Trump on Cruz citizenship: ‘It’s not a settled matter’

In this January 7, 2016, photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump flashes thumbs up after an address to a group of supporters at a campaign stop at the Flynn Center of the Performing Arts in Burlington, Vt.

In an interview on the Howie Carr radio show Tuesday, Cruz suggested that Trump should play “New York, New York” at his rallies – rather than “Born in the U.S.”, which Trump has recently started airing as a clear dig at Cruz’s Canadian birthplace.

Similar to accusations he made against President Obama’s citizenship status in 2012, Trump is now challenging whether fellow Republican Ted Cruz is a natural-born citizen.

The Constitution says that one requirement for becoming POTUS is that a candidate must be a “natural born citizen”, among other things.

Cruz has refused to engage with Trump on the issue. “Both in Iowa and New Hampshire people make decisions really late”. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has 29 percent support – within the poll’s margin of error. “And I always say the wall, we’re going to build the wall”.

“You used to see these tackles and it was incredible to watch”, Trump said.

“I just don’t think the Senate ought to get into the middle of this”, McConnell said Sunday on ABC.

“So I’m watching a game yesterday”, he said.

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Cruz dismissed Trump’s line of thinking out of hand.

There’s still time for the race for the Republican nomination to change, but as early January gives way to mid-January, some observations are starting to look more reliable. It would be awful if you go all the way down the line, then you find out that because you were born in Canada – a lot of people say natural born means you have to be born on the land, on the land in this country.

The Idaho Republican Party held its annual Winter Meeting over the weekend and held a presidential candidate reception and straw poll as part of the festivities.

Trump won 32% support among New Hampshire Republicans, an increase of 6 percentage points from the last Monmouth poll there, taken in November.