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In reply to the discussion: REALLY?!!! Kamala not eligible to run for VP because of her Immigrant parents? [View all]Princess Turandot
(4,926 posts)27. She's perfectly eligible..
Per Twitter in trending Politics
Kamala Harris is eligible to serve as US president, fact-checkers confirm.
Multiple fact-checkers, including AP, PolitiFact and Snopes, confirmed that Kamala Harris was born in Oakland, California, therefore making her a natural-born citizen of the United States and eligible to serve as both vice president and president.
Kamala Harris is eligible to serve as US president, fact-checkers confirm.
Multiple fact-checkers, including AP, PolitiFact and Snopes, confirmed that Kamala Harris was born in Oakland, California, therefore making her a natural-born citizen of the United States and eligible to serve as both vice president and president.
(Among others):
AP:
"She was born on Oct. 20, 1964, in Oakland, California, making her a natural-born U.S. citizen. Her father, an economist from Jamaica, and her mother, a cancer researcher from India, met at the University of California, Berkeley as graduate students.
Since she was born in the U.S., she is regarded a natural born citizen under the 14th Amendment of the Constitution."
"She was born on Oct. 20, 1964, in Oakland, California, making her a natural-born U.S. citizen. Her father, an economist from Jamaica, and her mother, a cancer researcher from India, met at the University of California, Berkeley as graduate students.
Since she was born in the U.S., she is regarded a natural born citizen under the 14th Amendment of the Constitution."
PolitiFact
The 14th Amendment of the Constitution states that "all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside."
The 14th Amendment of the Constitution states that "all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside."
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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