Billionaire Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, who repeatedly questioned whether President Barack Obama was born in America, seems to be raising fresh questions about Texas Sen. Ted Cruz’s eligibility to be president.
And with that, conservatives’ dream of a Trump-Cruz ticket seems to have gone up in smoke.
Deploying a strategy he has often used to toss out an accusation as media fodder, Trump recently said in a Washington Post interview that “a lot of people are talking about” whether Cruz, who was born in Canada, can serve as president.
And Trump doesn’t believe Cruz’s eligibility issues are going away any time soon, and could dog the candidate for his entire campaign.
Cruz was granted American citizenship at birth because his mother is American. While most legal experts agree that makes Cruz a natural-born citizen, Trump doesn’t appear to see the issue as settled.
Trump alleged that several states are taking a look at Cruz’s citizenship and “the fact that he was born in Canada and he has had a double passport.”
“Republicans are going to have to ask themselves the question: ‘Do we want a candidate who could be tied up in court for two years?’ That’d be a big problem,” Trump told the Post. “It’d be a very precarious one for Republicans because he’d be running and the courts may take a long time to make a decision. You don’t want to be running and have that kind of thing over your head.”
For his part, Cruz tried to laugh off the latest accusations with a tweet referencing a Happy Days episode where the main character Fonzie jumps over a shark. It’s a pop culture reference suggesting that someone’s period of fame is ending — and seemed to be Cruz’s way of accusing Trump of getting desperate.
My response to @realDonaldTrump calling into question my natural-born citizenship? https://t.co/gWfAHznlCY
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) January 5, 2016
I always thought that if one parent was a U.S. Citizen that one is a U.S. Citizen at birth.
You thought right!
That right, I was said before, that why Obama are illegal President and Dems must Prosecute for high treason, because Party was know and cover all evidences. Cruz can be only Vice President. Constitution are clear, natural born like both parent and five generation of American, also are illegal carry to passport.
That game liberals was start and set illegal alien and President, and if not legal nothing sign have legal value, that are a confuse Dems create, and for that penalty are destroy party and ban from politic. All Trump said are true, a problem liberals hate heard a true, no mere what must win what won. Trump can destroy what are now destroy, Dems no have enough support and sure be will loose and after be will not stop loose.
What—-you are omitting words or your Mexican, I can hardly understand what I have read.
Ditto!
Give him credit for talking two languages,let alone writing them.
I agree! Hora, you sure didn’t make sense! Our 2 children were born over seas but are U.S. citizens. Both my husband and I were/are citizens.
Dear Donnie J., The Constitution is clear. Only a natural born citizens can be president of the USA. If one of the parents owes allegiance to a foreign nation, like is the case of Obama whose father was from Kenya, he or she cannot exercise the office of the Presidency for the child of a foreigner also shares in the owing allegiance to the foreign nation whom the foreign born parent owes allegiance to. We The People were betrayed by the Democrats who signed the documents which certified Obama as qualified to run for the office of president…. after having most of his documents sealed by the courts. Ah! Not one of these traitors has ever been prosecuted and made to pay for all the harm that has come to We The People.
I sure hope my English is good enough for you. I am a Puerto Rico born American educated in Ivy league universities. I used to teach English to native speakers of English and foreign born speakers and can assure you — to my great sorrow — there are many deficient in English Americans.
Me too. I thought I was going nuts. LOL
I read it pretty well. Why are you critical of someone who is merely expressing their
opinion. Someone who perhaps has become a citizen and therefore knows the
requirements. That part of becoming a citizen does not state that one must be
proficient in the use of the English language simply that they can read and write it
understandably. I have no special degrees and I understood it.
Now, if you have a comment about his agreement of Cruz not being a US Citizen
or one about Mr. Obama not being born in the US and not eligible as President of the USA,
just say that and leave the person’s grammar and composition alone.
Dennis, I give him/her credit, but I still had one very hard time reading it and I’m not sure I understand all of it now!
If you go by what you are saying, then the first seven or eight presidents of the United States could not have been president
You do realize that anyone who was a citizen at the date the Constitution went into effect was automatically grandfathered under the requirement for being a natural born citizen, correct? Article II, Section 1. I don’t think that still applies to anyone…
The Constitution doesn’t define the term “natural born citizen” directly. Legal sources routinely used to interpret the Constitution confirm that the phrase “natural born Citizen” has a specific meaning: namely, someone who was a U.S. citizen at birth with no need to go through a naturalization proceeding at some later time. And Congress has made equally clear from the time of the framing of the Constitution to the current day that, subject to certain residency requirements on the parents, someone born to a U.S. citizen parent generally becomes a U.S. citizen without regard to whether the birth takes place in Canada, the Canal Zone, or the continental United States.
Just in case someone wanted data to go with the rhetoric…I know, weird.
The Constitution has a provision for those of the founders generation. I want to see proof that mama Cruz was actually born in the US & an actual US citizen at the time of his birth so we can settle this issue and move on.
Sorry but the first seven presidents would not be considered foreign born. Washington was born in VA, Adams in MA, Jefferson in VA, Madison in VA, Monroe in VA, John Q Adams in MA and Andrew Jackson born in the backwoods of the Carolinas. They were all born in British colonies but these colonies would later became the USA. The eighth president was the first president to be born in the USA. This was Martin Van Buren who was born in the state of New York.
Both parents have to be born in America, oboma is not eligible for that reason, a second reason is oboma stated to the FBI that he never changed his name,,,, he lied,,,,, his name was barry soetoro when he lived in hawaii, also barry soetoro was born in kenya, Cruz, who I really like,,, is not eligible, neither is Rubio, whom I also like
Learn how to speak English for Crying out loud. And you wonder why we’re sick and tired of immigrants. I don’t give a damn how nice a person you might be, this is OUR country, and if you want to enjoy the benefits LEARN THE LANGUAGE!!
Both parents have to be legally born citizens of the United States, If cruz was bornin canada then he cannot run for pres.
Actually John, If he was born in Canada on the US embassy grounds, he would still be eligible as long as both parents were US citizens.
At least Hora can spell fairly well.
Are you drunk?
It’s already been cleared up by a Constitutionalist.You need to listen to Mark Levin more.
The so-called constitutionalist Mark Levin does not know what he is talking about when it comes to US Constitutional law and Article ll Section 1 Clause 5 of the US Constitution . Google Natural Born Citizen for Dummies ! It takes two US citizen parents on US Soil to make a natural born US Citizen . Ted Cruz is dual citizen of the US and Canada or a dual citizen or the US and Cuba .
I don’t know what all the fuss is about. If you were born in Foreign, you were foreign born. If you were born in Natural, you were natural born.
Rafael (Ted’s father) is on PUBLIC RECORD stating he & his wife BECAME CITIZENS OF CANADA before Ted wasBorn.Aug 2013
Hence Ted Cruz was born in Canada of parents who are Canadian citizens.
Read August 2013 of Public Record below:
https://www.facebook.com/notes/anna-tomerlin/ted-cruz-citizenship-timeline/815852778451290/ …
Sorry can’t understand your English…. I’m not going to say its bad, but sentence structure is a little weak… and when you speak on, or interpret, law and rules you need to be somewhat exact and specific. Conversational English can have a horrid amount of wrong words, and could still communicate an idea or a thought. One thing that will help you a lot is reading English… lots of reading will help… and keep a dictionary handy. You should read English books like stories, (fiction and non fiction) instructionals, and news. Say what you want about English, like it, or not, it is the most descriptive, communicative, and evolving language on the planet. Good English can mean the difference between a life of poverty or an American dream, because if you can’t communicate ideas and thoughts you are going to be hogtied the rest of your life. lol
I have only one comment. A friend of mine was born in Canada of an American
mother and a Canadian Citizen (also born outside of Canada) and he was
awarded dual citizenship. But in order to be a true American he had to go through
the same citizenship procedure that foreign born go through. He had to get rid of the dual citizenship and formally swear his allegiance to America and and give up his dual citizenship to be an American. He knew at that time that he was not eligible to run for President.
I have always wondered about Cruz. Is he or is he not eligible.
Is that some kind of pig latin. I didn’t understand what you said. Is it me?
Neither you or Trump know what you’re talking about.
cruz can’t even be vp as the constitution says a vp must meet the same qualifications as the pres.
Both parents must be US citizens. the child can be born in a foreign country only if he was born on embassy land, military post, such things as this. McCain was born in the Panama Canal zone on military post property. Therefore with both parents being US citizens, he was eligible!
note to Hora. If anything happens to the president….the vice president is next in line….so that would omit that office also. If it was true that one parent only needs to be American born. Reading what I have though of the founders writings….its pretty clear to me it had to be 2 parents for a president. It was a higher standard because of the danger of him having foreign leanings…..just like this president does .
That’s OK Hora, we are proud to count you amongst us.
a comment on this has a mistaken argument that even though “”Cruz “” can’t be president ( ?? if he was not a natural born citizen ) he could still be the vice president !! but if the writer had read the constitution he should have know that he made a false statement as both the vice p and the president must both be “” natural born citizens “” as Cruz was born in NORTH AMERICA “” Canada “” and his mother was a citizen of the U S this will be up to the judges before the elections not after !!!!
Obviously we have an English problem here because what I am reading something that is obviously not well spoken. But that is okay. It is slightly understandable.
It isn’t a question of citizenship. It’s whether he meets the definition “natural born citizen” as defined by the constitution. From what I was taught by my government professors and in my constitutional law classes, Cruz does not meet the definition of “natural born citizen” by the constitution. Yes, of course, he’s a citizen. It’s the natural born part that is the question.
Blood and soil. Must be born with 2 citizen parents IN America.
Anything else is naturalized, not natural.
If at birth, you are a citizen, then Natural.
If after birth, any documentation required for citizenship, then naturalized, and not eligible for presidency–yes, with the 20008 selection, the horse is out of the barn, so why close that door.
“So why close the barn door ” ? With your rational why have a constitution at all ! Like most liberals you think the US Constitution is a living document that can be changed at the whim of a political party .
Of course this J.J. person knows that TWO WRONGS ALWAYS MAKE A RIGHT!!!
THIS IS EXACTLY THE PROBLEM WE HAVE IN THIS COUNTRY, NONE OF YOU BELIEVES THAT THE RULES AND LAWS PERTAIN TO YOU… THE LAW IS THE LAW EQUAL ONTO ALL OR IF NOT THEN THERE IS NO LAW AT ALL!!!
IF, BY LAW, TWO NATURAL PARENTS ARE REQUIRED FOR A PERSON TO BECOME PRESIDENT/V.P. THEN ANYONE CIRCUMVENTING THOSE LAWS IS AN OUT RIGHT CRIMINAL OF THE HIGHEST ORDER IN THE CASE OF THE US PRESIDENCY!!!
IN MY MIND ITS LIKE ME MURDERING YOU BECAUSE I DON’T LIKE YOU AND CLAIMING YOUR MURDER JUSTIFIABLE BECAUSE I DON’T LIKE YOUR POLITICS…. NO, NO, NO, IT’S THE LAW, SO YOU ARE SAFE UNTIL WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO INTERPRET LAWS TO OUR OWN SCREWY BENEFIT!!!
IF YOU KNOW THAT MY STATEMENTS ARE INACCURATE OR YOU FEEL THE LAWS ARE THERE FOR PERSONAL INTERPRETATION PLEASE JUST FORWARD YOUR HOME ADDRESS…….
Not completely true! Any child born of a soldier stationed in a foreign country who is also married to a US citizen can still be eligible IF the child is born on US owned soil. Like a military fort, an embassy, ect!
I READ THE CONSTITUTION TOO….AGREE WITH YOU….NATURAL BORN MEANS…BOTH PARENTS HAVE TO BE US CITIZENS AT TIME OF BIRTH, WHETHER IN THE US OR ELSE WHERE IN THE WORLD. I READ ALSO THAT THE FATHER’S STATUS AS A US CITIZEN WAS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE MOTHER NOT BEING A CITIZEN.
You are right.
don’t think so it use to be 2 natural born American citizens and born in America, then they changed it to 2 as long as 1 is citizen and born in America regardless he should not be eligible he was born in Canada even though one parent was US citizen I don’t know but many like myself question his eligibility along with Rubio going to get messy
Ellen, who is the “they” that made the change you wrote about? If by “they” you mean Congress, then it is irrelevant as Congress cannot change the Constitution. If by “they”, you mean the SCOTUS, they also cannot change the Constitution. If by “they”, you mean Congress and a supermajority of the states, then that has not happened (but would be entirely legal).
I agree with you about Cruz and Rubio (and Jindal, and possibly Santorum). I just wanted to be clear on the process for any changes.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR OPINION, EDUCATION AND CLARIFICATION…
Anyone but an egotistical bully would be good. Trump may be smart with his business but he does not have thick enough skin to deal with countries. I can’t wait to see the tantrums he throws when he don’t get his way if he becomes president. Hopefully that day will never come if it does RUN!!!!
You don’t know the man. Why would anyone take all the criticism and bad cracks when he doesn’t have to run for President. He has enough money and prestige in the business world that many will never see. His reward here is making America better because he loves America.
THAT’S OKAY, TRUMP DOESN’T NEED THICK SKIN, HE HAS Uncle Sam”s ARMY TO DO HIS TALKING FOR US… MAKE NO MISTAKE, I AM NO ARM CHAIR GENERAL AND I ADVOCATE NO HOSTILITY OR HATE OR AGGRESSION, BUT WHEN NECESSARY IT MUST BE DONE AND WE ARE THE BEST AT IT…
LIKE IN THE CURRENT SITUATION IN THE .ME…. IF WE HAD NOT GONE IN THERE SADAM AND HIS VIOLENCE WOULD STILL HAVE THE SITUATION UNDER CONTROL… HOWEVER, WE DID GO IN AND SPEND TRILLIONS AND THEN AFTER THOSE TRILLION OF LOST US TREASURE AND SEVERAL THOUSAND US MILITARY DEATHS WE IN OUR HALF BAKED WISDOM DECIDED (OUR MORONIC WANTABE LEADERS :H.CLINTON, J. KEARY, B.HUSAIN OBOMA) IT WOULD JUST BE JUST GRAND TO ABANDON THE AREA
TO THE VACUUM WE CREATED AND NOW DESERTED… HAD WE MAINTAINED OUR TROOPS (US ARMY) THERE AS WE DID IN GERMANY ALL THOSE MISPLACED PEOPLE SCRAMBLING FOR SAFETY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD WOULD BE AT HOME AS THEY WERE BEFORE WE DESERTED THEM…
IT IS MY BEST GUESS THAT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THOSE UNFORTUNATE AND MISPLACED FAMILIES HAVE ONE SINGLE AND COLLECTIVE THOUGHT IN MIND WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR SECURITY!!! AND THIS IDIOTIC GOVERNMENT COMPRISED OF THE AFOREMENTIONED PERSONS WANT TO PAVE THE WAY TO A NUCLEAR IRAN WITHIN 10 YEARS…
I SAY ELECT A GUY OR GAL, IF ONE EXISTED, WHO HAS THIN SKIN TO COMMANDER AND CHIEF WHO WOULD KNOW HOW TO MAKE A DEAL WITH OUR MILITARY TO GET THE JOB DONE!!! GLOBAL WARMING MY ASS, THAT’S A FOUR BURNER TOPIC OR, AT THE MOMENT, A NON TOPIC!!! SURVIVAL IS THE FIRST TOPIC OF CONCERN… ISRAEL WAS TOLD BY IRAN THAT WITHIN 25 YEARS THAT IRAN WILL CRUSH HER OUT OF EXISTENCE AND THAT WAS JUST LAST MONTH!!!
LET ME JUST ASK THIS QUESTION IN CLOSING…. WHEN ISRAEL GOES DOWN WILL SHE GO ALONE AND HOW OLD WILL YOUR CHILDREN AND GRAND CHILDREN BE???
IF YOU ARE NOT SAVED THEN GET SAVED!!! IF YOU DO NOT BELIEVE THEN YOU BETTER START BUYING GUNS AND BULLETS NOW BECAUSE HUMANITY’S WORST IS ABOUT TO REAPPEAR ….
JimN. you are quite correct. Reagan told russia “Mr. Gorbechev TEAR down that wall”. It fell. Kennedy, the last Dem with any cahones, told Russia “move those missiles”. They waited a few days to see if he’d blink and he didn’t. They moved them! We can only bargain from a position of POWER! We can not bargain from a position of “pretty please with sugar on top”? Ofraud has proven that many times over!
I don’t believe that’s what our Constitution says,not that it matters anymore
It could be more of a problem than one may think. Yes, American parents have children born abroad. There are protocols in place for that. Parents need to go to the American Embassy in that Foreign Country and fill out the proper paper work that STATES the parents denounce the child’s foreign Citizenship and want American Citizenship only. Take that form back to America and follow the procedures. Parents have a time limit to get the form completed and summited to the proper authorities, if not, then the child will have duel citizenship and may not qualify as a “Natural Born Citizen”. Ted Cruz has a Cuban Father, don’t no if he became a citizen before Ted was born and a American wife, not sure how that will work with the needed paper work. Foreign Military personnel and bases Hospitals are all together different, not much of a problem there. Cruz is a sharp cookie, I think it is all cool, it does pay to be prudent though, I hope it isn’t nasty politics.
This is for you and Charles Imwold. A child born to parents who are both American citizens, no matter where that birth may occur, is a natural born citizen of the United States. If this were not the case any child born to military parents stationed outside the CONUS would not be considered a “natural born” U.S. citizen. Your interpretation, which is contrary to that of the U.S. Supreme Court, would disqualify thousands if not millions of people born to military members simply because their parents were serving OCONUS.
The Constitution in Article2, Section1, Clause 5, simply states: No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.
Actually your wrong, My father was a US citizen and my mother from the UK and I was born in England in a civilian hospital. I had to become a naturalized US citizen when I was 5. things may have changed today but I’m thinking Cruz would have been in the same era as I was.
Naturalized is different than natural born American
Exactly. Why can’t dummies figure it out?
If you have one American parent and one parent a citizen of another country gives you duo citizenship but not a natural born citizen of America, to be a Natural born Citizen here in America you must be an American Citizen and both of your parents must be an American Citizen. I am not certain but I have heard that Cruz’s father is a Canadian Citizen, his mother an American Citizen and Cruz gave up his Canadian citizenship so that he only has his American citizenship. If this is true then he is ineligible to be president and the same goes for Rubio! This is to bad because I believe that we would do no better than a Trump/Cruz ticket but, just because of obumbler got away with the treasonous out act does not mean we should do it too and besides the demoncrats wouldn’t let us!
That is not true, I am an American, my wife is from the Philippines, and neither her or our son has duo citizenship. Most people think this is something automatically done, but it is not true. Also some countries do not allow duo citizenship. I have already rode this train, We had to find out the hard way.
Absolutely WRONG. My wife is Filipina, our son was born in the Philippines, although I am a full blooded American born citizen, my son was not, we had to go through the proper channels to get it done. I had to file the papers for both my wife, and my son to become citizens.
A US citizen, yes. A natural born citizen, no. Both parents must be citizens for their child to be a natural born citizen of their nation.
Ted Cruz is not helping the voters who want to an anti-establishment candidate win the White House in the coming election. As you can see by the opinions of the people posting above, there are some that are willing to vote for him even if he does not meet the Constitutional requirements of a Natural Born Citizen. These people are saying, “What difference does it make.” Others do care. They do not want Article 11 Section 1 of the Constitution to be obliterated.
If Cruz should win the nomination, there would be a lot of voters, those who do care, that will not vote or vote for a third party. In a close election this could be mean Hillary wins.
If Cruz really cares about our country, he would do the right thing and go back to the Senate where he should be.
I am beginning to believe that he is a Globalist because of his wife’s connection with the Council on Foreign Relations, a Globalist org. and the fact that she is now an employee of Goldman Sachs.
it is not a settled question cause it still is not settled even about President Obama.Obama’s mother was an American citizen. So get a grip. If you want Cruz , he has to go to court now and get it settled officially.
I am a Canadian citizen living in the USA for many years. My children were both born in the USA and had dual-citizenship until age 18. At that point, they had to decide to be an American or Canadian citizen. They chose to be American citizens (so nothing further needed to be done). On the other hand, they could have chosen to claim Canadian citizenship, (which they didn’t do). Why Cruz has dual passports, is something I don’t understand.
This is true. My son was born in Scotland while I was stationed there in the military. His mother and I are both U.S. citizens but he had to make a choice at age 18 whether he wanted to be a citizen of Scotland or the U.S. He chose the U.S. therefore he is an American citizen. This is just another ploy by Trump to attack those who are gaining ground on him and are becoming a threat to his popularity. Trump is a mud slinger through and through.
Please study constitutional law and look up the constitution and the definition of “natural born citizen” and actually read how the constitution defines “natural born citizen” instead of doing your own mudslinging.
Here! Here!
Mr Fidler,
I responded to your comment elsewhere on here because I am not computer suave.
So how is it some people have dual citizenship? How is it some folks have to choose which one they want to be and others do not?
I think it may have something to do with the relationship we have with the country. This is of course pure speculation but I wanted to put the thought out there to see what response we might get from so e one “who may know”.
(AND) Mr Donald J Trump can and will do a GREAT job at it. Go Trump for all of us who be live you are the one to get this Country back on the American track again.
The only thing Trump is good for making money off others thinking he is the best at everything spreading hate dividing people and in the dreams of his fans that makes him a great president. Time to wake up and take a closer look fans!
His father is on PUBLIC RECORD stating he&his wife BECAME CITIZENS OF CANADA before Ted wasBorn.Aug 2013
https://www.facebook.com/notes/anna-tomerlin/ted-cruz-citizenship-timeline/815852778451290/ …
If dems and reps don’t work together for the people no matter who is the president we will have the results. Junm in junk out (jino)
Google Natural Born Citizen for Dummies !
don’t blame everything on to trump he can’t help it many are asking about the situation Donald will do a great job for us he is not in it for the money like most are BE NICE ALL OF YOU
Trump only brought it up to say that Cruz should get it straightened out now and not later. The news people are the ones that are causing the problem. It was Hillary that brought up obumas citizenship issue when she was running against him. She will probably bring it up for Cruz also.
Exactly. The main stream mess (press) is purposely misstating Trump’s position. He is saying that Cruz needs to get a court judgement now to forestall any later issues, and not wait for someone to bring lawsuit later. He explicitly said that he does not know for certain himself if Cruz is a natural born citizen.
Contrary to statements made here and elsewhere about Trump’s statement, I don’t see this as a rejection by Trump of Cruz on a personal level, nor as a running mate. It is a rejection as a running mate only if Cruz does not get the matter settled in court first. It could, in fact, be coming out because Trump wants Cruz as a running mate, but wants him to resolve this issue, one way or the other, first.
I was born in Tripoli to American-born citizens while my dad was stationed there. I did not have to do anything at age 18. I joined the USAF when I was 20 and again, did not have to do anything or make any choices.
You are a natural born citizen because you were born of American parents whose presence in the foreign country was under the authority and control of the US government. Similarly, a person born in the US to parents not under the control of the US (such as consular officials of other countries) is not thereby a US citizen.
Similarly, McCain is a natural born citizen of the US. He was born at a US military outpost somewhere in South America, if I remember correctly, where his father was serving.
Cruz, however, had no such factors involved in his birth.
Americans, meeting the conditions, can have dual Canadian citizenship, if hey have enough money. Same goes for Singaporeans, Hong Kongers, etc.. Money talks, in Oh!, Canada.
Money talks in O anywhere!
the wording of American born is rather non descriptive as there are 3 America’s north , central and south the question is not if he is an American born citizen but a U S born citizen the constitution of the United State states state that a natural born citizen can run for president not a transplant ( my word ) but the question is did the founding fathers intend for just any American to be able to run for the highest office of the U S or just the U S born citizens ????
True, “US born” is more precise than “American born”. And this issue calls for precision.
Note, however, that citizens of the United States call themselves, and are known as “Americans”, quite correctly. Canadian citizens are called “Canadians” not “Americans”.
Liberals, disliking everything that the word “America” stands for in common usage, attack any use of the word. Please don’t emulate them. 🙂 The word “America” came to be used to refer to the US because those fleeing Europe for freedom in the New World (North and South America) typically fled to the United States. Thus “America” has come to be associated with the concept of freedom; whereas “The United States” can just refer to a government. I am proud to be “an American”.
My exact sentiment Lorna, I totally agree with you. I am a naturalized US citizen and have a daughter who was born in my country, she had dual citizenship but when she turned 18, she decided on becoming an American Citizen. Cruz has to decided which country he wants to be citizen of. He cannot be president of USA if he’s also a Canadian Citizen.
He already has!
Google Natural Born Citizen For Dummies !
Any citizenship acquired other then natural born is not made by choice, but by request. To become naturalized is a privalige not a right
Naturalized citizens can also be deported if they live outside the law
Ted Cruz renounced his Canadian duel citizenship some time ago making his a US citizen only. Please do some research for yourself.
ya but he was not born here that is the key
Google Natural Born Citizen for Dummies !
Conditions of sufficient Natural Citizenship:
President has to be a Natural Born Citizen, not just US Citizen.
1) Born n US;
2) HasBeen aCitizenSinceBirth;
3)BOTH PARENTS were citizens when born outside the US.
McCain parents are both US citizens when he was born in Panama. Further, his father was a diplomat.
This makes McCain “Natural Born Citizen’ hence can be president.
http://www.greschak.com/essays/natborn/synopsis.htm …
Attn America!! Do Not Embarass Yourself Again! Neither Cruz nor Rubio are able to qualify under the requirement for “Natural” Born Citizen, both are Naturalized and their is strong difference between the two. Naturalized is the 14th Amendment “Anchor Baby” issue. Naturalized means both mom and dad need to be U S citizens at time of birth in the U S A or in the territory of the nation. Now if you don’t believe this read Vattel! Wake Up America NOW!!! Don’t Disgrace this nation again as it was twice in 2008, 2012, when a non citizen was allowed to reach into our chair in our house the house of “WE THE PEOPLE”! What an atrocity!
he does not have a dual passport — Obama has a French passport, an Indonesian Passport and an American Passport. Cruz never claimed to be anything but American. He is natural born according to the supreme court and gave up his Canadian citizen when he was told he had it. He never traveled anywhere on a Canadian passport unless it was when he was a young boy leaving Canada and moving to Texas. This is just another ploy to take focus off of Cruz — as Texas vets their politicians very carefully since Obama won — as Republican candidates here must prove their US citizenship and status to run, Democrats on the other hand are not asked to – that is what is like in our Parties in Texas.
THIS……right here is what is wrong with the uninformed, Mr. Donald J. Trump in a round about way stated if he was to pick a running mate it would most likely be Ted Cruz. All of us including D.J.T. has heard about this duel citizenship in the past few weeks. Only this past week it is being splattered all over the internet for all to ponder. My personal opinion only ::::: If Ted Cruz is legally illegible to run, then it would be very smart of D.J.T. to pick him. T.C. knows which doors to knock on in the White House to get things done for us, The People.
RC- Do you really believe a brilliant man like Trump will have trouble knocking on the right doors? It seems to me he has given thousands of dollars if not millions to mostly everyone
in the current government. He will not have to knock. They will be held open for him!
He denounced it a little over a year and a half ago (May 2014), claims he didn’t know he had dual citizenship…hmmm
Conditions: 1) Born n US;
2) HasBeen aCitizenSinceBirth;
3)BOTH PARENTS were citizens when born outside.
Cruz father was not a US citizen when he was born in Canada; Neither was his mom.
Hence, Cruz was born in Canada of parents who are Canadian citizens.
His father, Rafael applied for US citizenship and so did Ted.
So Ted is NOT a “natural born citizen”.
http://www.greschak.com/essays/natborn/synopsis.htm …
I do not either! He just declaed American Citizen ship a few years ago.
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If both your children’s parents were not U.S. citizens at time of births, they are NOT ‘natural born citizens’.
cruz does`nt have dual pssports, he gave up the canadian one, and is a bonified citizen of the USA!
But not necessarily a Natural Born Citizen!
Why all the arguments!! If TED was not eligible he would NOT be running for President!! get a life people,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,GO CRUZ!
There is so much speculation going on here, and not a little outright disinformation. A few points:
1) One does not “renounce” Canadian citizenship. You must REQUEST that the Canadian government terminate your citizenship.
2) Cruz “discovered” only 2 years ago that he was a Canadian citizen. Who really believes that it took until his mid-40s and that it took someone on his staff to tell him so, before Cruz, the constitutional lawyer, knew that he was a Canadian citizen?
3) No matter what Congress does w.r.t. resolutions or legislation (e.g. Joint Res. re. McCain, or the Naturalization Act of 1790, 1795, etc.), none of that changes the US Constitution and the definition of Natural Born Citizen. The ONLY thing that matters is what that phrase meant, to the founders, when it was written.
4) “Citizen” and “Natural Born Citizen”, in the US Constitution, are not at all the same thing. If a simple reading isn’t enough to show you that, try reading Bingham’s comments re. the 14th amendment, and read the portion of the Minor v. Happersett SCOTUS ruling wherein the Chief Justice explains the various “Classes” (his word) of citizenship .
5) While Cruz WAS born a Canadian citizen, and apparently a US citizen, Cuba did not consider him to be a Cuban citizen because Castro did not allow dissidents the pass along citizenship to their children. You can easily read up and verify this. Now, from the US perspective, Cruz did still have multiple foreign allegiances at birth, which is the entire problem w.r.t. Natural Born Citizen status.
I’m not a Trump supporter but do find number 2 to be a little unbelievable, just tell the truth, that would sound better than what your trying to make us believe…
I am with you Trumps goal is when he doesn’t get his way lets throw a tantrum and start the name calling what are we in the 5th grade. The white house is not your classroom or playground where you can bully and call names Trump!
I agree, and your kids were born in America, where Cruz was born in Canada as a citizen there, then came to America at a later date. This will be something to see play out in the days ahead.
Main Street, you’re essentially correct, but the details are a bit more complex—-none of which legally effects Ted Cruz negatively in his run for President. The one parent you speak of has to have been a natural-born American citizen, and has to have spent a certain period of years on U.S. soil in their childhood or youth, etc. Also, the child born abroad must be returned to the U.S. before a certain age. Cruz meets all these requirements. As to his dual passport / dual citizenship—I don’t think that proves what Cruz’s detractors want to make it out to be. Cruz was and is a natural-born U.S. citizen, never needing to go through a naturalization process. He has no divided loyalties nationally, as he, from early in his career onward, have sworn oaths to protect and affirm the Constitution, which is more of a loyalty oath than most Americans have ever been compelled to swear. I took it in the Army, and it is never rescinded. Cruz is just fine in this matter. Full disclosure: I am a Ted Cruz supporter all the way. I looked into this matter early on. The above legal stipulations are from the 1940 and 1954 Nationality Acts, which are part of the United States Code. The most recent iterations of these legal definitions of “natural-born citizen” and all other related issues are essentially unchanged from these time periods, and these older Nationality Acts were preceded by earlier ones, going back to 1791, and the ideas in them are consistent with the Founder’s and Framer’s understanding of the matter when framing the Constitutional requirements for President, and are largely shaped by French-Swiss political philosopher E. Vattel’s 1758 “Laws of Nations”, which were translated into English in 1760, and a copy of which was known to be a very standard pillar of every Founder’s and Framer’s personal library.
You remember that Obama had only 1 American parent too!
sb
Not really. The British proved the lady Obama claims to be his mother was not. They got Obama’s DNA when he was a senator and she is not his mother. Nor are the white grandparents his biological grandparents either. This will all come out in the future I’m sure.
Google Natural born citizen for dummies !
Sorry but you have incomplete info! There are papers that were written by the Framers of our Constitution that tells exactly what they were thinking and believed when they wrote the Constitution. They wrote that the generations at the time we’re grandfathered in as being qualified to run for President and Vice President but those that come after the person running for those offices had to have two US born Citizen parents ( a Father and Mother, not two father’s or two mothers) and that person also had to be a US born Citizen. This was to ensure that the President and Vice President held allegiance only to the United States of America!
We can all speculate on Cruz’s citizenship status but I believe it is very important that we get the facts straight be cause I really like Cruz and would like to see him and Trump together on our ticket to the White House. I don’t want us to get there with an ineligible person. The demoncrats did it but we are better than them, We believe in and have God on our side and need to be sure that we are in line with God’s will.
Wrong, Wrong, and Wrong again a million times WRONG! Who the hell is thinking this garbage up! Look up Vattel and get the TRUTH, OF WHAT “NATURAL BORN” has meant since the 1700’s in this nation. WAKE UP AMERICA!!! TC AND MR BOTH ARE NOT QUALIFIED CONSTITUTIONAL CANDIDATES. NEITHER CAN BE PRESIDENT OR VICE PRESIDENT, BECAUSE A VICE PRESIDENT MUST BE ABLE TO ASSUME AN OFFICE THAT IS DEFINED BY THE CONSTITUTION, AND NEITHER DO!!
I just re-read the article. It says Cruz was born in Canada — that makes him a Canadian citizen. I am really confused here. I am a Canadian citizen, but my children were born in the USA, and that makes them US citizens. Doesn’t the deciding factor hinge on what country one is born in??? Hope they can figure this out.
No, it’s the deciding factor only in the U.S., as a result of the post-Civil War 14th Amendment, which gave citizenship to the recently freed slaves on the basis of being born in the U.S., since in 1868, effectively all ex-slaves in the U.S. had been born in the U.S.
You are correct!
US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas said ” they ( the US Supreme Court ) were avoiding the issue of Natural Born US citizen when it came to the qualification for US President ” Now why would a US Supreme Court Justice make a statement like that if there weren’t a problem ? The US Supreme is avoiding the issue because they know what the law is but are afraid to rule on it for fear of what might happen . Again, Google Natural Born Citizen for Dummies !
I just re-read the article. It says Cruz was born in Canada — that makes him a Canadian citizen. I am really confused here. I am a Canadian citizen, but my children were born in the USA, and that makes them US citizens. Doesn’t the deciding factor hinge on what country one is born in??? Hope they can figure this out.
HE WAS BORN OF A AMERICAN MOTHER SO THAT MAKES HIM A CITIZEN AND HIS FATHER MAY BE FROM CANADA SO HE ALSO IS A CANADA CITIZEN BUT HE GAVE UP HIS CANADA CITIZENSHIP
His father — to my knowledge was a Cuban!
sb
Both have to be Americans and he has to be born on American soil, told you people this 2 yrs. ago, no body listens or checks things out, we would not be in the mess we are in if you and others would check things out, and know the Constitution.
you are right and the same goes for rubio his parents were both born in cuba dont know why nobody is talking about him not being legal
Not naturally born is the differance
His birth in Canada did make him a dual citizen. His mother being American also made him a natural born American citizen. He renounced his dual passports a few years back and now as stated by Matt is eligible by all of the current laws of eligibility in the US to be president of the US.
Google Natural Born Citizen for Dummies !
Sorry but you have incomplete info! There are papers that were written by the Framers of our Constitution that tells exactly what they were thinking and believed when they wrote the Constitution. They wrote that the generations at the time we’re grandfathered in as being qualified to run for President and Vice President but those that come after the person running for those offices had to have two US born Citizen parents ( a Father and Mother, not two father’s or two mothers) and that person also had to be a US born Citizen. This was to ensure that the President and Vice President held allegiance only to the United States of America!
We can all speculate on Cruz’s citizenship status but I believe it is very important that we get the facts straight be cause I really like Cruz and would like to see him and Trump together on our ticket to the White House. I don’t want us to get there with an ineligible person. The demoncrats did it but we are better than them, We believe in and have God on our side and need to be sure that we are in line with God’s will.
as an attorney and senator, why did he just give up his Canadian Citizenship.
I personally do not think he qualifies. But what do I know….If you pay off the right
people who knows. I think Trump sent this message out to get information. He is not
a dummy and if would pick Cruz for VP the problems would arise until this is settled.
I am sorry Mr. Cruz, I would like you as VP with Trump but I don’t think it should or
will happen. At least until this american born citiizen issue is straightened out.
NO—allegiance and loyalties were the emphasis when forefathers wrote must be native born–born on U.S. soil–AND born to two U.S. citizens.
Say, Putin comes to America, impregnates a woman that is U.S. citizen, the child is born at Martha’s Vineyard, and that child wants to be the leader of the free world?
Comfortable with that???? I think NOT!!!
JJ, you are right on the mark!
We went through enough citizenship issues with the “Community Organizer”, (Outsider) President.
Could never figure out what a “community organizer did/does/will do?”Help!
They go out and try to get people to follow them on issues they think are important for the community. Also they start sh…t and try to get others involved in the unrest causing more crap. lol
You thought wrong. It has to be TWO US citizens . Read the following
There has been an interesting discussion of Ted’s citizenship on Twitter.
When Ted was born in Canada, both of his parents were Naturalized Canadian Citizens. His American born mother had changed her citizenship from USA to Canadian, his Cuban born father who fought for Castro changed his citizenship from Cuban to Canadian.
Cruz Citizenship Timeline http://www.scribd.com/doc/256409078/Cruz-Citizens….
8 U.S. Code § 1481 – Loss of nationality by native-born or naturalized citizen; voluntary action; burden of proof; presumptions -according to this article, once an America gives up their birth certificate, that person can’t get it back. https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1481
Relevant Ted Cruz twitter comment by di keel:
“Ted Cruz, did your mother complete an “American Citizen Born Abroad” document when you were born and file it with the American Embassy in Canada to register your birth? If so, why won’t you release it? If not, you were illegally elected to the Senate!”
Someone stated Cruz’s mother gave up US CITIZENSHIP VOLUNTARILY and became a Canadian citizen.
Someone else tried to get Cruz’s records but they have been sealed.
Didn’t someone else do this on becoming pResident?
Enchanted has done the homework…
Enchanted sure has done his homework ! Gives one cause for optimism about America future ! Not everyone is a brain dead liberal obot !
Lmaoarotf. LOLL YOU ARE CORRECT LOLL HER WE GO AGAIN ON THE OTHER SIDE LOLL
if he is canadian we might upgrade the presidentsy;;;;;;;;;;;
I may be mistaken, but this sounds a lot like the same defensive issue that the Democrats raise when Obamass’ birth is raised. Now this, would be interesting to see if the Democrat/Liberals would dare to try to challenge Cruz on this birth issue.
As for the dual passport thing, there are thousands, if not more, service (Military Brats as they are affectionately called), children who were born at their parent’s (service member) overseas duty station who have or still do carry the double passport/citizenship until they are of legal age to declare for one or the other. And this does NOT affect their illegibility for politics even for President. Of course there can always be a question, concerning some births, of the baby being a bastard and how that affects things or not? Such as Obamass. At any rate we are seeing how that experiment is turning out for America now, are we not?
So this could get interesting, but Trump does have a point about the legal issue trying to overshadow the politics of running for President. On the one hand it would get a lot more news time for Cruz but it could distract from the issues of his campaign that are far more important. But would it be that much of an advantage in News Time if the running mate were Trump? After all the Donald seems to be able to generate all the extra News Time he wants, whenever he wants just by saying something. And it would appear he has said something about Cruz and the possibility of a Trump and Cruz ticket.
You thought wrong. There are only two offices in the United States that require BOTH parents to be United States citizens at the time of birth, and that is the office of the president and vice president. IF his father was in the military and he was born in a foreign country that is different and holds a different set of rules. Please read the following . I had to delete a couple of links as they hold the comment for moderation, however can be easily found on google.
There has been an interesting discussion of Ted’s citizenship on Twitter.
When Ted was born in Canada, both of his parents were Naturalized Canadian Citizens. His American born mother had changed her citizenship from USA to Canadian, his Cuban born father who fought for Castro changed his citizenship from Cuban to Canadian
8 U.S. Code § 1481 – Loss of nationality by native-born or naturalized citizen; voluntary action; burden of proof; presumptions -according to this article, once an America gives up their birth certificate, that person can’t get it back.
Relevant Ted Cruz twitter comment by di keel:
“Ted Cruz, did your mother complete an “American Citizen Born Abroad” document when you were born and file it with the American Embassy in Canada to register your birth? If so, why won’t you release it? If not, you were illegally elected to the Senate!”
Someone stated Cruz’s mother gave up US CITIZENSHIP VOLUNTARILY and became a Canadian citizen.
Someone else tried to get Cruz’s records but they have been sealed.
Didn’t someone else do this on becoming pResident?
I am hoping that Trump after becoming -president will take up the big question of is he or isn’t he a citizen, this is one question that has been nagging me since he declared he was running for president. There are lots of us out here that would like that question answered
Freshman Law, 101: Hearsay should not be used to make a claim, and it certainly cannot be used to prove a claim, such as Cruz’s mother giving up her U.S. citizenship.
In the US, immigration and naturalization records are public records.
I don’t know how that works in Canada, but I do know a couple of Canadian citizens who might be willing to ask for those records.
This is very interesting, if true.
You are right on my son has dual citizen ship and and had to go through American embassy he can be a Congressman or Senator but not president nor speaker of the house nor VP
If he wasn’t eligible don’t you think the democrats would jump all over that fact?
Of course not. His problem is also Obama’s problem. They would be shooting themselves in both feet.
Neville you have your thinking cap on. Good statement for all.
You thought wrong —
David Ramsay – Natural Born Citizenship 1789 —
http://www.scribd.com/doc/33676461/Founder-and-Historian-David-Ramsay-Defined-Natural-Born-Citizenship-in-1789-by-Atty-Mario-Apuzzo
The word “Citizen” and the wording “Natural Born Citizen” have two different meanings. In the original draft of the Constitution, Hamilton had suggested the wording citizen, however George Washington, Chair of the constitution Committee received a letter from the future First Chief justice, John Jay, suggesting the use of the wording “Natural Born Citizen” which would require BOTH parents to be American Citizens at the time of the person’s birth in order to be eligible to be president and this was the wording adopted in the final. approved Constitution of the United States.
There was considerable concern among the founders that the “Citizen” president may have conflicting loyalties if he had divided parentage…one American and one parent of another nationality. Since the President would also be the Commander-in-Chief of the military, they considered a safeguard was necessary to guarantee the loyalty of the President only to the united States, thus the wording “Natural Born Citizen” was adopted.
A good example of the difference is the following: A tree is a plant, but not all plants are trees. Theerefore all citizens are not natural born citizens.
Mollypitcher.
Thank you Mollypitcher
Also, many here think Cruz can be vice-president. Not so.
According to the U.S. Constitution, the vice president has to be a natural-born citizen, to have resided in a U.S. state or territory for 14 years, and to be at least 35 years old. The constitutional qualifications for vice president are the same as they are for the presidency.
That is a settled question. Heck, in the current prez’s case, not only was he born in Kenya, he claimed it. And that didn’t stop him. No double standard here,k nosirree!
I don’t think that Trump is intentionally dumping on Cruz because if some states are questioning it,it could be a problem.One thing about Trump that you can be sure of,will the Democrats try to make an issue out of it.
They (the democrats) won’t make an issue out of it until it looks like Cruz could win or Cruz could become Trumps VP. That would be a nice hole card to drop on them at the last moment prior to an election. Right? Scatter gun tactics, blasting all opponents at the same time, is a waste of time and money. Save that tidbit for the end. Meanwhile back at the ranch, Trump has stirred the pot again, and we can focus on more vegetables floating around. If Cruz puts this issue to bed soon, if he can, it will be a good thing, if Trump was looking at Cruz for his ticket. The speculation of that seems like a great idea for a campaign to many people, but not to me, because I”m not a Cruz supporter AT ALL, because of his ties with the New World Order. Cruz’s wife is a top manager at Goldman Sachs, you all remember them, (they got huge bailout money) see what they are doing in Europe —>> http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/11/26/1164745/-The-Goldman-Sachs-Project-to-take-over-Europe-nearly-complete
YOUR RIGHT
It doesn’t matter if one of your parents is a U.S. citizen or not. The U.S. Constitution says that you must be born on U.S. soil to be the President of the United States. Ted Cruz was not born in the United States. Because he was born in Canada, he holds a dual citizenship. He is a naturalized citizen of both Canada and the U.S. And while he holds citizenship in both countries, the bottom line is, the man was not born on U.S. soil. Our Constitution is very clear on that. I have not only read the U.S. Constitution but I also studied International Law.
If a child has both U.S. born parents and that child is born on a cruise ship that sails under the flag of Turkey, the child is considered a citizen of Turkey and is subject to the laws of Turkey. The child is a dual citizen of the U.S. and Turkey. And Turkey has a mandatory military service law. As soon as the son reaches 18 years old, he is automatically required to join the Turkey’s Army. And they will come to the U.S. have him extradited to serve for eight years. And all other countries who have mandatory service will do the same thing. U.S parents doesn’t matter.
So go get a copy of the U.S. Constitution and read it. There are no exceptions listed. It is plain and clear that you must be born on U.S. soil to become the President of the United States. The GOP knows this and they are trying to pull a fast one. Cruz does not belong in this Presidential race and needs to be forced to step down.
The U.S. Constitution says, “No Person except a natural born Citizen…shall be eligible to the Office of President.” Nowhere in the Constitution does it say, “you must be born on U.S. soil to be the President of the United States,” as you claim. The only qualifier in the Constitution’s directive is “natural born Citizen.”
The issue, therefore, is what is meant by “natural born Citizen.” Since “natural born Citizen” is not defined anywhere in the Constitution, ANY DEFINITION is an INTERPRETATION. You may wish the interpretation to be that of an 18th-century Swiss book written in French and referring to “subjects” (under a monarchy), rather than to “citizens.” Or you may accept the definition of U.S. law, 8 U.S . Code, Section 1401, enacted in the 1950s, which defines American citizenship by birth.
Since the Constitution recognizes only “natural” and “naturalized” citizens, and a born citizen is a natural citizen, Cruz is a natural, born citizen.
Wrong. What matters is not someone’s interpretation of a word or phrase, even via legislation. Think about the absurdity of that, for a minute. If Congress could change the definition of phrases in the Constitution and thereby change the meaning of the Constitution, then there would be no need for the intentionally-complicated Amendment process.
The only thing that matters at all, is what James, George, and their buds meant by that phrase when they wrote it. While that may be difficult (or not, depending on your viewpoint), it is still the only thing that matters.
Rosie your dreaming.
Ah. But he was a “born citizen” of Canada as well. He had to (and did) renounce his Canadian citizenship. Which means that his citizenship status changed after birth. So his current citizenship status is not just a birth event. Thus, it seems to me, not a “natural born citizen”.
He had, at birth, more ties to Canada (birth and at least one parent) than to the US (one parent?).
CRUZ WAS BORN IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY, THE SON OF A FOREIGN NATIONAL AND CARRIED DUAL CITIZENSHIP ALL HIS LIFE. Any one of those issues disqualifies him to be President.
US Constitution, Article II, Section 1
No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President;
NATURAL BORN CITIZEN, DEFINED
The internationally recognized definition of Natural Born Citizen is found in a reference book, “Law of Nations” by Emerich de Vattel,
1 frequently used by the Founders in their own legal writings as well as the crafting of the Constitution.
2 This is the source of the term ‘natural born citizen’ that they understood and included in the US Constitution:
“The natives, or natural-born citizens, are those born in the country, of parents who are citizens.” – Law of Nations – English version.
Supreme Court Cases that Cite “Natural Born Citizen” as One Born on U.S. Soil to Citizen Parents –
Venus, 12 U.S. 8 Cranch 253 253 (1814)
Shanks v DuPont, 28 U.S. 3 Pet. 242 242 (1830)
Dred Scott v Sandford, 60 U.S. 393 (1857)
Minor v Happersett, 88 U.S. 162 (1875)
United States v Wong Kim Ark, 169 U.S. 649 (1898)
Perkins v. Elg, 307 U.S. 325 (1939)
The supreme court has defined it succinctly five times and cited that definition over twenty five times. Trying to say the definition is uncertain is 240 years too late as that horse left the barn some thirty times since then.
Cruz, Rubio and Santorum are not natural born citizens.
Bingo.
Maybe if we would just all read the pertinent passage, all the confusion would disappear. Here is the direct quote from the US Constitution:
5: No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.
(Notice the phrase, AT THE TIME OF THE ADOPTION OF THIS CONSTITUTION. It has no meaning to anyone now living!)
seems she gave up her citizenship for canadian citizenship what you say to that think my God this time people et it right and stop saying Trump said he is not eligible trump said the talk now and states questioning he did not say he was MY God read before jumping what he says is right make sure before disaster hits again
Google Natural Born Citizen for Dummies !
there’s a big difference between being an a american citizen and being a natural born citizen as said in the constitution. i’m an american citizen but not natural born as i was born in canada of an american citizen father and a canadian citizen mother. the founding fathers understood a natural born citizen to be one born on american soil with both parents being american citizens, which disqulifies cruz, rubio and jindal as well as the communist, muslim fraud currently in the black house of shame.
So now that we know we have an ILLEGAL President, what do we do to UPHOLD the LAW and ORDER of this Land? It’s CLEAR by NOW, that his Allegiance is MIXED at best.
Only if you are born on a military installation in another country, because a military installation is considered an American territory. Are youy sure he has a Canadian father or mother at all? Cruz is Mexican by name, not Canadian.
The US Constitution regarding citizenship for new borns is very simple requiring no interpritation.
In order for a father to pass on citizenship to his newborn, the father has to be a US citizen at time of birth.
The mother of the child ,even if a US citizen can not, as she could have concieved an illegals child, therfor the child is a legal citizen of the fathers country.
This is why Obama is an Illegal president. The top democrats and supreme court who veted him knew this and why Obama should be impeached. Note: the name of the hospital on his birth certificate did not exist till 6 years later.
Unfortunatly Cruz has the same problem. Obama has to be arrested along with all his collaberators and all his new laws scrubbed from the record, other wise he will have succeeded in making a new president to the rule of law and the constitution.
Tell me why the parties are not held responsible for not doing background check on who wants to run for President of the United States you think we would learn from Obama I remember an interview and it was said Obama could not get hired by NSA with his background.
Soooo I believe anyone who wants to run must go threw a background check before they waste the time and money
This country is in need of someone who is level smart truthful honest tells is how it is and get things done.Notice how the establishment is having enforcement come out now. It is the plan the endorsements is the establishment trying to make the election go their way No This Time We The People have learned We Rule
Wake Up America
One parent being a Citizen is enough but that parent must be 19 years old to pass citizenship on to her child. In Obama’s case, his mother was took young. Obama was not a US citizen. His birth certificate was proven to be a fake. His SS # is not his. Obama is a fake.
Wrong.
Obsma’s “father” was Kenyan. That should have eliminated him clearly from the start.
Honor the Constitution
Two parents American and born in America equals natural born. Eos
Father is Canadian and mother American that’s were Teheran problem come in to play if both parent were American that mite make it different
MAN PLANS, GOD LAUGHS! NOBODY IS LAUGHING AT THIS ELECTION HARDER THAN GOD! God often makes wicked people destroy one another…All of these candidates and declaring who what when and why one candidate can or can’t win….they are planning in their hearts because God is directing their steps. All are in violation of the Bible in which they claim to believe. Only in a restaurant can you take the menu a la carte. Either you believe in the Bible or you don’t. In short, the Bible says all authority comes from God. To disrespect authority is to dishonor God.
For the entire two-term presidency, the sitting president has been disrespected, disregarded, and insulted on every front. Those who did this did it under the auspices that if they destroyed his legacy, they would position themselves to win the presidency. What no one is considering is that God has a weapon formed against them in the name of Donald Trump. Even he is represented in the Bible. Now, when the coast was supposed to be clear to finish off Barack Obama, they find themselves fighting someone in their own party.
Does that mean Donald Trump is God’s choice? I don’t know, sometimes God will raise an enemy to down those of whom He disapproves. Later after God has achieved God’s purpose, He will dole out the next step for the tool of His defeat. Take Pharaoh for instance. God told Pharaoh: “But for this purpose I have raised you up, to show you my power, so that my name …in order to show you my power and to declare my name in all the earth…. Exodus 9:16—“I let you become Pharaoh, so that I could show you my power and be praised by all people on earth.”~Romans 9:17
MAN PLANS, GOD LAUGHS! STAY TUNED…
Respecting People in Authority & God often makes wicked people destroy one another: (2 Chronicles 20:2) “Then Saul and all his men rushed out to the battle and found the Philistines killing each other…”~1 Samuel 14:20 “There was terrible confusion everywhere. For the Lord’s sake, submit to all human authority—whether the king as head of state, 14 or the officials he has appointed (1 Peter 2:13-17)
I am not a person that believes in any GOD but the candidates especially Trump is good for either a laugh or full disgust. As a matter of fact I find some religious people to be the most judgmental and hateful bunch in society. Not all of them but quite a few that think they are better than everyone else. My parents attempted to brainwash me thank goodness it did not work. I think people are raised to believe in this because as human beings they need to believe in this mirage because they don’t believe in themselves to be a good person. I will never step in a church but I try to help as many people in my path through life. Whether it is feeding them with my money which I don’t have a lot of that. I am a single parent make less than 15,000 year but yet I still choose to be a good human being not hateful but open minded to all but again you will never find me in a church lol.
Your GOOD NATURE Means and Ways are limited by your participation in your beliefs… You say that you do not believe in GOD or His Ways, however you WANT to FEED and CARE for the other people who YOU CAN NOT HELP DUE TO YOUR INCOME (participation) do I hear you correctly?
Question, who would you choose to help and with whose effort do you WILL this? The Church REQUESTS Tiding of 10% of ALL in order to assist those who can not help themselves NOT THOSE WHO WILL NOT HELP THEMSELVES… Please read the story of “RUTH” in the Bible before you discount the beliefs of others… Do it for yourself and CHILD not for me… This Jesus guy you reject because your PARENT’S taught you withstand, dismiss and REJECT is the very Person you express as you EXPRESS your SELF IMAGE…
You state that YOU WOULD LOVE to help OTHERS, but your income prevents your participation, correct? Then I must ask you this (and others, too) question: is your SELF IMAGE MEASURED IN MONEY or LOVE? Is it your LACK of MONEY that prevents your PARTICIPATION or is it your LACK of LOVE??? (only ACTIONS equate RESULTS)
What I think you fail to realize, due to your REJECTION, is that He came to this WORLD in SPIRIT and RESIDED with the People like you and I to teach us to care for ONE ANOTHER… He did not come here to HANG OUT with the FAT CATS of the DAY, although he could of, no doubt! He came here for YOU and I and Those who the CAPITALIST PIGS of that DAY dismissed as UNWANTED and UNWORTHY! And I know You know!!! In fact it was those FAT CATS that put this LOWLY HUMAN to DEATH on their CROSS because he came for OTHERS (like You and I) and NOT THEM or Himself…
What I am saying here simply is: If one wants to be Included in His Love then One needs to Include them self in it… From what I can detect, you are Killing the Message due to the FACT you did not LIKE or LOVE the MESSENGERS, your parents….. Yes, I was SPANKED into going to CHURCH, also… Also, I know about the SPANISH INQUISITION and the MURDER of the JEWS Through Out HISTORY, etc.etc…. These Acts were accomplished by those who DID NOT believe in the SPIRIT of CHRIST (LOVE), but believed in the BRICK and MORTAR INSTITUTIONAL RELIGIOUS CULT of GREED!!! Regardless of what ever they Said or in whose Name they Said they Came….
In short, if you could make the time in your busy life to serve in a soup line or at a CHURCH Sponsored Thanks Giving meal or for Wounded Soldiers or at the Ronald McDonald House or at the CHILDREN S HOSPITAL for a few moments of your TIME then you and your CHILD may find the LOVE your PARENTS tried to impart in their STUPID WAYS…
I’m left with a burning question after reading and rereading your statement… Does this mean that GOD gave US BHO to show US our ERRANT WAYS or to destroy US because of our ERRANT WAYS???
Do not misunderstand me! Each day I awake and PRAY to God through Jesus for my Salvation and that of my Family and YOUR’S… Truly I ask this question because I am LOST to GOD’S Purpose for replaying this GAME Millennium after Millennium? When will GOD tire of this INSANITY of repeating HISTORY and appear to reveal His purpose?
This is not a smart ass question or statement, it is a real question that we all need an answer to…… Is it just that LIFE is the filter through which we gain Heaven at DEATH? If so, then is DEATH our PURPOSE in LIFE?
Obviously, no one can know the mind of God with any certainty. We can neither know if God arranged for BO to be president, nor if so, His motives, nor His larger plan. It is clear to me that we deserve it, if in fact BO is a punishment or other kind of moral lesson for us to learn from. So we should learn from it, without demanding that God reveal his level of involvement, or spend any time trying to figure it out.. All of life is meant to give us moral lessons and challenges, whether or not there is a direct miracle involved.
Yes, the Christian belief is that life is the filter through which we gain heaven through death. But please note that it is also a Christian belief that taking your own life, or hastening your demise, is itself a sin. You are expected to play through to the last hand. Of course, if you are facing a choice of standing by principle or being killed, it is time to exit, not by your hand, but that of your oppressor. The is the traditional Christian concept of martyrdom, as opposed to the Islamic martyrdom while killing others.
the constition says both parents have to be born in the united states
Not exactly, my son was born in France when I was InThe service it’s called dual citizenship in court it’s hard to prove full USA citizen because I had to have a French birth certificate first then go to the American embassy to get a temporary USA certificate so he could be released form France he has three birth certificates from France an one from the US embassy. Cruz May have a problem for president of the USA you have to be a natural born citizen. for congress or the senate you are legal natural or by naturalize citizen but can’t be president
Main Street my son was born in France when I was in the service he has dual citizenship papers, I had to have three French birth certificates one from the city were he was born in one in the provenance and one from the country of France then I was given a certificate by the American embassy so he could leave France for the USA . Yes he is half french but not a full American . Cruz May have a problem for the presidency . As for Congress or the Senate all you need is being natural born or naturalized. As for Cruz his father was Canadian and mother American that means he is not full American Born. Queen Hilary or socialist Bernie could have a field day with this. let me suggest that you read though Article 2 of the constitution and it will explain. It says , no person except a natural born citizen or a citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption of this constitution shall be eligible to the office of president.
No read article 2 of the constitution it states. No person except a natural born or a citizen of the United States at the adoption of this constitution shall be eligible to the office of president.
Only US citizenship is conferred by his US citizen mother, NOT NATURAL BORN citizenship. That is why TED CRUZ has DUAL CITIZENSHIP.
When Ted Cruz decided to run for Pres, he denounced his CANADIAN citizenship, February 2015. It DOES not confer a US NATURAL BORN CITIZENSHIP AT ALL. His mother being a US citizen, only conferred her US citizenship to TED Cruz. Even if his mother is “natural born”, that is born in US soil, with both of her parents US citizens, does not CONFER US NATURAL BORN CITIZENSHIP TO TED CRUZ.
BOTH HIS PARENTS ARE REQUIRED BY THE US CONSTITUTION TO BE US CITIZENS, NOT NECESSARILY NATURAL BORN. KEY WORD: BOTH. Both parents can be NATURALIZED US CITIZENS, give birth to a child in US SOIL, THEN that child is US natural born citizen and eligible for POTUS, Vice POTUS, speaker of the House and Secretary of STATE. Key WORD: US SOIL
The second requirement under the US constitution is that Both Parents to be US citizens. Ted Cruz’s father is a Cuban citizen, and worse, he worked for Fidel Castro. Therefore, Ted Cruz failed to qualify for both of these 2 constitutional requirements.
The founding fathers made sure that the LOYALTY of a US President, is only to the USA. Ted Cruz will have 3 countries to be loyal to: CANADA, CUBA, and USA.
He could not even qualify for an “Anchor” baby like Marco Rubio and Bobby Jindal. Both of these men were BORN IN US SOIL. (First requirement met). Parents of Rubio were Cuban citizens or refugees from Cuba. Parents of Bobby Jindal were citizens of India (2nd requirement, NOT met).
I love all these 3 men, but it is too bad, they are not eligible as POTUS, Vice POTUS, Sec of STATE, or Speaker of the House.
Except for these 4 positions, they are all qualified to any elected position.
I wish Ted Cruz will be ATTY GEN.
A US citizen, yes. A natural born citizen, no; unless their father is also a US citizen. If not, they are dual-citizens of the nations of their parents.
Trump is right Cruz can not be President of United State period [1] he do not have U.S. citizen father [2] you should born in UNITED STATE that is part of constitution law Cruz do not have a birth certificate of UNITED STATE so his mother is US CITIZEN my birth mother was Japanese’s I was born in PHILIPPINES live with the Chinese family I have Philippines birth certificate the JAPAN GOVT. have nothing to do with me they do not consider me as a Japanese until I naturalizes to be a Japanese citizen which I never want to my dream is to be in America because American man are better looking than Japanese or Chinese
The headline of this article is absurd. Trump did not “attack” at all. Maybe there’s a Trump/Cruz ticket, maybe not, but it won’t have anything to do with Cruz being born in Canada to a mother who was an American citizen.
Yes, if one parent is a US citizen, you get US citizenship at birth. But if the other parent is not, and/or you are born in a foreign country (both of which was the situation with Cruz), then you also have (depending on the laws of the other countries) one or two additional citizenship’s at birth. You must take action (as Cruz has done) to renounce all others. Which means that you were not exclusively a US citizen at birth. Which means that your citizenship status changed after birth. Which means NOT a natural born citizen.
It is true, as some have pointed out, that law (not constitution) and interpretation has changed to support the idea of natural born citizenship with only one US parent. If Cruz was born in the US with one US citizen parent, you might have an argument. He presumably would not have to take action to renounce citizenship, in which case he would be natural born.
But he was born with Canadian citizenship based on both place of birth and one parent. No way this means clear exclusive US citizenship at birth, which is the obvious meaning of the phrase “natural born citizen”.
You are correct. According to US Passport regulations, only a natural -born or naturalized citizen may be issued a US Passport. To prove natural-born, one has to provide a US birth certificate or Consular’s Report of Birth if born outside the US to a US citizen. A naturalized citizen must provide the Certificate of Naturalization. Ted Cruz is a natural-born citizen. End of story, Trump needs to move on.
Last night CBS had a story on about the huge increase in crime against women in large German cities allegedly committed by middle east refugees. On CBS this morning is an article that states that 64% of Americans today don’t have the money at hand to meet a $500.00 emergency. I read in a suburban Boston newspaper that a study claims that the majority of children recently born in many U.S. states are to illegal aliens. Judicial Watch claims that there is a 500% increase in Central American illegal aliens in recent months. I also read another article about how a certain linguistic group could prevent Trump from carrying FL, TX and CA. The result of an unbalanced uncontrolled immigration policy that allowed one linguistic group to become dominant. I’m voting for Trump. However, Cruz’s birth really shouldn’t be an issue in these days of more serious issues.
Stop a minute and think about that last sentence, Main Street…. “Cruz’s birth really shouldn’t be an issue in these days of more serious issues”.
Just a question to provoke your thought process….. isn’t it all the combined ‘little issues’ that constitute
the “serious issues”? O’bama got away with skirting the law regarding being a ‘natural born citizen’. This does NOT make it a ‘situational right’ for ANY other candidate, regardless of WHO they are. If we are to return to being the great country we once were, we need a trip back to the basic guidelines in our Constitution, which defines our Identity as a Nation, as a Government, as “We the People of the United States of America”. United we Stand, divided we fall……….
I agree with you Linda.
Obama got away, with this “Natural Born” issue. See what we got?
No wonder Cuba is being pushed to be “annexed” to the USA?
Is it because Rubio’s parents were Cuban citizens at time of his birth?. Or is it Ted Cruz’s, father, a Cuban citizen urging the liberalization or annexation of Cuba, closing of Gitmo, give money to Cuba?
And how did Kenya got money and a charitable organization led by Obama’s aunt? How did the half brother of Obama, got to be a leading member of Muslim Brotherhood? Did Hawaii get anything? Just think.
A crime is a crime. A criminal cannot legally take money from a bank even though they don’t have money in the bank because another criminal robbed the bank earlier before them.
As small as an issue may seem, they still can be major setbacks and hindrances when positioned at the wrong time. Here’s an analogy of that. You and your family just spent a year saving and planning for a trip to the national park. You pack the kids and head down the Road to Jellystone Park to see Yogi Bear. Just before you get to Jellystone you get pulled over by the police… your cab card for your proof of insurance says its expired. No big deal you have insurance up the ass. Car got impounded, because you couldn’t prove your insurance was current. Tiny little details are not a big deal until it turns into one? When it comes to planning you leave no stones unturned.
Non Compliance to the LAWS is how we arrived to this state of these SERIOUS PROBLEMS… We the People need to NOW, more than ever, hold these self serving CROOKS in DC to the Letter of the LAW…
The ONLY WAY at which this Country of ours could be defeated is ECONOMICALLY… That IS and WAS our Achilles Heel! This ILLEGAL PRESIDENT has DOUBLED our National Debt in 7 years…(WHY) It took our Country 234 years to amass a 10 trillion Dollar Debt… Your ILLEGAL President and HIS PARTY have increase this debt by 90% during his 7 years in office to 19 trillion… This debt that will soon remove our DOLLAR from the World Reserve Currency which will turn our money into TRASH and our Country as a Super Power UNSUSTAINABLE… The Imports that WE rely on for just about everything from our Military needs to our mundane daily needs will cost a hundred fold… This sounds as if this FIRST Rate Country of OURS will be reduced to 3rd Would Status! It’s like a TRAIN WRECK in SLOW MOTION all caused by non compliance to the LAW!!! (History Repeating Itself)
Executive Order is NOTHING more than CIRCUMVENTING the US CONGRESS the LEGISLATIVE BRANCH of OUR Country… We the People need a true Politician, DEAL MAKER, not a puppet to HUGE MONEY owing their allegiance to any other entity other than AMERICA her self!!! Like ISLAMIC terror nations, CUBA, Canada, etc.etc who do not DIE for our VALUES in our Wars or PAY our TAXES or assist other Nations as WE do…
As I read on this topic here, I understand that the FOUNDING FATHERS wrote our CONSTITUTIONAL LAWS in accordance to excepted current International Law in this regard to mean that the ONLY Candidate qualified for the PRESIDENCY is a person born here on US SOIL to parents both BORN on US SOIL 35 years of age having lived in the US for that last 14 years… If one looks to the down fall of the ROMAN EMPIRE one begins to see our FOUNDING FATHER’S reasoning more clearly….
We as a People and America as a Nation will only ENDURE if and when WE the PEOPLE adhere to our LAWS that make US who we are! This is NOT a Kingdom, IT IS .A CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY and there are procedures under which WE the PEOPLE can CHANGE our LAWS…………
Great point! Our immigration policy that last 20 years has been a joke. In the general election, Trump will lose in CA and maybe FL, but he will win in Texas.
Trump 2016!
i doubt he will lose Florida. Trump is leading and is well supported by Floridians. We despise Rubio and don’t want another Bush. Cruz, if he is eligible which I doubt, would be second.
Sorry, Cruz is not a natural born citizen of the USA. He’s a dual-citizen.
Yes, it is terrible. The basis of our immigration system was to have balance so that not one linguist group becomes the dominant one. Years back in cities like, Philly, Boston, NYC, Chicago etc. one could travel a mile and encounter Irish, Italian, African-American, Polish or Chinese cultures. Today it seems that one linguistic group dominates. No more melting pot.
Good luck with that the majority of Americans have the last vote not just Texas.
Unlikely to dent Cruz. But the real signal is that Trump isn’t running to prepare the way for Cruz, as some might think.
Cruz and Rand Paul and Rubio are all valuable where they are – Rubio needs some seasoning, but is on the right road. Bushie Lite and Christie and Perry should all aspire to their current positions (Christie) or their previous positions (Perry and Bushie.)
There is a need to remove Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell from their edifices, but that won’t happen unless Trump scares the party into recognizing it’s mortality.
As far as how much effect this will have on Cruz? None. And Cruz isn’t stupid; he won’t swing back wildly like Hellary and get a counterpunch.
This is also an advantage for Cruz, because the issue will be discussed, debated and settled prior to the general election; should Cruz be the nominee, it won’t come up again. Trump may have intended this as a favor, in a strategic sense.
Sometimes, it’s better to shoot the clay pigeon before it gets out of range.
Last sentence in this response, veryunlikely. However u just gave him another angle to confuse thepublic!
I totally agree with you on your assessment, right on. It’s too bad the majority of voters haven’t the ability to see what’s before them. They cannot see the forest for the trees. Heck, they can’t even see the trees.
I disagree about Rubio! Rubio is actually the safety valve for the Republican Establishment if Bush crashes and burns (as it looks like he is!). Behind Rubio on the Establishment emergency list is my governor, Chris Christie who, instead of staying home and taking care of his own messes is on constant vacation running for President (after all, his real hero seems to be president Obama whose ring he kissed and got nothing in return during Sandy).
After Christie you have the rest of the Lilliputian Establishment elite (leaving only Cruz, Trump, Rand Paul and Ben Carson). Now comes the most important questions regarding Mr. Trump (who, I like the way he takes on adversity and is willing to frame the arguments that 62% of us think are important (unfortunately, the rest of the Establishment and Beltway crowd avoid like the plague and continue to lie to us). My concerns about Trump centers on if he really believes the boilerplate red meat stuff he is saying and secondly, is he really serious about this run or is he just going to quit like the last time he ran? Lastly, he talks with a lot of bluster however if he really means what he says, he would have to violate the Constitution, the separation of powers and a host of conventions (just like the clown we have in the WH now!). If that is the case, he does not believe in the efficacy of the US Constitution either.
At least with Cruz, we have seen him in action and he actually does what he says, no question about that. Therefore, because he has a track record (not to denigrate Trump’s business acumen” taking the Beltway crowd on without flinching or without violating our Constitution. For that I will take my chances with Cruz, Paul, Trump and Carson (in that order).
For what its worth!
Why do you think Rubio is on the right road? He was elected by the hard work of the Tea Party and the minute he got to Washington, he turned Establishment and jumped on the Gang of Eight bus. We consider him a TRAITOR and will NOT vote for him again even for dogcatcher. He is a smooth talking pretty boy with no substance , beholden to the cheap labor express..
If the Tea Party elected him– then I was not advised– I am a Tea Party Person- and I did not vote for him! I would never vote for Rubio- He is a GOP man like Paul Ryan!
sb
Cruz has much bigger issues that could come to fruition. His New World Order connections will be his downfall within conservative circles, if the issue is brought to the surface. People will look at Cruz and ponder this darker side of him.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/11/26/1164745/-The-Goldman-Sachs-Project-to-take-over-Europe-nearly-complete
We do not care if CRUZ is the greatest human being on earth.
He should follow and OBEY the constitution which he took oath to uphold and obey. It is not a small deal. The devil is in the details.
One of his campaign fundraisers, called me one day asking for donations. Then I mentioned this fact that Cruz is NOT eligible for POTUS.
She said, “So what!, Obama did it!”.
To that I said , “2 wrongs does not make it right”
She hung up. That means, the Ted Cruz campaign knows Ted Cruz is not eligible, but yet they continue to campaign, violating the Constitution. And several occasions they send me “donation letters”. I told them I am supporting Trump. But the letters keep on coming almost everyday and on the internet emails also. This shows me, Ted Cruz does not listen or pay attention to little me, the “we the people”. I am frustrated and disappointed with Ted Cruz.
I’d rather VOTE for TRUMP.
Too bad, Rubio is also not eligible for POTUS. Both parents should be US citizens at time of birth. Rubio’s parents are Cubans or refugees from Cuba. Rubio is an Anchor baby. He met the first requirement of being born in US soil, but failed to meet the 2nd requirement that BOTH parents are required to be US citizens at time of Marco’s birth. Rubio should show or submit his parents’ naturalization papers, or US citizenship papers, dated before Marco’s birth to be eligible for POTUS.
This is same situation for Bobby Jindal. See my previous post.
All candidates have to be vetted before announcing the run for POTUS, VICE POTUS, SECRETARY OF STATE, SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE.
Response to Trump’s recent comments…on Cruz. Cruz IS an American citizen. It doesn’t matter what idiot Trump says. Because he has a pile of money DOES NOT MEAN HE IS Right, he only thinks he is!
Trump is an irresponsible potty mouth, self serving egotist, who, God please help us if he should ever become our president. We would most certainly be doomed. He has been meanly critical of everyone he fears as a threat to what he wants—that is the presidency.
and where is your Christianity?
sb
If in fact his mother gave up her citizenship to America he is not eligible and not an American citizen
what is your point again? I know you are trying to tell us, but I missed it…. Say it again, only slower for us older folks…
I agree with you on Trump he is a desperate little boy in a mans body who apparently never had discipline when growing up.
We are praying that TRUMP will be our President.
We are almost begging TRUMP to continue what he is doing all the way to the WH.
And for those people who does not like him, tough. Good Luck with Hillary.
Say good bye to your Freedom.
Anne are you jealous of Trump. He does tell it like it is. He doesn’t frost the cake. Wouldn’t you rather have someone tell you truth even if it is horrible. Or tell you a so called white lie. That’s what most of the current politicals do. They smooze you. God will bless us and if Trump is the right man, who I believe he is, he will win as President.
All this does is make me wonder what Trump is really up to????? Is he secretly working for the dems? He has always voted dem and only changed parties recently to run. He has donated to killery and oblama as well as other liberal dems. Seems like so many are following him blindly like they did oblama for the last two cycles.
Your points well made. This is why I have taken Trump with a very large grain of salt. He’s not out of the woods, yet. But if he continues to pounce on Cruz; he will LOSE my support.
My support for Trump will never change. I doesn’t matter what everybody says, he gets my vote.
Mine too. Trump is the only one who can correct some of our problems. The rest either don’t have the knowledge or are pure establishment. Look who is funding them. Rubio, Cruz, and bush are funded by Club for Growth. YIKES!!!!!
Your thoughts on Trump may change when you see the havoc he creates as president he has all you poor fools so brainwashed you just have not woke yet! Just think because of his mouth more groups will try to do us harm because he is such an arrogant bully who definitely has narcissistic issues because mommy and daddy spoiled him and didn’t teach him how to be a decent human being much like the kid in Mexico only difference between them is Trump has not said something just yet resulting in someones murder but the day will come and his fans will be what did we just do?
I believe the dem party will take on the Cruz issue. And when they do, Ted Cruz will be scratched from the race. I will not vote for Trump if Cruz is his running mate. He is another supported candidate by the dirty tea bag Koch brothers. Cruz and Rubio come from the same rotten supporters.
I like to watch all of them against one Trump. He leads they follow. Trump has a plan and they react accordingly. Like our government, they are totally reactionary. It’s a hot topic, idiotic, reactionary force with no plan, if something happens, they throw tons of money at it. Look at Obamacare, it’s a shoddy conglomeration of lawyer gibberish packed into a 5000 page document, rushed thru congress, passed into law, with a 5 billion dollar Storefront Webpage (built by Obama’s foreign friend). It is a freaking disaster. Now look at the military…. that entity is so huge they can’t handle it… so they downsized it (fired over 200 Military Generals) to the point it is partly manageable for them, however most parts are non-functional at best. I could go on but you get the idea that the establishment is lost. They have no expertise in government, they only have crazy, lunatic, puppets. A leader is no better than his the team…. a good team supports a good leader. The 2 parts are synonymous. Trump will build a good team of smart people from the private sector and run it like a business should be, and begin to correct the ill-functioning government we have had for the last 30 years. Sadly, many see Trump as a threat to their ill-begotten ideals, and are now rushing headlong into disaster, of any kind. Watch things unravel as we get closer to election.
Amen, amen, amen. I am not blind but I will vote TRUMP any day.
Ronald Ragan Was a Democrat Then when he was going to run for President he became a Republican.
And he won and did a good job! Thanks for your kind words!
sb
Cruz is a “Natural born citizen” born of a US citizen parent, without need to go through naturalization. McCain was born in Panama and nobody questioned his citizenship. This is a disappointing deception, suggested to cast doubt among the uninformed.
How about children born in this country to an illegal alien, I suppose they don’t US citizenship then by your interpretation. They should carry the citizenship of the alien as it should be
Why do people keep confusing this issue? It has already been decided: Cruz can legitimately run for President. Period. Trump: Shut thy mouth up, PLEASE.
BUT if in fact his mother gave up her American citizenship for Canada then he is not an Citizen
Anyone but Trump he is the one that needs to disappear.
Cruz is NOT a natural born citizen. His father was Cuban. Natural born citizen REQUIRES BOTH parents to be American Citizens. WHY are his birth records SEALED just like Obama’s? There have been several requests for Cruz’s records under the Freedom of information Act, but they are SEALED both in America AND in Canada. WHY???????????????????
Panama was a territory of the U.S. at the time McCain was born. U.S. territories are still U.S. soil. Canada is not U.S. soil. Cruz is a citizen of both countries but that does not make him born on U.S. soil. His mama was born in the U.S. and his daddy was born in Cuba. And Cruz was born in Calgary, Canada. Had he been born in a U.S. embassy on the embassy soil, then he might win in the U.S. Supreeeeme Court. A U.S. embassy is U.S. soil once it is built. And to attack a U.S. embassy is an act of war against the U.S. But Cruz wasn’t born inside of a U.S. embassy so again he is out.
Was McCain’s mom and Dad Americans?
sb
Yes. Only US citizens, born in US soil, with valid birth certificates, legal immigrants who wanted to become US citizens are allowed to serve in the military.
McCain is an exemption to the first requirement, of being born in US soil, because his parents (the father) is in the military This is called Military Exemption. He could be born in Timbuktu, if there was a military base in there. By the way, the US has no military base in Canada, so Cruz could not take this exemption. Besides his parents were not in the military at all.
The second requirement was also met by McCain. Both his parents are US Citizens. So McCain is eligible.
Ted Cruz did not meet both requirements. He could not even meet an “Anchor Baby” status. Rubio and Bobby Jindal are Anchor babies. Both are not eligible for POTUS also. Rubio and Jindal has to submit BOTH set of parents their naturalization papers or birth certificates or citizenship papers in order for Rubio and Jindal to become Natural Born US citizens and be eligible for POTUS..
Yes MC Cain was born in panama but at that time panama was a territory of the USA till carter gave it away
The issue of what natural-born means has to be decided once and for all.Cruz did give up his Canadian citizenship in preparation for the run,but Trump believes there is a weak point worth mentioning.
Perhaps Cruz should give up his double passport….
When he gave up his dual citizenship, didn’t he automatically give up his dual passport?
BTW, if you are granted a security clearance (generally speaking) you may not hold dual-citizenship. I question where it has been shown that Cruz has dual citizenship hence two passports. Could this just be some Trump “misinformation” being disseminated to hurt Cruz’ candidacy (and ultimately the country)?
Ted Cruz has dual passports because he was born in Canada. He denounced his Canadian citizenship last Feb 2015, because he was going to run for POTUS, weeks before he announced his candidacy. His mother’s US citizenship does not confer to TED CRUZ a NATURAL BORN status, ONLY a US citizenship but never a NATURAL BORN. ONE has to be born in US SOIL. Ted CRUZ was BORN in CANADA.
If Cruz 100% America citizens why can he use American passport only, give up Canadian passport. So, people don’t judge him wrong.
I BELIEVE A DUAL CITIZEN COULD USE EITHER PASSPORTS. That is the “privilege” of dual citizenship or dual passports. So Ted Cruz has “dual Loyalty”. This is what the founding fathers put in the constitution so the US President will only be 100% Loyal to the USA. A dual citizen could not be loyal to only one country. Denouncing his Canadian citizenship or passport only proves that he was born in Canada or Canadian citizen also
But for the elected POTUS position, Cruz or any candidate are required to be BORN in US SOIL and have BOTH parents US citizens as required by the US Constitution.
Well I am for Trump. Who exactly is running America? I just know it is not who we think, they are just front men. To me and more, someone else has control….maybe United Nations start looking because we have all be sheep and do not know. We have ideas but that is not enough, we need to find out
I am voting for Trump too! He is the only one who can win against Hillary! To heck with the GOP– They have let us down too many times! sb
So many angry fans following the pied piper like little rats.
Barbara..You have a lot of hate in your heart and you will never have any satisfaction. Why you are taking it on Trump, you must have a personal reason…..Why. He brought up the Cruz think, maybe he wanted to Vet Cruz for his VP. Have you ever had a logical thought. Do you think he wants to pick someone for VP that cannot be President. Barbara think logically if you can. You are making a spectical of yourself . I have other words but I am being politically correct. One of the words begins with an “A”.
I’ve had the same concern about Ted Cruz. This seemed to be an issue with President Obama because there was a question whether he was born in Hawaii or Kenya. With Cruz there is no question that he was born in Canada. It would be helpful for legal scholars to go back through the writings of those who drafted the Constitution to see if there is some clarification as to what a natural born citizen is–does it mean the person is born on U.S. land or does it mean the person is born to U.S. citizens? This is likely to become a greater issue in the future thanks to an increase in world traveling.
I’m going to guess this is the reason Donald Trump hasn’t gone after Ted to the same degree he has gone after the other candidates. I suspect Trump has hired legal experts who have researched this matter and can present evidence that the creators of the Constitution understood that phrase to mean the person was born on U.S. soil to American citizens.
Donald Trump is an experienced businessman and negotiator. He knows one way to win is to find something, however small, that disqualifies the other party/option. You then bring up that one point when it works best for you.
The Naturalization Act of 1791 defines Natural Born and Cruz is Natural Born. The Act has been re-written over the years and Cruz is still Natural Born. I am a Trump supporter, however I will vote for either Trump or Cruz.
The Naturalization Act of 1791 defines Natural Born ????
Say what?? To be ‘naturalized’ defeats the phrase ‘natural’.
Duh!!
Cruz supposedly gave up his Canadian citizenship in 2014. Look at the year, 2014! He was a sitting Senator and still a Canadian citizen. It is time we crack down on forcing adherence to the constitution and not to all the do as you please political shilly-shallying. WHY are Cruz’s birth records SEALED in both the US and Canada???????????????
ONLY 4 positions that I know off requires this NATURAL BORN requirement: President, Vice President, Sec of State and speaker of the house. So Ted Cruz is eligible for any other positions except for the one I mentioned above. Maybe there are other positions that could lead to POTUS, that I am not aware of, tell me and add to my info. I wish TED will be appointed to ATTY General. Sigh.
Thanks Justin! That is a reasonable answer!
sb
I wholeheartedly agree. You put it the right way. A natural born is a person born in US soil, land, sea, air, swamp or dirt. AND BOTH parents are US Citizens, by birth or naturalization. It should be both parents.
I will list different scenarios, true and personal to make this issue clear and no amount of politicking, judge, jury could change it.
Don’t get me wrong. I like Ted. But too bad he is not eligible.
Oh, but Obama can use a Photoshoped BC and there’s no court challenge? Horseshit!
There were more than 40 court challenges with the court judges saying the Americans suing had ‘no standing’.
Only a presidential candidate had standing.
More of the bought judicial system speaking.
The GOP gave up. It does not mean Obama is “forgiven” . Again, I say “2 wrongs does not make it right”. See my previous posts. At present there are still people who did not forget. People from Arizona, are one of those voters who has not forgotten.
It will not die .
Trump should have left badgering someone else who is running for President of Amer. Trump was find until he started badgering someone else, who was as legally qualified to be Pres. as Trump is. Cruz has nothing to hide. If Trump has not investigated further to find out that Obama is not, and never has been a naturalized, legal American born citizen nor Pres., then he is blind to the fact that Obama is not a naturalized legal Amer. born citizen, nor naturalized legal American Pres. Trump has not taken lead to throw Obama out of office because Obama is not a naturalized legal American born citizen, nor Pres. and God and I both know that Obama is “not a naturalized legal American born citizen nor legal Amer. born Pres. That is the first response that Trump should have done is to see that Obama was ousted from America on Day One when Obama parked his ugly self in the chair in the WH, instead of continuing as an illegal unAmerican born Pres. and Trump has enough money that he could have ousted Obama from that illegal seat in the WH since 2008! Trump, do your duty and throw Obama out now and make him pay every penny that he and his family have spent from our taxpayers’ money for so long. That money that they should have to pay back would probably balance our budget, so we can move ahead with REAL AMERICAN POLICIES THAT NEED TO BE ISSUED. So there, Trump, you have a job to do about Obama and I trust you to do it NOW! GOD BLESS AMERICA!
I strongly agree with your post!!!
I also agree with you! Attacking Cruz the way he has only makes Trump look desperate and now seems to be running a bit scared. How about arguing the issues and leave these personal attacks for the Democrats (sorry, Socialists and worse). “Hillary-ious” makes a much better target. She has so many things wrong that if you throw in any direction it will stick to her.
I fully agree with you.
If Cruz has nothing to hide why are his Birth Records SEALED against Freedom of information Act inquiries in both the US and CANADA?
GREAT Question! Lends suspicion, doesn’t it?? People who have nothing to hide are transparent.
Have you taken a look at who is in the administration at the White House? Trump was the first one to Question Obama’s Americanism. He was shamed by the media– who wanted Obama to stay President!
sb
I certainly did not understand Trump’s question of Cruz elligibility to be “badgering”. I believe it to be intelligent and doing his due dilligence. It certainly makes complete sense for him to want any questions settled one way or another and as soon as possible! This would be to everyone’s benefit, including Cruz.
If nothing else, we should learn our lessons from past experiences. Our founders knew that while it could never be guaranteed, we should do our best to not elect a president who might have loyalties other than to the U.S.A. The most likely scenario would be, born on U.S.A. soil with TWO parents also born on U.S. soil. The requirements for V.P. must be the same since at any time, in the blink of an eye, he might become our President. This does not mean that citizens who do not meet these requirements are not passionately loyal to our beloved country. There are so many other offices that desperately need to be filled by honest, patriotic, citizens instead of by those currently holding them.
Please, I urge you all, to look past your personal agendas and consider who would be strong, honest, and above all have the interests of our nation, as a whole, as their PRIORITY!
Trump was not a candidate then.Only an “innocent bystander?”. In spite of the fact TRUMP was not a candidate, Trump, offered 5 million dollars to Obama to give to Obama’s chosen charities in exchange for Obama’s release of his sealed college records, Harvard and Occidental college records, his scholarship records, his passport, his marriage certificate, change of name record, his Indonesian school records, his travel records before he came to the USA, from Indonesia. These are all public records, but it was sealed by Obama, prior to his run as Pres in 2008. Trump was not asking for his birth certificate. He asked for his draft records. His draft card is definitely a fake. While he was running for senator, his campaign was giving away a campaign brochure to vote for this Kenyan-Born person, for senator. He only served as senator of Chicago, for 9 months. His vote is just like Rubio, “present”. Is that a trend?
Trump would be a good Prez if he wasn’t so full of himself. Bad mouthing Cruz is NOT to his benifit, especially since he hasn’t done his homework.
Yes, Ted Cruz is eligible to run and serve as the US President
1.http://www.westernfreepress.com/…/the-top-ten-birther-argu…/
2.http://www.cato.org/…/comment…/yes-ted-cruz-can-be-president
3.http://legalinsurrection.com/…/natural-born-citizens-marco…/
4.http://www.theatlantic.com/…/would-the-founders-hav…/278917/
5. http://www.redstate.com/…/putting-ted-cruz-birtherism-to-r…/
6. http://www.westernfreepress.com/…/yes-ted-cruz-is-eligible…/
7. Qualifications for President and the “NaturalBorn” Citizenship Eligibility Requirement
Jack Maskell Legislative Attorney November 14, 2011
http://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42097.pdf
8. http://www.foxnews.com/…/05/19/cruz-eligible-presidential-…/
9. http://drewmusings.wordpress.com/…/yes-ted-cruz-is-eligibl…/
10. http://ivn.us/2013/08/13/defining-natural-born-citizen/
11. http://therightscoop.com/mark-levin-ted-cruz-is-a-natural-…/
I support Trump but it is also on condition that Cruz will be on the ticket. Sometimes I wish that Trump would shut his jabbering mouth and dig into real important issues, and, it is not Cruz. Right now, Trump you had do some evaluating of the current atmosphere and stay away from trying to take down Cruz, it will not help your cause. You’re losing your objective by being negative to Cruz, he hasn’t went in anyway negative toward you.
I agree with your post!
EVERY important issue now being discussed has been brought up by TRUMP!
Hi Ray! He is running for President– he has a lot of mates running that he has to point out issues with! He is not telling the Country– or the enemy what he will do because that is what all the other ones are doing! Cruze is up to Trump if he chooses him or not!
sb
I agree with you.
I was listening to the radio this morning, and I heard that Trump was going to make a comment about ‘somebody’ not being qualified to be president. I was unable to hear the broadcast, but I was in hope that he was not dissing Cruz. Now that I see that he IS dissing Cruz, that is one black mark against Trump, as far as I am concerned. Cruz is legal to run for President of the United States of America, and it was a hit below the belt for Trump to levy this charge against Cruz.
Now we know why you are not the Judge.
sb
Damn. Does anyone here read the Constitution??
2 citizen parents on American soil.
Blood and dirt.
I agree JJ. YOU SAID IT RIGHT ON. BLOOD AND DIRT.
As simple as that.
TED CRUZ does have one BLOOD and NO DIRT = NOT ELIGIBLE.
MARCO RUBIO, have all dirt, NO BLOOD = NOT ELIGIBLE
BOBBY JINDAL, have all dirt, NO BLOOD= NOT ELIGIBLE
Do not listen to Attys, juries, judges, or even to yourself. Study the USA constitutional requirements for POTUS. This is the only one that makes sense; NATURAL US BORN CITIZEN; to qualify for POTUS, vice POTUS, secretary of STATE, Speaker of the house, has to be BORN in US soil, dirt, swamp, land, air. AND to meet the second requirement: BOTH parents has to be US citizens, or naturalized citizens. Not one parent, but both.
Some one went on and on LISTING ARTICLE after ARTICLE, NEWSLETTER OPINIONS and Judges’ rulings, that TED CRUZ is eligible.. That is all baloney. Those are all opinions. Everyone has one. You have to read and understand the USA Constitutional requirements to be POTUS and it all makes sense. The POTUS has to be 100% loyal to the USA. This was the intent of the founding fathers. It all make sense. TED CRUZ would be loyal to 3 countries, Cuba, Canada, and USA. Marco Rubio would be loyal to, Cuba and USA, Jindal would be loyal to 2 countries, India and USA. These 3, no matter how I like them, are NOT eligible to be POTUS.
Is it OK to elect as POTUS, a Russian-born person, with a US Citizen mother and a North Korean father, who for a while worked with KIM JUNG IL? Remember “US NATURAL BORN” is different status or citizenship, than US citizen or naturalized citizen.
Cruz is an American citizen! Trump acts like a baby every time someone gets close to him in the race! Trump acts like a kindergarden kid. Case of arrested development! Cruz for 2016!!!!! Trump is too immature, insecure & narcissistic!
If you do not like his way of speaking– then vote for someone else.
sb
Don’t worry we will!!!
Yes, IF YOU DO NOT LIKE TRUMP, VOTE FOR SOMEONE ELSE
In that case, have a plan B. Hillary will be your assumed Pres.
Just keep in mind based on all the discussion that children then born in this country to an illegal immigrant is also illegal and is eligible for deportation without question
I agree. But are they not called “Anchor Babies”? Do we need a TRUMP to change that? Just like you said. Babies born to illegals are also illegal. Illegal mother, need to pack-up and leave asap. Airlines does not allow mothers after 7 months of Pregnancy. But some mothers does not show or lie about their pregnancy.
Tourist visas are good for 12 months. A woman could be pregnant and have the baby in the USA and claim citizenship. That is why we have to stop this Anchor Baby program asap.
We need TRUMP as president. He will benefit ALL Americans. He knows exactly what the is doing. I prefer a TRUMP/CARSON ticket. My daughter worked for Ben Carson and he is a great person who truly would be good for America.
I agree with you! Trump is the only one who can fill the bill for us! I like Carson too- but he is not tough enough to be President. But I would like to see him in the administration!
sb
I’m with AJ.
I like THESE tickets:
TRUMP/CARSON
TRUMP/RAND PAUL
TRUMP/FIORINA
TRUMP/HUCKABEE
TRUMP/TRUMP’S CHOICE
if your parent is a citizen of that country at time of birth your a citizen of that country unless born on a military base, example your family moves to Germany becomes a citizen of Germany not tourist not visiting but citizens you belong to Germany and there are countries that will try to keep your child if born there while on vacation I know a few who have had to fight to get there child back to USA and one was born on a base. and as far as I can see bama’s mom was a citizen of kenya and if he was really born in USA then he has broke the law again going to school on forein pass, so either way he chose’s to say it he has lied
Trump will be our next President folks so get used to it, the American People are sick and tired of these politicians from both the dems and repubs, Mr. Trump funds his own run for President he does not owe any of these corporations and lobbyists one thing and you can be sure the rest of the dems and repubs are going to fight him because they will be without a job and it’s about time Mr Trumpwill be the next President of the United States of America!!!!
Keep dreaming fans if you dream hard enough the nightmare just might come true.
PUTNAM, I AGREE WITH YOU.
BARBARA, START PACKING YOUR BAGS NOW. HAVE A PLAN B.
Blame yourself, if you have another Obama as Pres. Hillary is a twin of Obama, mirror image, twin sister or an Obama 3rd term.
I would question Rubio’s eligibility before I would question Cruz’s. Both Rubio’s parents are from Cuba and weren’t naturalized until 1974. Rubio was born in 1971 while none of them were citizens.
So true!
sb
All 3 GOP candidates, TED CRUZ, MARCO RUBIO, and Bobby JINDAL should be vetted, before, they spend more money and time. DELETE BOBBY JINDAL since he was smart enough to quit
I heard Santorum and Nikki Haley are also not eligible. But let us not go there. Santorum is way below the %s to be even considered. Haley is not even running. She is a smart lady
As a matter of fact, all of them should be vetted. If Ted Cruz was born in Russia, or China or Afghanistan with his US Citizen mother, and a non-US Cuban citizen father, we would not even consider him at all. But since he was born in Canada, an ally or a friendly country, we close our eyes and brains, and state our opinion that he is eligible. Becuase we like him. I like him too.
Doesn’t it mean you have to be born on US soil?
NO.
sb
McCain is the only exemption. Because his parents are military. BLOOD AND DIRT REQUIREMENTS HAVE TO BE MET by anyone running or aspiring to be Pres, Vice Pres, Sec of State, Speaker of the house.
Yes!
Yes, like MR JJ said. BLOOD AND DIRT.
See my post above.
I have been waiting for this to happen. The Constitution Article II No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of United states, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President;. Which makes that the first three President were given a pass. A natural born Citizen has nothing to do birth place. Every thing that I have read about a natural Citizen means that both parents are required to be Citizen. Mitt Romley’s dad George ran for Office and he was born in Mexico his parents were Mormon
missionary. The Supreme Court ruled that George Romley was eligible. Guess who is also not eligible for President, you guess Obama.
Thanks Milt! I guess we have a lot to straighten up in America!
sb
“”or a Citizen of United states, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution””,
First three presidents must have been citizens of U.S. even though born in England??
Forefathers wrote this inscription– at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution– or no one would have been eligible until 35 years after one mother gave birth to a natural citizen.
I am surprised and disgusted with the knowledge lacking understanding the forefathers prepared the above to ensure allegiance and loyalty to our nation.
That is the end the Trump’s candidacy for me. It has been an effort to watch that enraged pig face of Tromp’s, and I call it “You are fired!”
too bad you don’t know Trump he is not questioning Cruz’s he is saying there are questions running rampant about that give me a break everyone on here is forgetting one thing IF IN FACT HIS MOTHER WHO WAS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN DID IN FACT GIVE UP HER CITIZENSHIP FOR CANADA CITIZENSHIP THEN CRUZ IS NOT ELIGIBLE TO RUN AS NO PARENT IS A CITIZEN OF AMERICA THAT IS THE QUESTION IF THAT IS TRUE THEN THE PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT IT ARE RIGHT
We have not seen your face yet
I am with you on that to bad his fans are so blind that they soak in all his crap he dishes to them.
The democratic/progressives brought us the first Constitutional ineligible “president”. Article I, Title II, Clause V; “shall be a natural born citizen.” For any article of our constitution to be amended, it must go through the long and demanding amendment process. Search high and low and one cannot find any trace of Article I in part and or in whole of having been amended. Therefore, it is still the law of the land. Executive actions, legislative actions, government departments regulations cannot trump any requirement of Article I in its entirety. John Jay who became our nations first Chief Justice expressed to George Washington in part; “the Command in Chief must be protected from any possibility of foreign influence.” We now are reaping the destructive results of this foreign influence in Barack H. Obama’s case since he bragged to the world on numerous occasions, “My father was a citizen of Kenya; ie son of a foreign father ref. “Dreams of my Father”. Precedent set by every presidential election by candidates who were born after 1776 were the sons of a mother and father who were themselves US citizens prior to their sons birth. Two exceptions, Chester A. Arthur and Barack H. Obama; both whose fathers were foreign citizens prior to their sons birth. No the 14th amendment does not make Obama eligible. The purpose of the 14th ?Amendment was to grant citizenship to the children of freed slaves’ No where in the 14th Amendment can be found reference to “natural born citizen.” The only reference is to citizenship. The democrats/progressives are master of deceit by their long adopted technique to move the “goal post of our elected representative republic.” They start any debate by asking for the whole pie, knowing with their outrageous demands the shock value will have on their opponents. As the dust settles, they graciously accept 10% of the pie with the long range knowledge that in seven short years they will have acquired the whole pie and unfortunately their opponents haven’t a clue as to how this was pulled off. NO TWO WRONGS WILL NOT RESTORE THE DAMAGE DONE TO OUR NATION BY ITS FIRST CONSTITUTIONALLY ELECTED INELIGIBLE CANDIDATE. lee1233
Good article!
sb
Folks of his mom gave up her citizenship to be a Canadian she was not an American citizen at the time of his birth.
I have read many a legal opinion from folks who study these issues.
And the Dems will not question it as if he wins they can tie him up in court for years and Killary will take office.
I too felt that he was legal until I started researching it.
Best this is addressed now rather than later.
And courts are stacked with liberals and the DNC is in trouble, as no one is in charge and they have no money for a national convention.
Cruz needs a legal opinion as his ego needs to be put aside and he needs to be legally honest.
We need to call either the Federal Election Commission and ask for a ruling.
No more Bamo presidents.
Oh come on. One has to native born, not just a citizen. If you or your children are native born you are automatically a citizen. You can also be a citizen by other means. But you can’t be born in two places. Is the law just, reasonable or whatever? Is the speed limit in a school zone just, reasonable? No one knows, it is just the law and the law is supposed to be obeyed by all those that it applies to. And the Constitution has numerous requirements that apply to elected and appointed officials and to those that want to be elected that do not apply to John Q Public. O did not prove he was a citizen with his BS, oops BC. He attempted to prove he was native born. If his BC is phony then it is possible he is not even a citizen? His BC is a prodigal one. Probably the only in existence. It was lost but is found? Does HI lose a lot of BCs? Obviously they are pretty darn important if someone needs one and should not tampered with? O was born during the era that Hi became a state? There were lost of people that were living in HI all their lives that has never been citizens or native born? Same for other states prior to becoming part of the US? No doubt there was some confusion during these events, just like there may not have been accurate records in foreign countries or even in the colonies as to when and where anyone was born. Thus being native born possibly was a means to stabilize the knowledge of a person’s background/history in order to become president? Like other things in the Constitution this seems like a good call by the ones who founded America!
Being a lawyer must be a challenge? They end up making the laws, determining which ones are Constitutional, then many of them try and work around the laws keep their clients from being found guilty of breaking the law and getting penalized? All laws have consequences, penalties? This makes them different then the 10 Commandments which are behavior speed limits. Any punishment is by God but many don’t think they are worth the stone they are cut into so they ignore them?
After guns are eliminated by O are cars next? After all, cars kill people too. Since they are all already registered maybe O will require that all cars have governors on them to limit the speed to 10 MPH or less? Another was to look at gun control is to think of it as gun Prohibition. This will lead to gun running, and black market in guns. I think O has committed political suicide and blown his credibility up, if he had any left, with his latest heavy handed style of EOs, oops governing. He has advanced the cause of the NRA. National Republican Agenda! Adios dimocrats! I am going to laugh all the way to the voting booth! Chaos has engulfed PC DC!
TRUMP is nothing but stalking horse for Hillary…if he receives the nomination he will surely lose…if he doesn’t receive the nomination he will run as an independent thereby splitting the vote so that Hillary can win. W
People wonder why I am cautious about Trump. Just this last September, Trump had said in an interview that the situation had already been researched and dealt with, and now comes out with this? Watch it with him!
But you do not know how the situation was dealt with!
sb
Birth Abroad to One Citizen and One Alien Parent in Wedlock
A child born abroad to one U.S. citizen parent and one alien parent acquires U.S. citizenship at birth under Section 301(g) of the INA provided the U.S. citizen parent was physically present in the United States or one of its outlying possessions for the time period required by the law applicable at the time of the child’s birth. (For birth on or after November 14, 1986, a period of five years physical presence, two after the age of fourteen, is required. For birth between December 24, 1952 and November 13, 1986, a period of ten years, five after the age of fourteen, is required for physical presence in the United States or one of its outlying possessions to transmit U.S. citizenship to the child.) The U.S. citizen parent must be the genetic or the gestational parent and the legal parent of the child under local law at the time and place of the child’s birth to transmit U.S. citizenship.
http://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal-considerations/us-citizenship-laws-policies/citizenship-child-born-abroad.html
Cruz’s mother met the requirements. If Obama had been or was born in Kenya as alleged (it’s almost impossible to tell), his mother hadn’t met the 5 year criteria.
To Mr. Fidler,
How many politicians do you know that aren’t mud slingers or out right liars? There are not many if any known to man. Donald Trump has done and will do more for the United States as President then any of those career politicians ever will. All the do is sit around and rake in big bucks to maybe talk about things but never make any worth while decisions. Grow up this is not a game their playing where they see who gets the most points. The job is a real one and the best man for the job is Donald Trump. I have seen and treated women from Mexico who walk across the boarder just to have their babies in the US. This has given them access to funds and medical care that could and should be used by are citizens here in the Rio Grande Valley.
AMEN!
sb
It is true that Cruz is technically not eligible but neither is Obama. We seem to have established a precedent.
I agree David!
sb
Things my mama taught me..
Two wrongs do not make a right!
Fool me once, shame on you.
Fool me twice, shame on me.
Get your heads out of your asses, people, and listen to my mama..
(She was a natural born U.S.A. citizen by anyone’s definition.)
But the natural born status of Ted Cruz’s mother, does not transmit to Ted Cruz. BLOOD AND DIRT are the 2 requirements. One Blood and NO dirt. Ted has to have 2 bloods and yes dirt in order to be eligible for POTUS.
Besides, we have to establish that Ted Cruz’s mother is NATURAL BORN, THAT IS SHE WAS BORN IN US (dirt)AND BOTH HER PARENTS WERE US CITIZENS AT TIME OF HER BIRTH.
Let us give TED Cruz the benefit of a doubt. Let us grant that his mother is NATURAL BORN. Given that Ted CRUZ has not met the 2 requirements to be POTUS, he is still not eligible.
His father is a CUBAN citizen who worked for Fidel Castro. He was a Cuban refugee, ended up in TX, where he met and married his mother, who worked for a TX oil company. Then, the couple, Ted’s parents moved to Canada, where Ted CRUZ was born. I do not know whether his mom has to give up her US citizenship in order for the family to reside in Canada. Just like in Indonesia, you have to give up any foreign citizenship before you or your family could reside there. Ted grew up in Canada, until his parents went back to TX. His mother is a highly skilled petroleum engineer/tech, thought she will be easily hired in TX, a petroleum state.
Ted went into Politics and was elected TX senator, as a dual citizen. He was surprised that he has dual citizenship. Being a senator does not require this “NATURAL BORN” requirement. So he denounced his Canadian citizenship, weeks after he announced he is running for POTUS. He knows he is not eligible. He thought denouncing his CANADIAN citizenship and using his mother’s citizenship is enough to confer a “NATURAL BORN” citizenship to him. Sorry. Ted is wrong.
2 wrongs does not make it right.
I mean two wrongs do not make it right.
All this discussion! What if abortion was as big before Oblamer was born and his porn star mother indulged in the act?
Would we have had our first female(loosely confirmed) President? McCain would have stepped aside for her as he did Oblamer.
Then the question of Cruz citizenship would all be for not, the USA would not exist any more under another Clinton Presidency.
Remember 4 Americans died…Hillary lied. and said “at this point What Difference does it make?”
So Cruz has dual-citizenship, right? Maybe he can run for president in Canada if he doesn’t make it here.
GO TRUMP!!!
I like what you said! HA! HA! Keep it simple hey?
sb
And if that doesn’t work, how about Cuba?
The best thing to do with Trump send him back to his golden tower!
Cruz already denounced his Canadian citizenship before he announced his run for POTUS. Does it mean he could go back and forth between the 2 countries? because he has 2 passports? that is, depending on where the wind blows? His birth certificate will probably allow him to be citizen of Canada again. Birth certificates never change, never tampered, except for Obama’s birth certificate.
Now I heard his BC records in Canada were also sealed.
I said from day one that did not qualify by his own admission
Me too Henry!
sb
What up standing American with commen sense would allow a brother in law who has been convicted of dealing big time drugs to live with his mother ? In addition Sen Rubio lied about his involvement in the building of the 50 million dollar courthouse dubbed the Taj Mahal because of the hugh expenses spent on it while florida had a hugh shortfall in the budget at the time . And why did sen Rubios campaign affiliated PACS and campaigns pay sen Rubios brother in laws sons $130k in the past decade ?? This is just a little taste of why we need Donald Trump in the whitehouse ! I hope and pray Mr Trump gets in the whitehouse and if the gop does not nominate Mr Trump I highly suggest he runs as an inderpendant because that would mean the gop did not treat Mr Trump fairly and Mr Trump agreed not to go inderpendant as long as he is given a fair shake and with his numbers as they are America has his back and we all hear him well and he is taking all the words out of our mouths and speaking as Americans really feel .
Oh poor Trump he pouts when treated unfairly. Oh woe is me what do you call what he has done to people and said to people but yet he just can’t take it when it is given back to him. He needs to get a taste of spending his money pay for his wall and get a taste of actual work like his fans and go help build his big wall with a door. But wait he is to spoiled to do labor work! His fans work their butt off but his t-shirts, hats, water bottles etc etc at his rally’s making him richer. I was a protester in Raleigh they kept asking me do you want to but a hat a t-shirt I was like h*$! no he don’t need my money he can take his fans money not mine!
My preferences for President & V. P. are Donald and the Doctor. Why would anyone want to have any of the 535 plus 2 from Washington, D. C. Far too many purveyors of falsehoods in that area. The chance of any of those jokers making it are Slim and None, and Slim just left town.
Rafael ‘Ted’ Cruz is like the other anchor babies. Rubio, Santorum, Jindal and Mitt Romney are not qualified under Emerich Vattel’s ‘The Law of Nations’ which guided the founders as they defined who was eligible for president. According to Vattel the father must be American born for anyone to qualify to be president. Canadian spokeswoman. Julie LaFortune states that Ted Cruz is a Canadian citizen by virtue of the Canadian Citizenship Act of 1947 unless his parent is a diplomat. Cruz’s parents were both Canadian citizens at that point. He’s a Canadian says past chairman of the Canadian Bar Association’s Immigration and Citizenship Section. Further, and most damaging to Cruz’s claim about his mother, Eleanor Darragh Wilson being born in Wilmington, Delaware there has been an exhaustive search for her birth certificate and none can be found! Cruz senior was a Cuban exile living in Texas on a green card when he and Eleanor went to Canada to work, became Canadian citizens and Ted was born one year later! Ted Cruz is a Canadian and should be arrested and thrown into a Texas slammer for lying to Texas authorities when he ran for U.S. senator from that state. Pull up Fox News’s Bret Baeir and Greta Van Susteren’s interviews with Cruz and watch him stutter every time he was caught lying. To settle this thing once for all simply get in touch with Canadian authorities for the truth and quit acting as if you knew something.Do the research as I have done if you’re not too lazy or ignorant.
I wonder why Repubs and TPs ever voted for him in Texas. Now we are finding Cruz is not born US citizen. I think GOPers are primitive and ignorant to allow Cruz till this time running for a job he is not eligible.
AGAIN, only the position of Pres, Vice president, Sec of State, and Speaker of the House have this “NATURAL-BORN” REQUIREMENTS.
So Ted Cruz can be TX senator, no problem, or any elected position in the gov. or even ATTY General, or even ambassador to CUBA or Canada?
TED Cruz was born in CANADA. His BC proves that. This fact alone disqualifies him as NATURAL BORN. POTUS has to be born on US soil, dirt, swamp, water, sea, air, with both US citizen parents.
His father is a Cuban Citizen at time of his birth. This fact also proves or confirms that TED CRUZ is not eligible for POTUS.
His mother’s NATURAL BORN status or citizenship is not conferred or transmitted to Ted. It is SOIL, or US dirt that is allowing Anchor babies’ a US citizenship. Ted Cruz does not even qualify as an Anchor Baby. Anchor babies are children born in the US SOIL by illegal parents. This should should stop also.
Read the constitution people, Cruz was born in Canada and can’t be President of the U.S. Rubio was born here by two illegals. He can’t be President either. Trump is right. They can’t be President. If Cruz or Rubio were nominated Hillary or Trump would have that tied up in courts for years.
I agree. So we better focus on TRUMP’s VP and do not waste our time on TED CRUZ, or RUBIO.
Senator Cruz’ biggest problem appears to be the fact that a birth certificate for his mother Eleanor Elizabeth Wilson, who was allegedly born [presumably on November 23, 1934] in Wilmington, DE according to Cruz’ Canadian birth certificate , does not appear to be on record in the State of Delaware. The 1940 U.S. census records for the state of Delaware do show an Eleanor Wilson, who was born in New Castle, Delaware in 1925. Accordingly, it is essential that Senator Cruz provide his mother’s birth certificate.
Even if TED, provides it, he is still NOT eligible because his father is a Cuban Citizen at time of his birth. BOTH parents has to be US citizens, or even naturalized citizens. The fact that Ted’s BC shows he was born in CANADA, disqualifies or confirms he is not eligible. Ted denouncing his Canadian citizenship only proves and confirms he was born in Canada and therefore not eligible. It does not “ERASE” the fact that he was born in CANADA, with only one parent a US citizen..
McCain is an exemption, because his father is in the military assigned in PANAMA. Ted’s parents were not military at all, and there is no US military base or station in Canada.
I think when Trump becomes President in 2017 he will uncover the Obamas big lie about him not being born here. And it is going to be Clintons nightmare. They are both so corrupt. Hillary should be in jail and so should Obama.
There are two very reliable sources in Canada who can easily wreck Ted Cruz’s dreams, Toronto lawyer Stephan Green, Canadian spokeswoman Julie LaFortune and an American researcher/writer Sheila Wolfe of ‘If You Only News’. Wolfe declares that there is absolutely no birth certificate for Ted Cruz’s mother, Eleanor Darragh Wilson in Wilmington, Delaware were Ted says she was born-that she and Cruz senior were married in 1969-moved to Canada and became Canadian citizens before Ted Cruz was born. Stop with the fussing and fighting ’til you check these facts out!
Interesting Information! I have not researched it– but I like what you said– it sounds plausible to me!
sb
I agree. But is it a fact, they met in TX and moved to Canada where Ted was born? but his father is not a US citizen at time of Ted’s birth.
I know I am repeating myself but many are forgetting that one little thing if proven his mother gave up her citizenship to become a Canadian citizen then he is not eligible to run as he is nat an American citizen don’t knock Trump he is not saying it he said their is a lot of talk about it and it needs to be cleared up what is wrong with making sure this time. If his records are sealed then he like Obama has something to hide only makes sense if you stop being biased and lets make sure this time before it gets really bad
Ellen– very good statement!
sb
All liers and thieves will not see the kingdom of GOD. Sad for Obama and the politicians who will spend eternity with their buddy Satan. God says we should pray for our elected officials. All things are possible to him that believe.
Yes, we are praying that TRUMP will be our President and will be sworn in 2016. And that will begin our hope that TRUMP and people of goodwill will turn this country great again. Trump is God Send to Americans, who believe.
I said the people of goodwill, and not the people of ILL WILL. In time, God will punish them.
First, being a Citizen and a Natural born Citizen are not the same thing. The founders would not have wasted the words ‘natural born’ if it was not an important distinction.
The most significant difference is that BOTH parents must have been ‘Citizens’ (naturalized or born citizens) at the time Cruz was born. Cruz’ father was of Cuban citizenship for many years after Cruz was born. So Cruz is NOT, repeat NOT a natural born (U.S.) Citizen, and is therefore ineligible for the Office of POTUS.
Second, the Twelfth Amendment, ratified in 1804, says that: ‘… no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.’ That means that Cruz (nor Rubio either) can be considered for the VP slot. The Dems, unlike the stupid Republicans, would tie this up in the courts for the next 2 years (while stating that Obama’s usurpation was a ‘done deal’, and therefore too late to do anything about it).
NOTE: There is no ‘Statute of Limitations’ on Treason, so their ‘done deal’ defense should not hold any water.
Amen. I could not have said it any better. Thanks. Neil T.
TRUMP YOU CAN ATTACK TED CRUZ ALL YOU WHAT HE HAS NOTHIN TO HIDE HE IS A CHRISTIAN AND YOU NEED TO FIND GOD YOU NEED TO LEARN WHAT THE TRUTH IS YOU ARE A BIG LAIR AND TED CRUZ IS GOING TO KICK YOUR LYING ASS!!!! CRUZING WITH CRUZ GOING TO DERAIL THE TRUMP TRAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!
You mean Liar, not LAIR. Lair is a trap, like a mouse trap.
If Cruz has nothing to hide, why did he seal his BC records in Canada.
And where is the birth certificate of his “natural born” mom.
We cannot afford to have Cruz as Pres. It will take months before we settle.
Trump opened a Hornet’s nest. People are now looking and thinking, why will I vote for a Canadian?
In Trumps place, and if wanting Cruz as a running mate it seems it would be good for both to have this issue ironed out early so it is not brought up again to hurt a Trump/Cruz ticket. I feel this being discussed now only helps for this ticket to be strong come November since it takes the question off the table at the last minute for the Dems to use.
Rand Paul 2016
It seems that the more obvious something is in politics, the less it is recognized.
In order to become president, Trump has to win the Republican nomination, and to do that, he must first overcome all other Republican candidates. Cruz is in second place, and appears to be building. Trump, in a bold, but admittedly, risky tactic, is trying to undermine Republican support for Cruz.
Cruz is probably the smartest of all Republican candidates, and I believe Cruz sees Trump’s maneuver in that light, and he will try to turn it back on Trump, but once the dust settles, if Trump is the nominee, there is every likelihood he will pick Cruz as his running mate.
You mean Liar, not LAIR. Lair is a trap, like a mouse trap.
If Cruz has nothing to hide, why did he seal his BC records in Canada.
And where is the birth certificate of his “natural born” mom.
We cannot afford to have Cruz as Pres. It will take months before we settle.
Trump opened a Hornet’s nest. People are now looking and thinking, why will I vote for a Canadian?
Smartest or not he is not eligible for POTUS or Vice POTUS OR SEC OF STATE, OR SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE.
Smartness could be used both ways. For good or evil deeds. Hillary and Obama are smart people. But look at what they have done.
I am fed up with this CRAZINESS !!! Ted Cruz is eligible to run for president. Enough is enough!!
Sorry, kiddo. Study history. You are wrong. If he gets nominated, I will not vote for him. Just because the usurper in the White House got away with it does not mean that Republicans should try it or do it, too. We have to get back to the Constitution. The Red in the White house has shredded it way too much already.
Carrie, please study the constitution. Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio are NOT eligible to be POTUS. Period.
There are a lot of people who are confused about the Cruz birther issue. His mother, an American, renounced her American citizenship to become a Canadian. Cruz himself renounced his Canadian citizenship (before, he held dual citizenship). So, should someone who held TWO citizenships be allowed to run for President? Whatever the Legal Eagles say, I say NO. POTUS should have only had ONE allegiance his entire life, and that is to the US. This, however, is my own personal opinion. Trump is correct in saying that the Cruz Birther issue has people confused. We went down this road with Obama, and there will always be people who say Cruz is disqualified. This is an issue that will never go away. I am fed up with people like Cruz (born in Canada to an American mother who renounced America) and Rubio (poster child for anchor babies). Why can’t we just have a regular American candidate without all these issues of who was born where and whose parents were illegals. So in 30 years we will have more children with questionable births, parental status, etc. running for President if we don’t stop this.
I find that a very few people here know what a natural-born citizen is. Charles Imwold does, Linda does, and just a few more.
I always get a kick out of people, like Susan, who say–here, here–instead of –hear, hear. Check with the English Parliament, dearie, and find out what you should be talking about.
to my opinion any one who want to run for our President
should have to address the procedures as required by our laws period
before they are legal to accept any votes of any kind
NO American with commen sense would allow a brother in law who has been convicted of dealing big time drugs to live with his mother ? In addition Sen Rubio lied about his involvement in the building of the 50 million dollar courthouse dubbed the Taj Mahal because of the hugh expenses spent on it while florida had a hugh shortfall in the budget at the time . And why did sen Rubios campaign affiliated PACS and campaigns pay sen Rubios brother in laws sons $130k in the past decade ?? This is just a little taste of why we need Donald Trump in the whitehouse ! I hope and pray Mr Trump gets in the whitehouse and if the gop does not nominate Mr Trump I highly suggest he runs as an inderpendant because that would mean the gop did not treat Mr Trump fairly and Mr Trump agreed not to go inderpendant as long as he is given a fair shake and with his numbers as they are America has his back and we all hear him well and he is taking all the words out of our mouths and speaking as Americans really feel .
Where in the Govt.is the final decision on this matter made?
We are not talking about CITIZENSHIP here but rather his eligibility to hold the office of President or Vice-President. YES Ted Cruz IS an American citizen. No doubt about that; since his mother was a US citizen. However, he is NOT a natural born American citizen since he was born in a foreign country (Canada). According to the U.S. Constitution, he must a NATURAL BORN CITIZEN (i.e., born in the USA or its territories) in order to be qualified to be President or Vice-President.
US Citizen and NATURAL BORN CITIZEN are two entirely separate things. Many of you are confusing the two — they are not the same thing. (See my next comment).
If a person is born in a foreign country while at least one parent was in the military (or US Foreign Service) stationed there, then he/she is considered to be US Natural Born. This question came up when John McCain was running for President. He was born in Panama; however, his father was in the US Navy stationed there when John was born.
Natural born citizen , is one given birth on United States soil . Plain and simple, both parents were natural born citizens . If one is conceived on foreign land, they are a born citizen of that country if both parents live and declare their allegianse to that country. Cruz dropped that citizenship of Canada and got citizenship of America . Now Obama’s mother was an American born citizen . She conceived Obama in Africa , and moved to another country. She didn’t give up being a citizen of the U.S.. Before she died she gave birth to Obama on u.s. soil . I expect she then left the country , but returned once she was at deaths bed . If that be the case Obama’s birth place can’t be denied . The truth will never be known about Obama, but CRUZ is an entirely different situation !!
Payback for all you Birthers. Listen to yourselves you are bickering back & forth and no one is really sure of what the law says. I hope it goes all the way to the supreme court and then they can cheat like they did for George bush. Either way this means he is not a good choice as a primary candidate. Bring him on though and we’ll bring on a real down to earth American as in Bernie Sanders. The people’s candidate. The choice is clear Trump and Hilary for the wealthy or Bernie for the people. Wake up people. You keep getting it wrong and you are yet given another chance to get it right and to vote in your best interest for a change. Don’t listen to the fear mongers. (By the way Fox is owned by a Saudi Prince and an Aussie Billionaire.) Switch to the only listener supported/funded two TV channels in America, Free Speech TV and Link TV. Unless of course you love to be propagandized/manipulated by the corporate owned and controlled Main Stream Media of which Fox is the leader. They are doing it to you right now, giving 20 times more airtime to Trump while Bernie is pulling in at least twice as many people in rallies.
Go soak your socialist head.
osama been in the White House for 7 years and that muslim bastard isn’t an American.
The usurper in the White House said to the American people, of which he is not one: I fooled you once, shame on you. I fooled you twice, shame on you again.
When will the People of this Country EVER Learn ? Looks like being “Burned Twice’ by Someone like Obama…Should be sufficient enough to Tell us That we do NOT want to invite any more Such ” imposters” into Our White House. Look what His being ”vetted’ Has brought down on us..All because WE Sat back and Let it Happen. We Can`t do this Again, People. Inattention and Not Caring about what is Going on in this Country ( And World ) Is what is to Blame. Wake up. NO MORE can any one be our President who Is not “”Twice-Right ! Both Parents American-born Citizens !! ”’