Why do you confuse “American” with “Natural Born Citizen”?
The founders had no trouble distinguishing between the two. That’s why they made a special case for people who lived in the United States at the time the country was founded, and said that all others must be “Natural Born Citizen”.
If you grew up in a foreign country, you might have some allegiance to that country, and they wanted to avoid any possibility that the President would give deference to other countries over our own supremacy.
And whether you think Obama is NBR or not, you can’t argue that he certainly seems to prove the point that if you aren’t solidly raised to love our country, you will betray it as President.
My point is that Obama is a red flag and he passed the test.
Why beat up Cruz?
Beat on Obama.