“Ergo, Ted is a US Citizen”
But, not a “natural born citizen”.
Yes. He is.
Not “native” born, but then that isn’t what the law stipulates. His Mother meets the residency requirements which is why Ted never needed to be Naturalized.
Further, Ted spent more time growing up in Texas than either McCain or Obama did up to Ted’s current age...
My Dad was born in Munich to Ukrainian immigrants. He is inelligible to run. He was naturailized beofre I was born and married to a US Citizen. If i had been born to them while travelling abroad, I would still be elligible to run for POTUS. I wasn’t though... St. Mary’s in Minneapolis.