“McCain never had to apply for U.S. citizenship any more or less than any other U.S. citizen at birth.”
Part of the problem with eligibility arguments is that some of us are ignorant of the facts.
McCain and Cruz have birth certificates issued to them from foreign entities in foreign countries. To establish U.S. Citizenship, they or their parents had to apply for U.S. Citizenship through the U.S. State Department, provide supporting documentation and pay a fee.
Anyone born outside of the of the U.S with one or two U.S. parents does not automatically become a U.S. Citizen. A Certificate of Citizenship will be issued if and only if it is applied for with supporting documents. If fraud if found in the application or supporing documents, even after the Certificate of Citizenship has been issued, then the applicant can lose their U.S. Citizenship without their consent and be forced to re-apply or naturalize.
The U.S. State Department is a foreign entity in a foreign nation?
I just applied for my daughter’s birth certificate from the local county office - it too would be rejected if there was any fraud found in the supporting documents.