5 Responses to “Trump says rival Cruz’s Canadian birthplace could be ‘big problem’: Washington Post By Emily Stephenson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has waded back into the topic of eligibility for the U.S. presidency, telling the Washington Post that rival Ted Cruz could run into trouble if he won the party’s nomination because he was born in Canada.… Reuters”

1. Paula Hoehn
   January 6th, 2016 @ 5:06 pm

   Dear Orly,

   A few minutes ago, I watched Ted Cruz being interviewed on foxnews. He said words to the effect that his eligibility is a settled issue because his mother is an American citizen, and that makes him a ‘natural born citizen’.

   I was amazed to watch his facial expression as he said this lie in all earnestness, expecially as he is known for his Constitutioal knowledge and expertise.

   I was so irritated that I immediately changed the channel.

   ——-
   Paula Hoehn

2. Paula Hoehn
   January 6th, 2016 @ 5:31 pm

   Dear Orly,

   Here is a website of Ted Cruz being ingterviewed:

   https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2016/jan/06/cruz-says-canadian-birth-does-not-block-him-from/

   Cruz says Canadian birth does not block him from presidency

   By Associated Press | 12:36 p.m. Jan. 6, 2016

   Excerpt:
   “Asked about Trump’s comments Wednesday while campaigning in Iowa, Cruz said that “people will continue to make political noise about it, but as a legal matter, it’s quite straightforward.”

   Excerpt:
   “Cruz was born in Calgary, Canada to an American mother and Cuban father. He renounced his Canadian citizenship in 2014.”

   Excerpt:
   “He says it is settled law that the child of a U.S. citizen born abroad is a natural born citizen.”

   ——-
   Paula Hoehn

3. dr_taitz@yahoo.com
   January 7th, 2016 @ 3:35 am

   who interviewed Cruz? How is settled? Did anyone ask Cruz if he had a Canadian passport?

4. js/js
   January 7th, 2016 @ 9:34 am

   Sorry Ted, but you are a fraudster, a prankster,
   and a joker. Above all, you are a Canadian.

   You cannot even prove that your mother was a
   divorced American.

   Lies, lies, lies. Worse than Obama???

   Book him, jail him, Danno!!!

5. Paula Hoehn
   January 7th, 2016 @ 12:51 pm

   Dear Orly,

   In answer to your question at #3: “who interviewed Cruz? How is settled? Did anyone ask Cruz if he had a Canadian passport?”

   Here is the website of Dana Bash’s CNN interview of Ted Cruz (commercial comes on first):

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_NKiPtqrTE

   Ted Cruz talks guns citizenship and immigration

   1:58/5:09 Cruz: “Oh look, the legal issue is straightforward, the son of a US citizen born abroad is a natural-born-citizen”

   [in slow motion, as Cruz says “the legal”, he has closed his eyes and then opens them again as he says “issue”]

   2:04/5:09 Bash: “But, it’s never been tested. You know full well, ’cause you’ve done it on other issues…”
   2:06/5:09 Cruz: “Listen, the Constitution and laws of the United States are straightforward. The very first Congress defined the child of a US citizen born abroad as a natural-born-citizen….. At the end of the day this is a non-issue…”

   2:58/5:09 Bash: “Just button this up though, on the issue of the passport…”
   3:00/5:09 Cruz: “What passport?
   3:01/5:09 Bash: “Donald Trump is suggesting, saying that you had a Canadian passport.”
   3:05/5:09 Cruz” “It’s not true.”

   [in slow motion, Cruz closes eyes on words “not true”]

   3:06/5:09 Bash: “False? You never had a Canadian passport?”
   3:06/5:09 Cruz: ” No, no, of course not.”

   [Cruz closes his eyes again on the word “No”]

   3:07/5:09 Bash: “In your entire life?”
   3:08/5:09 Cruz: “No, of course not.”
   3:09/5:09 Bash: “And you are sure, you asked your Mother, you asked your Dad, you never had one?”

   [Cruz closes his eyes again on words “Mother” and “Dad”]

   3:11/5:09 Cruz: “Yes, I’m sure and how about, look, the media, with all due resepct, love to engage in silly side shows. We need to focus on what matters.”

   —–
   Paula Hoehn

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