He said other presidents have produced these documents without any hesitation.
"Ronald Reagan, George Bush have produced their birth certificates. Why doesn’t Obama?"- Donald Trump
McCain sure had to! They also had to have a Senate resolution 511 written up to affirm that McCain was in fact a Natural born citizen. And lo and behold Bambi and Clinton were part of the big 4 or 5 if you count McCaskill that signed it.
SRES 511 RS
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110th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. RES. 511
Recognizing that John Sidney McCain, III, is a natural born citizen.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
April 10, 2008
Mrs. MCCASKILL (for herself, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. OBAMA, Mr. COBURN, Mrs. CLINTON, and Mr. WEBB) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the JudiciaryCommentsClose CommentsPermalink
April 24, 2008
Reported by Mr. LEAHY, without amendmentCommentsClose CommentsPermalink
April 30, 2008
Considered and agreed toCommentsClose CommentsPermalink
RESOLUTION
Recognizing that John Sidney McCain, III, is a natural born citizen.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
Whereas the Constitution of the United States requires that, to be eligible for the Office of the President, a person must be a `natural born Citizen’ of the United States;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
Whereas the term `natural born Citizen’, as that term appears in Article II, Section 1, is not defined in the Constitution of the United States;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
Whereas there is no evidence of the intention of the Framers or any Congress to limit the constitutional rights of children born to Americans serving in the military nor to prevent those children from serving as their country’s President;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
Whereas such limitations would be inconsistent with the purpose and intent of the `natural born Citizen’ clause of the Constitution of the United States, as evidenced by the First Congress’s own statute defining the term `natural born Citizen’;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
Whereas the well-being of all citizens of the United States is preserved and enhanced by the men and women who are assigned to serve our country outside of our national borders;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
Whereas previous presidential candidates were born outside of the United States of America and were understood to be eligible to be President; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink
Whereas John Sidney McCain, III, was born to American citizens on an American military base in the Panama Canal Zone in 1936: Now, therefore, be itCommentsClose CommentsPermalink
Resolved, That John Sidney McCain, III, is a `natural born Citizen’ under Article II, Section 1, of the Constitution of the United States.