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To: Berlin_Freeper

I get it. That’s cute. They were foreign born because they were born in Virginia and Massachusetts prior to the ratification of the Constitution. Semantics can be fun.

Of course you’re aware of this relevant passage from Article II

‘No person except a natural born citizen, OR A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES AT THE TIME OF THE ADOPTION OF THIS CONSTITUTION shall be eligible to the office of President.’

In other words, the situation of the first 8 Presidents was explicitly accounted for in the Constitution by the phrase ‘..a citizen at the time of the adoption of this Constitution’. If you’re implying that Cruz is covered by that clause, then you’re embarrassing yourself.


203 posted on 01/11/2016 12:32:34 AM PST by mbrfl
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To: mbrfl

Just pointing out who was not born in America. Ted Cruz is covered by The US Constitution which created equal rights for all citizens without a single exception. If you are suggesting otherwise then you are an embarrassment.


204 posted on 01/11/2016 12:36:50 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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