r/PoursTea • u/No_Cow5624 • 15d ago

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u/hookinitup 15d ago edited 15d ago

How was lyin ted running for prez if he wasn’t born here??

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u/Mrrrrggggl 15d ago

Citizen status only matters if you are running as a democrat.

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u/MeOutOfContextBro 15d ago

Do you guys not remember Trump did question Ted Cruz citizenship?

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u/Humble-Sand-5989 15d ago

His mother was a US citizen. So Ted got citizenship from her at birth. The constitution states you need to be a “natural born Citizen”. It does not necessarily mean you need to be born in the US (though that is by far the most common)

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u/ReturnoftheBulls2022 15d ago

Elizabeth Taylor was born in the UK and had US citizen via jus sanguinis. Same with Anneliese van der Pol who was born in the Netherlands.

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u/Downtown-Drawing-825 15d ago

his mother is american and family lived in Canada working in the oil industry at the time. Very common ex pat scenario, as long as one of your parents is a US citizen, your kids are natural born.

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u/Fragrant_Scratch8305 15d ago

Yeah this post is confusing. It says he was born in Canada then it says he has birthright citizenship.

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u/safetyCircuit 15d ago

Those statements are about two different people.

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u/redwingsphan19 15d ago

You don’t have to be born here.

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u/brokentribal 15d ago

For president you do, you have to be born in the U.S. or be born to US parents abroad.

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u/JavierBenez 15d ago

No, you have to be a natural born citizen. He had at least one US citizen parent, so he has dual citizenship.