decide Kamala Harris or anyone else with her citizenship status is not natural-born.

LEARN TO ACCEPT REALITY

[blitz128]

Thanks
There seems to be way to much “interpretation “ to the clause

[South Dakota]

Born in Panama on a US Naval base

[South Dakota]

SHE IS A CITIZEN..
Supreme Court has consistently rejected this viewpoint.

In Inglis v. Trustees (1830) and Elk v. Wilkins (1884), the Supreme Court considered the status of children who are born in the United States, of fathers who owe allegiance to a sovereignty other than the United States. In both cases, the Court ruled that such children are not even citizens, let alone natural born citizens.