“If a statute has to make one a Citizen, that’s not a “natural born Citizen”.”
Exactly.
Natural born citizen - nothing has to be done for that person to claim the rights of citizenship. It happens when one is born on US soil. A person born on US soil is able to vote and run for office without having to be naturalized. It doesn’t matter who the parents are or where they’re from.
Ugh.
What about the parents???
You do realize, do you not?, that almost no other countries in the world other than the U.S. recognize as citizens domestically born individuals regardless of the citizenship of the parents.
Run for every office except President and Vice President.
The Founding Fathers (or Founding Non-birthing parents, if you prefer) wanted the holders of those two singular offices to be free of any hint of divided loyalties.
Imaging if you will that Panamanian born (born outside the Canal Zone) John McCain became president.
What happens when an enemy stirs up trouble in Panama? ANYTHING McCain did or didn't do would become a political football! Did he defend Panama just because he was born there? Is he ignoring the threat to the south of us and the Monroe Doctrine because he doesn't want to seem like he's catering to Panama? ad nauseum.
He or she would be excoriated on CNN, et al. 24/7/365.241
(Unless they were a democrat, of course!)