Cruz dismisses Trump’s ‘political noise’ over Canadian birth

Trump told the Washington Post Cruz’s birth in Canada was a “very precarious” issue that could make the Texas senator vulnerable if he became the Republicans’ presidential nominee.

Trump told the Washington Post in an interview published Tuesday that Cruz’s Canadian birthplace and his holding a double passport was a “very precarious” issue that “a lot of people are talking about”.

Cruz responded to Trump’s comments on Twitter later Tuesday evening by referring to an iconic episode of the sitcom “Happy Days”, in which the character Fonzie jumps over a shark on water skis.

The Texas Senator is performing well in polling in the early voting state of Iowa. The U.S. Constitution requires that presidents be “natural born citizens”, which Cruz is alleged to not be, since he was born in Canada. He has renounced his Canadian citizenship. “But Congress eliminated that differential treatment of citizen mothers and fathers before any of the potential candidates in the current presidential election were born”.

Still, Senator Cruz is far from the first person to have the location of his birth brought into question when running for the presidency. And some questioned George Romney’s eligibility to run in 1968, because he was born in Mexico.

Colvin reported from Claremont, New Hampshire.

“The problem for them with Donald Trump is, he is no longer speaking in code language – he’s speaking very clear direct English – now everybody can understand him to be the hateful racist that they are”, said Dr. Leon.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump may be the rare breed of political prizefighter who warns his opponent exactly where he’s going to throw a punch – and yet still manages to land the blow, more often than not.

Next comes SC, where the latest poll has Rubio at 12 percent, behind Ted Cruz at 23 percent and Trump at 38 percent.

The two Republicans’ attempts to damage Cruz reflect their campaigns’ understanding that their best bet at a long-shot run depends on a strong finish in Iowa – and that Cruz’s strength in Iowa makes that unlikely.

Cruz was asked at a November campaign stop in Chariton, Iowa, about the circumstances of his birth.

“It’s no good it’s no fair and they’re not going to screw around with the Second Amendment”, Trump said. And unlike New Hampshire and South Carolina, Nevada is a caucus state-where conventional wisdom says a robust ground game can put the hardest-working candidate over the top. “I’ve just learned that over the last few months”.

Trump doesn’t have the kind of support Bush enjoys from the state’s Republican establishment, but he’s deployed a campaign team to build an effort to turn out voters in Florida.