First off, could you please provide your source for the claim that Jefferson was given French citizenship? Since the first time I have heard such was on this thread, and having spent some time looking around the net for information on this I am coming up with nothing. I read his official bio and it is not mentioned.
Meanwhile, honorary citizenship was frequently bestowed on prominent persons. Still happens in this day and age. It was understood to be a “gift”, a compliment.
But to put that to the side, Jefferson would have been grandfathered in regardless.
For the focus of this thread, Jefferson’s mid-life acceptance of honorary French citizenship (if such a thing happened) adds nothing to the discussion. Did Jefferson go there seeking to throw off his US citizenship and emigrate to France?
No.
“Did Jefferson go there seeking to throw off his US citizenship and emigrate to France?”
Did Obama throw off his US citizenship and emigrate to the UK?
Has Obama shown anything but contempt and hatred to the UK? Is there any sign he considers the UK to be his second country, even?
Has he asked to become even an honorary citizen of Kenya?
Where does the US Constitution ban a dual citizen from running for President?
For a reference to Jefferson, this is what I found:
I’ll add that I’m not concerned with Jefferson. Prior to this thread, I had not heard he had been made a French citizen. However, the dual citizenship argument makes no sense, since the Constitution does not address it. The idea that a foreign country can pass a law making it illegal for a US citizen to run for President is simply bizarre - almost as bizarre as the idea that Obama considers himself a subject of Queen Elizabeth!