Pinging a few names to this very distressing statement by Cruz.
I am very disgusted. Foreign national father, born on foreign soil, says because he’s a US citizen he’s eligible for president.
I am beyond digusted.
He could be the best conservative constitutionalist in the last 200 years but he is NOT a NBC and NOT eligible and this wilfull ignorance on his part is a huge character flaw! Self interest! He can serve his country by being a representative, Senator or Governor!
I’m spitting mad. He’s basically saying that 0buttatollah is a NBC (or would be if his parents/ birth location were known and he had on US citizen parent and was born in another country!) WHAT UTTER CRAP! His statement legitimizes the fraudster in chief! WHAT THE H***????
Why is he saying this? He’s not stupid. Paid off? Trying to goad 0buttatollah? Thinks since one non-NBC is president and no one says a peep now the gate’s wide open now for all and sundry?
I find it fascinating that a foreign born person could come to this country and within 20 or 30 years get themselves elected to Congress.
Some in this country have ancestors who came here 5 generations ago and they can’t even find a job to support themselves.
Concur!!
2 Citizen Parents AT birth,
(Cruz father naturalized AFTER Cruz birth.)
on US Soil
Worse yet are these FReepers who have no understanding of this after YEARS of Obama discussions of lacking NBC on FreeRepublic. If Cruz continues to push this, then he
is an aspiring USURPER also.
I just got in from a fishing trip from last night little jeremiah. I think Cruz stated the true facts of what he is, a U.S. Citizen BUT he didn’t say that to mean he was ineligible. I think he stated it to bring debate to the issue because the term ‘Natural Born Citizen’ does not like to be talked about by liberals or the media because it the focus will shift to Obama. They prefer U.S. Citizen instead. So I think this is a psychological game by Ted to see if the libs will turn full birther because if they do, it forces discussion about Obama’s eligibility. That’s just my take for now.
No, that's not what he said.
He said that because he is a US citizen by birth, and not by naturalization, he is a legally and Constitutionally a natural born citizen and eligible to be President.
Throughout our entire national history, "natural born citizen" has basically meant "citizen by birth." That's what the term has ALWAYS meant to pretty much EVERYBODY, until about 4 years ago, when someone came along and tried to change the definition because they didn't like Obama, and you bought into it, because YOU didn't like Obama.
There were those of us whose love of our Constitution was greater than our dislike of Obama, who tried to tell you, but you wouldn't listen, because your dislike of Obama was greater than your love of the Constitution.
Why is he saying this? He’s not stupid.
Exactly. He's saying this because he's not stupid.
Yes.
As a matter of fact it is wide open.
After all, no one with "STANDING" has complained...
Before you continue to flaunt your ignorance of the Constitution and the law, please read up on Article 1 and the first naturalization act where Congress exercises it’s enumerated powers and expressly states that NBC do not have to be born on US soil.