Posted on 01/10/2016 5:48:46 PM PST by randita
RENO, Nev. -- After days of coyly raising questions about Ted Cruz's eligibility to be president, given that he was born in Canada to an American mother and a Cuban father, Donald Trump let his audience weigh in at a rally Sunday afternoon.
"Is he a natural-born citizen?" the Republican White House hopeful asked several thousand gathered in a Reno ballroom. Members of the crowd shouted back, "No!"
"I don't know," Trump said. "Honestly, we don't know. Who the hell knows." Cruz was Trump's No. 1 target during the 65-minute event, revealing just how much of a threat the Republican senator from Texas has become to the front-runner. Before the rally started, Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the U.S.A." blared, a new edition to Trump's playlist.
"So, Cruz is a problem," Trump said, beginning an attack that lasted about seven minutes. "And here's the problem: It's called uncertainly. It's called you just don't know."
Cruz has repeatedly said there is no question that he is eligible for the presidency, saying this weekend that "the Constitution and federal law are clear that the child of a U.S. citizen born abroad is a natural-born citizen." Cruz's campaign has yet to respond to Trump's latest comments.
But Trump said Sunday that "this is not a settled matter" and that he's not the only one raising questions. He said if Cruz becomes the Republican nominee, the Democrats could challenge his eligibility in lawsuits that could drag on for years.
"Does anyone know more about litigation than Trump?" Trump said of himself. "Okay? I know a lot. I'm like a PhD in litigation."
Trump compared Cruz running for president with this lingering question about Democrat Hillary Clinton running despite lingering questions about her use of a private email account during her time as secretary of state. Later Trump also compared the situation to a fighter being disqualified for not meeting the weight class.
And many Trump supporters setting aside multiple sources, respected sources, and continuing to push the lie that Cruz is a Canadian, that his mother was Canadian, getting the TPA/TPP issue totally twisted up and about a hundred of other highly popular but entirely wrong subjects wrong, doesn’t speak to high intellect either.
I can tell you that I personally, an ardent Cruzer, have been attacked for the heinous crime of defending...TRUMP when he does something I agree with. Buy Trump supporters.
High intellect indeed. And you may have missed the evil comments, but I didn’t. Because I was in those conversations.
OMG!
“Tell you what...don’t post to me about “getting schlonged” and then whine and play victim. Understand? I’ve always found Trump physically repulsive and I don’t apologize for it.”
Once again, you’re sounding like the Dems, Catherine.
Or is it the MSM you’re emulating . . trying to make ‘getting schlonged’ something vulgar. Of course, Dems and MSM are one and the same.
You surprise me, though. You’re better than that.
If they do then - so what? Who cares? So you going the let your vote be swayed based on the possibility that the Democrats might look at you and say "BOO!"?
But it's not about me, it's about them causing litigation chaos. Nobody wants that before, during or after an election. The country is divided enough from my perspective.
I remember when the Left did these same childish and degrading things to George W.
Y’all sure thought it was sleazy then.
Lots of physicians in this thread . . need to heal yourselves.
GO TED GO!!! Time for me to make another donation.
Trump is the best FUND RAISER TED HAS...
I’m getting to despise the man’s attacks.
I’m sure he is a wolf , in sheeps clothing and a great percentage of our Freepers are being deceived... sigh.
You’re about as dishonest as your Tiger Beat heartthrob, aren’t you?
“Trump supporters setting aside multiple sources, respected sources, and continuing to push the lie that Cruz is a Canadian”
I’m sorry, Norm . . I thought Cruz actually had a Canadian birth certificate.
Was that a faux certificate I saw?
I think not.
Trump VOTED for OBama... and he wants to attack CRUZ about HIS birth certificate?
Go HOME TRUMP....
Or are you so gullible as to believe his lame excuse that he wasn't?
So do you think the GOP should run the candidate that’s the least objectionable to Democrats? A milquetoast like McCain or Romney rather than a diehard conservative? Well, we know how that turned out.
I’m for Trump and I’m glad this has been brought up. Why are so many people here afraid of the truth?
Citizen at birth does not necessarily equal natural born citizen. Dual citizen at birth may be mutually exclusive with natural born citizen. Not settled.
Oh really? Would you like to educate us giving Name and Date and place of birth?
Word games don’t show high intellect either. He’s not and never was “Canadian”. He’s an American born in Canada. Unless every person in America born on an overseas base is not an American.
Do we have to get into Anchor babies?
Can’t have it both ways.
Two wrongs don’t make a right!
They already have their candidate and he’s waaaaay out in front and gaining. There ya go.
“Word games don’t show high intellect either”
I disagree, Norm.
You have now posted something worthy of discussion, unlike Catherine of Aragon posting how ugly she finds Donald’s face, which leaves the opposing position to say: ‘My candidate is hotter than yours.’
See how childish that is?
I appreciate your post . . though I don’t agree with it, we can now discuss like two rational adults.
As I understand it, if Cruz’s mother had been in Canada 5 or more years before he was born, he would not have been eligible.
However, as her certificate of American birth has now been produced, and she gave birth to him inside of 4 years in Canada, the issue of his American citizenship appears to have been established.
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