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Quarter of Republicans think Cruz's birthplace disqualifies him for president: poll
Reuters ^
| Fri Jan 15, 2016 7:05am EST
| Ginger Gibson
Posted on 01/15/2016 5:14:48 AM PST by GonzoII
A quarter of Republicans think White House hopeful Ted Cruz is disqualified to serve as U.S. president because he was born in Canada to an American mother, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll found. Republican voters nearly mirror independents and the broader electorate in their belief that Cruz cannot hold the White House, with 27 percent of all voters and 28 percent of independents responding he should be disqualified.
Cruz, a U.S. Senator from Texas who was born to a U.S. citizen mother and Cuban father in Calgary, Alberta, has brushed aside the attacks about his eligibility as pure politics. But the questions could hamper his ability to rally the broad Republican support he would need to win the party's nomination to run for the presidency in November's election.
Only 47 percent of all voters surveyed responded that they thought Cruz is qualified to be president with regard to his citizenship, with 26 percent saying they were not sure.
The poll was taken from Jan. 7 to Jan. 14, before questions about Cruz's eligibility became one of the most heated moments of Thursday night's Republican primary debate.
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To: Kickass Conservative
I think your observation is incorrect over all....and I have stated hundreds of times that it doesn’t apply to me.
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01/16/2016 3:48:20 AM PST
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C. Edmund Wright
(WTF? How Karl Rove and the Establishment Lost...Again (Amazon Best Seller))
To: GonzoII
Yeah the country is at stake...exactly why the long knives are out for Senator Cruz...he is Mr. Constitution a fact that the establishment can't have so they have come up with this bogus birthright wording in our constitution. Ted Cruz's mother was an American Citizen at the time of Ted's birth making him an American Citizen whether or not he was born in Russia or Canada. ....same for Obama whether he was born in Indonesia or Kenya...his mother was an American.
& Cruz!
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01/16/2016 5:06:40 AM PST
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yoe
To: GonzoII
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01/16/2016 12:46:25 PM PST
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samtheman
(Elect Trump, Build Wall. End Censorship.)
To: GonzoII
I’m one of them. He wasn’t born in the USA.
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01/16/2016 1:36:14 PM PST
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Coleus
(For the sake of His sorrowful passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.)
To: Coleus; samtheman
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01/23/2016 8:58:00 AM PST
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Arthur Wildfire! March
(Cruz and Trump FRiends strongest when we don't insult each other.)
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