Ted Cruz renounces Canadian citizenship in statement

[Newsjock]

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Source: CNN

Lest any questions remain about Sen. Ted Cruz's national allegiance, the Texas Republican announced Monday he was renouncing his Canadian citizenship.

Cruz was born in Canada to an American mother and a Cuban father, and over the weekend he released his birth certificate to put to rest any questions about his background. In an analysis, the Dallas Morning News speculated Cruz – considered a potential candidate for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination – was a dual citizen of the United States and Canada.

"Because I was a U.S. citizen at birth, because I left Calgary when I was 4 and have lived my entire life since then in the U.S., and because I have never taken affirmative steps to claim Canadian citizenship, I assumed that was the end of the matter," Cruz wrote in his statement.

"Now the Dallas Morning News says that I may technically have dual citizenship. Assuming that is true, then sure, I will renounce any Canadian citizenship," he continued. "Nothing against Canada, but I'm an American by birth, and as a U.S. Senator, I believe I should be only an American."

Read more: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/08/19/ted-cruz-renounces-canadian-citizenship-in-statement/

[jtuck004]

1. Cool. Can I have his spot? n/t

[Mz Pip]

2. Doesn't matter

No matter what Ted does, he will never be president.

[TrogL]

3. You're welcome to him

[Control-Z]

4. Oh Canada!

Please take him back. Please?

[Initech]

5. Still doesn't make him a natural born citizen.

[tofuandbeer]

6. "PLEASE!!!! I WANNA BE PRESIDENT OF THE U.S....OH PLEASE MR. GOP LORDS! CHOOSE ME!!!!"

[Dustin DeWinde]

7. he was born in canada he is canadian

How ironic that teabaggers have to get a foreign born citizen for their preferred candidate.
The press is oh so willing to say that his mom's citizenship makes him an American,yet idint remember them being so eager to dismiss birther nonsense. Not only was Obama's mom an American, Obama was born right here in the good ol USA.

And Cruz is entitled to citizenship by don't of his mother being an American, but he isn't entitled to be our president. He is a citizen, but not a natural born citizen.

There are 310 million of us, something is wrong if we have to look at people born outside our borders to be our president.

[denbot]

8. I wonder what Orly Taint thinks of this..?

I want every single birther explain how Cruz is a citizen, and the President is not.

[W T F]

9. We'll see what Donald Trump has to say abount this.

[azurnoir]

10. sorry locking duplicate thread

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014569823