Posted on 02/17/2016 4:42:51 PM PST by Helicondelta
Diana Orrock, the Nevada state committeewoman for the Republican National Committee, is among the latest high-profile figures insisting that GOP presidential candidate (and Texas Senator) Ted Cruz is ineligible for the presidency because he is not a "natural-born citizen".
Orrock didn't stop there, however. She also argues that Florida Senator Marco Rubio should be disqualified from running because he was born to immigrant parents, despite the fact that he was born in Miami, Florida.
She tweeted on Tuesday the link to the right-wing website "News with Views", featuring an article that discusses the Constitutional grounds that would allegedly disqualify the two Senators from running for president:
The article's author, Devvy Kidd, wrote in part:
Donald Trump can take the high road on this by stating there are two candidates who are not constitutionally eligible to be on the ballot, Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz.
Kidd went on suggest the language Trump should use when calling out the two Hispanic candidates::
My actions would be the same if the candidates were John Kasich or Dr. Ben Carson. I am running to take an oath to preserve and protect the U.S. Constitution and that's what I'm doing.
It's a most unfortunate situation for both candidates and their supporters but surely they (Ted Cruz being a lawyer and former Solicitor General for the State of Texas) should have known they do not meet constitutional eligibility.
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Why? To give Yeb a chance?
Are they going to force people to vote for Trump?
I see Jeb! Called in some favors
Well, they didn’t want the Cruz campaign to feel totally dejected...
Where does the RNC find these idiots?
According to 400 people. Hey, isn’t that about the size of a Cruz rally too?
Because Jeb is so far ahead?
Born on American soil of two parents who are American citizens at the time of birth?
Sounds pretty reasonable. Puts a firewall up against foreign influence. Eliminates complicated and contradictory considerations without a statute.
It is the historical meaning of natural born citizen.
Citizenship conferred by statute? Can be changed without a constitutional amendment, allowing a corrupt opportunity for foreign influence.
The argument against the eligibility of Cruz and Rubio is a good one.
Watch Cruz focus on “standing,” a dead giveaway he knows the merits go against him. And very, very Obama-like.
If that happened Trump would have no competition
Wrong. In Britain before the Constitution was written, a natural-born subject included a child born to British parents outside of the country’s territory.
"Many are called, but few contribute."
Only if someone had stood up to Obama in 2008 it would of saved us a lot of problems.
“But there’s a catch” So what is the `catch’? (Yes, I read it).
Is this like when Satan promised Hlllary Clinton fame, power and riches—in exchange for her immortal soul, and she concluded the negotiations by asking, “OK, what’s the catch?”
Very succinctly and logically stated.
Saturday will tell. Seems to be way off from all other polls but we will see.
After the damage done by Obama, America will not be great under any President, but at least it will work itself up to being good.
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