(March 23, 2015 at 2:05 pm)Beccs Wrote: Is this idiot even eligible to run?
Depends on how you define "natural born citizen" in the eligibility requirements for the office of President.
He was born in Alberta, Canada to a Cuban father and an American mother.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Cruz
If you define "natural born citizen" as a person born "inheriting" the citizenship of their parents, then yes, Cruz is eligible because his mother is American. If it is defined as only people born within the borders of the United States, then no.
He even has his own entry on the "Natural Born Citizen" article on wikipedia discussing his Presidential eligibility. The consensus seems to be that because his mother was a US citizen, he was born with US citizenship and is therefore eligible. Fuck.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural-bor...e#Ted_Cruz
Teenaged X-Files obsession + Bermuda Triangle episode + Self-led school research project = Atheist.