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In reply to the discussion: Ted Cruz was born in Calgary, Canada. [View all]StevieM
(10,578 posts)I didn't really understand, at first, why it even mattered, because even if he was born elsewhere, his mother was a citizen, which means he should have been a citizen. Here is how it was explained to me (maybe somebody else can clarify if I am getting something wrong--the whole story is convoluted and preposterous).
Obama was supposedly born in another country, which means he wasn't born on U.S. soil. His father was not a U.S. citizen and his mother was under 21. (I don't think she was a minor at the time of his birth--maybe at the time of his conception). At that point in time, citizenship was not transmitted if you were under a certain age. The law was subsequently changed to allow for transmission of citizenship under such circumstances. But that still means that Barack Obama, born in 1961, is not a natural born citizen.
As you can tell....this isn't even a wild accusation that jumps out at you. You really have to work for it. You really have to think hard to come up with this one.