INCONVENIENT FACTOIDS
<><> At the time of his birth in Canada, Cruz's father was either a Cuban citizen, or a Canadian living in Canada, pursuing Canadian citizenship; he had not established an intent to be loyal to the USA and was actually listed w/ his American born-wife on the list of Canadian electors.
<><> Constitutional scholar, Ted Cruz, w/ two Ivy League degrees, including a law degree, has, no doubt, rigorously studied the issue of his citizenship down to the minutest detail.
<><> Cruz rightly says he is a US citizen but he surely knows he CANNOT be considered a natural born citizen; b/c he is a citizen by virtue of statute.
<><> Cruzs birth in Canada indicates he has THREE countries (The US via his mother, Canada his birthplace, and Cuba thru his father) having a legitimate claim on his allegiance from birth, whether he wanted it or not.
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The US Constitution and the rule of law must prevail. We should not yield to the same dark impulses of expediency and delusion that gave us the tyrannical sociopathic usurper demagogue Obama.
Choosing candidates who are creatures of the cult of personality has proved disastrous.
If we, the people, accept anything less than the constitution's original intent, frightening scenarios would unfold. Such as allowing the offspring of an American who joined ISIS and birthed a child in the Mideast w/ say, a Syrian, to claim eligibility for the office.
Cruz blasting anyone who dares say he isn't a citizen is very telling.
Just ask yourself this, Liz.
Hypothetical: Suppose President Washington was told that a Cuban had moved to Virginia to attend William and Mary’s. While there he had married a 20-something Virginian woman, gone to college, worked a year or two, and then moved to Canada in the thick of the war and the Cuban had applied for Canadian citizenship which he received. The two had a son, who was born a Canadian citizen.
They send a letter to Washington and ask “Is our son a natural born US citizen?”
What would Washington answer?