Posted on 01/16/2016 2:08:45 PM PST by Red Steel
Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina weighed in on what she called the "odd" circumstances of her Canadian-born rival Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX)'s citizenship on Thursday.
In an interview on Fox News' "On the Record With Greta Van Susteren," Fiorina said: "I find it odd that Sen. Ted Cruz did not renounce his duel Canadian citizenship until 2014 when it became clear he was running for president."
Cruz, who has faced questions about his eligibility to run for president before, dismissed this week's birther chatter as "political noise."
Speaking to reporters in Iowa on Wednesday, the Texas senator said, "as a legal matter, the question is quite straightforward and settled law that the child of a U.S. citizen born abroad is a natural born citizen."
Cruz's problem hinges on the definition of "natural born citizen," a Constitutional requirement to be eligible to run for president. The term is generally understood by legal scholars to refer to anyone who became a citizen at birth-like Cruz, whose mother is an American citizen—and did not have to go through a naturalization process.
But some strict constitutionalists argue that this definition is not explicitly spelled out in the Constitution.
As Fiorina told Fox's Van Susteren: "There are both legal scholars and others who think this is, perhaps, a legitimate issue."
The issue came under renewed scrutiny this week after GOP candidate Donald Trump cast doubt on Cruz's eligibility to serve as commander-in-chief. He was soon joined by conservative pundit Ann Coulter, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), and presidential candidate Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY).
I find it odd Carley is still in the race.
The republican candidates trash each other while democrats laugh. Hillary won’t have to work hard to win.
millions of voters who didn’t know a week ago will think it quite odd a guy who wants to be President of the United States was a Canadian citizen
And she thinks she is still winning!
The other day I asked this and nobody responded.
Is there anyone here 43 years of age who didn’t know what nations they were a citizen of?
And yet Ted Cruz wants us to think he’s brilliant, and up on every subject.
Someone pour me a glass of what Ted is drinking.
What, and risk losing all those donations from Big Maple Syrup lobbyists?
You stole my line!
The idea that he didn’t know is absurd. I’m sure he needed that birth certificate on several occasions.
Fiorina?? Sheesh... at least he doesn’t look like Secretariat....
Well, Madelaine Albright was over 65 and didn’t realize she was a Jew.
I find EVERYTHING about Fiorina odd.
Really hard to believe isn’t it? Wonder what else he has forgotten to remember, like his Goldman Sachs, or Citibank loans, are there others we don’t know about yet?
It seems when you upset the press, saying things he did about ‘New York Values’ they will hunt until they come up with more.....waiting....it will be coming...
Well Said!
LOL
For those of you in Rio Linda.
Cruz WAS a Candian citizen UNTIL 2014.
Which means he could have run for Prime Minister of Canada
before 2014.
Carly is partially correct. However both parents need to be citizens.
I needed my Birth Certificate to get married, to get a “card” to go to Mexico, to obtain a NYS Professional License.........
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