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In reply to the discussion: Cruz may not be legally a Senator, much less a Pres. candidate. [View all]Nay
(12,051 posts)produced his Consular Report of Birth Abroad. It would seem so simple to produce whatever document it was that he used to get a passport, but neither Ted nor his parents seem to be able to proceed logically or rationally in this situation. This isn't unusual for crazy RW religious nutters, but you'd think that they would want to straighten this out ASAP.
The Consular Report of Birth Abroad can be fairly easily issued retroactively before the child is 18, but after that the process requires certain documents and proofs from the parents.
Anyway, Cruz is probably a natural born citizen, but you'd never know from the ridiculous stuff he's released: (1) his Canadian BC (we already know you're Canadian, you twit!), (2) his mother's BC (OK, that helps, but not if she renounced her US citizenship in Canada, which is very unlikely).
So, the Cruzes are beating around the bush with nonsensical stuff when a simple Consular Form is all they need.