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To: jpsb
The one thing I have disagreed with Cruz was his actively renouncing Canadian citizenship. He should never have bothered, under US law, who Canada considers a citizen is irrelevant. It is a principle that goes back to the founding, and if you know your history, we fought a war over this principle. To my mind, it was an insult to those who gave their lives at Lundy’s Lane, Fort Erie, and the River Thames. They died so Cruz would not have to renounce anything. Like American citizen sailors born in the UK, being kidnapped off of US ships and impressed into the Royal Navy. I know Cruz never meant it as an insult, but for someone who portrays himself as a scholar, his ignorance of this key moment in our history bothered me. A small matter yes, but it bothered me at the time.
332 posted on 10/21/2015 9:53:11 AM PDT by gusty
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To: gusty
So according to you the child in the picture below is a natural born citizen eligible to stand for election to our highest office.

Like Ted Cruz, she has an American mom.
349 posted on 10/21/2015 12:47:53 PM PDT by jpsb (Believe nothing until it has been officially denied)
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