[Eric in the Ozarks]

Rubio was born in the US. That is all that is required.
Adding in his parents’ birthplace is not a qualifying issue.

[chopperman]

Rubio was born in the US. That is all that is required. Adding in his parents’ birthplace is not a qualifying issue.

David Ramsay and John Jay would have disagreed. Get yourself an education.

[Ordinary_American]

Being born in the U.S. makes you a U.S. citizen, but not necessarily a natural born citizen. A natural born citizen requires US citizen parents at the time of birth. It is a matter of dual allegiance, which the Founding Fathers specifically put in the Constitution to prevent the following:

According to your contention that only birth in the U.S. is required, Anwar al-Awlaki is eligible to be President because he was born in New Mexico.

Al-Awlaki is the “spiritual leader” of al-Qaida in the Arabian peninsula, whose sermons at the Dar al-Hijrah Islamic Center in Falls Church, Virginia were attended by two hijackers who carried out the 9/11 attacks, Nawaf al-Hamzi and Hani Hanjour.

Likewise, you believe that Fort Hood shooter and al-Awlaki disciple Nidal Malik Hasan is eligible to be President because he was born in Virginia.

[battletank]

“Rubio was born in the US. That is all that is required.”

What, exactly, is the difference then between a “citizen” and a “natural born citizen”?

[cracker45]

“Rubio was born in the US. That is all that is required.
Adding in his parents’ birthplace is not a qualifying issue.”

His parents’ citizenship at the time of his birth is the qualifying issue, and they were NOT citizens at that time.

JC