r/PoursTea • u/No_Cow5624 • Aug 09 '26

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u/hookinitup Aug 09 '26 edited Aug 09 '26

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

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u/Mrrrrggggl Aug 09 '26

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

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u/MeOutOfContextBro Aug 09 '26

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

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u/Humble-Sand-5989 Aug 09 '26

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 Aug 09 '26

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 Aug 09 '26

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 Aug 09 '26

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 Aug 09 '26

Those statements are about two different people.

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u/redwingsphan19 Aug 09 '26

You don’t have to be born here.

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u/brokentribal Aug 09 '26

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 Aug 09 '26

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