[Fresh Wind]

Because several of the birthers have been saying that to be a natural born citizen, the child had to be born on US soil, and both parents had to be natural born on US soil as well.

So, by that definition, if the child's parents have to be natural born, then the child's grandparents have to be natural born as well. And if the grandparents have to be natural born, then the great-grandparents do too. If you go back far enough, you eventually find immigrant ancestors who can't possibly be natural born, and the whole chain collapses, and NO ONE can be natural born by that definition.

That's ridiculous.

And you are saying that Cruz believes that?

[justlittleoleme]

Nope.... go back and listen to what Cruz said. He said that some birthers argue that.

I have seen some birthers right here on FR argue that. I agree that is just silly.

[SunshinesStormySummerSon]

For full disclosure: I taught US government for over 30 years.

I am not qualified to label anyone a “birther”. I do know that the original (NOT current, that’s clearly in dispute with multiple interpretations) requirement for natural born citizenship included birth within the US and two natural born citizen parents.

The Constitutional requirement to be a natural born citizen applies solely to the office of President of the US.

Grandparents’ or earlier ancestors’ citizenship was/is irrelevant.

[Fantasywriter]

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