[gusty]

Ted Cruz should not of went thru the process of renouncing Canadian citizenship. He should not of recognized it at all period. He was born an American citizen, thus he had no need to renounce anything, since the US does not recognize what Canada or anybody else consider their citizens. I hope people know enough about our own history to realize that we fought a war over this subject back in 1812-14 called the War of 1812. You see American citizens were impressed (shanghaied) into the Royal Navy because at the time the UK, which included all of Ireland, considered anyone born there a subject for life. Thus British born Americans were dragged off of American ships and forced to serve in the British military. The US of course was outraged that its citizens were being kidnapped on the high seas, this situation led to our declaring war on the UK in June of 1812. Our position since the beginning was that we do not care what other countries consider citizens, we only care who we consider citizens, natural or not.

[DesertRhino]

“Our position since the beginning was that we do not care what other countries consider citizens, we only care who we consider citizens, natural or not.”

Perfectly stated.

[Cboldt]

-- He was born an American citizen, thus he had no need to renounce anything, since the US does not recognize what Canada or anybody else consider their citizens. --

I think he had to make a public showing of some sort, seeing that his birth certificate is Canadian. Some people would interpret that as "significant," somehow.

Ted Cruz Birth Certificate

The Cruz camp finds the same thing you do, that he was never a Canadian citizen, and Canada had no claim on him.

But Cruz's office says that so far as it knows, the senator has no Canadian citizenship.

Ted Cruz releases birth certificate - WaPo, August 19, 2013