Records in a George Romney archive at the University of Michigan describe how questions about his eligibility to be president surfaced almost as soon as he began his short-lived campaign.
In many ways, they appear to echo today's complaints that Trump and some other conservative "birthers" have made about Obama while questioning whether Obama - whose father was from Kenya and mother was from Kansas - was born in Hawaii.
I am NOT a Romney fan; however, it seems to me that this "issue" with Romney's father is a non-issue. His father was born in Mexico to American parents who were, if I've done my research correctly, living in a Mormon commune in Mexico at the time. That's like saying two American missionary parents who live in Botswana - or somewhere - have a child in Botswana, and we then say that child is not an American citizen. From my understanding, even though that child was not born on American soil, that child IS an American citizen, born of two American citizens whose citizenship is in America.
ReplyDeletePlease correct me if I'm wrong in my understanding. :)
But the bottom line is, if Romney is ineligible because his father is not legally considered an American citizen, then he needs to be out of the race.