ClydeR
01-05-2016, 08:05 PM
LOWELL, Mass. — Donald Trump said in an interview that rival Ted Cruz's Canadian birthplace was a "very precarious" issue that could make the senator from Texas vulnerable if he became the Republican presidential nominee.
"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 said when asked about the topic. "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."
Trump added: "I'd hate to see something like that get in his way.
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Like Trump, I'm concerned too. I'd hate to see someone disqualified from running just because only one of the candidate's parents was a US citizen and the candidate was born in another country.
Cruz's mother was a U.S. citizen when he was born in Calgary in 1970; his father was born in Cuba. Cruz has long said that because his mother is a citizen by birth, he is one as well and fits under the definition of a natural-born citizen. Since his election to the Senate, Cruz has released his birth certificate and renounced his Canadian citizenship.
Legal scholars agree that Cruz meets the Constitution's natural-born citizenship requirement, though it is untested in the courts.
"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 said when asked about the topic. "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."
Trump added: "I'd hate to see something like that get in his way.
More... (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-says-cruzs-canadian-birth-could-be-very-precarious-for-gop/2016/01/05/5ce69764-b3f8-11e5-9388-466021d971de_story.html)
Like Trump, I'm concerned too. I'd hate to see someone disqualified from running just because only one of the candidate's parents was a US citizen and the candidate was born in another country.
Cruz's mother was a U.S. citizen when he was born in Calgary in 1970; his father was born in Cuba. Cruz has long said that because his mother is a citizen by birth, he is one as well and fits under the definition of a natural-born citizen. Since his election to the Senate, Cruz has released his birth certificate and renounced his Canadian citizenship.
Legal scholars agree that Cruz meets the Constitution's natural-born citizenship requirement, though it is untested in the courts.