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In reply to the discussion: REALLY?!!! Kamala not eligible to run for VP because of her Immigrant parents? [View all]unblock
(52,196 posts)25. They're basically claiming that only children of citizens are citizens
Of course, if that what was intended, they would have drafted the 14th amendment that way. They didn't. They said "... and subject to the jurisdiction thereof...".
It's ridiculous to claim that immigrants aren't subject to the laws of the United States, even if they're not citizens.
It's meant to exclude invading armies and diplomats.
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REALLY?!!! Kamala not eligible to run for VP because of her Immigrant parents? [View all]
progressive nobody
Aug 2020
OP
I am so pissed off about this I can't see straight!! So Obama was Kenyan and Harris is
cornball 24
Aug 2020
#10
I am too. This is my way of venting. Trump just needsto look at his own family history.
progressive nobody
Aug 2020
#12
Yes, but mummy was born in Scotland and did Fred run back to the father country to get out of
progressive nobody
Aug 2020
#15
"Grab a Red Stripe and some samosas and try to figure out why you're wrong, dumbass."
SMC22307
Aug 2020
#26
Wait till they say that California did not have statehood when Camela was born ...
IggleDuer
Aug 2020
#17
Our current president has an allegiance to Russia and doesn't think he is subject
struggle4progress
Aug 2020
#34