[Jess79]

Maybe they were Cuban citizens at the time of Marco Rubio’s birth, maybe they were not. The only thing that matters is that Marco was born here, on US soil and thus, is subject to the jurisdiction thereof.

For any other elected office, that is true, but chatter4 posted the topic in relation to Marco becoming President someday. Natural born citizens are persons born in the US of parents who are citizens.

[freekitty]

You are correct.

[mkboyce]

Both parents? Per whose definition?

[truth_seeker]

“Hate to pile on, but the path to Atomic Energy was discovered in Europe as well.”

I have read that natural born is interchangable with native born.

Found it read into the Congrssional Record pertaining to George Romney, who was not native born, and hence not eligible.

It is legal opinion, not law.

[ContraryMary]

For any other elected office, that is true, but chatter4 posted the topic in relation to Marco becoming President someday. Natural born citizens are persons born in the US of parents who are citizens.

Guess again.

[realetybytes]

No matter how many times you say it, people purposely ignore the “natural born” portion of the eligibility question.
If his parents were not US citizens, he is not eligible to be president, even if he was born in the white house!
Ron Reale
realetybytes.com