Paige LavenderThe Huffington PostAug 22, 2013
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has a sense of humor over the debate surrounding his citizenship.
After Cruz opened a gathering for TechNet in Austin on Thursday, the media was asked to leave so he could field questions freely from executives attending, according to the Houston Chronicle. Before reporters left, he promised not to make any news about his place of birth.
“I promise that while y’all are out I’ll try not to give any like
really juicy piece of crazy news,” Cruz joked. “I am secretly a citizen
of Ethiopa.”
Cruz, a citizen in both the U.S. and Canada, released his birth certificate on Sunday in an effort to curb speculation that he is ineligible to run for president. He also said he would renounce his Canadian citizenship.
Despite his announcement, the legal requirements may force Cruz to
wait up to eight months to formally renounce his citizenship, according to Reuters.
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Despite his announcement, the legal requirements may force Cruz to wait up to eight months to formally renounce his citizenship, according to Reuters."
The legal definition of "natural born citizen" as decided by SCOTUS in Minor v Happersett, is "one born on U.S. soil and to two U.S. citizen parents." Therefore, Cruz can never be Constitutionally eligible to become president.
Renouncing one's citizenship of a foreign country does not magically erase one's origin of birth. In fact, it is physically impossible to change the circumstances of one's birth. Therefore, Cruz cannot somehow undo the fact that he was born in a foreign country rather than on U.S. soil.
On the topic of his presidential eligibility, Cruz is sounding more and more like the current Usurper in Chief.
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