Mitt Romney: Ted Cruz ‘natural born citizen’

Unsurprisingly, after Trump’s not-so-subtle attempts at manipulating the media and Republicans, Cruz’s birthplace suddenly became a topic of interest. In fact, he’s doubling down on the idea that this should be looked at. “You know, I’m not an expert on the natural-born clause in the Constitution and people have various opinions. I assume that he is eligible, that’s my assumption, and I will continue to assume that until it is contradicted”, McCain said. “I actually think there is a huge crossover appeal there to people that are disengaged politically that he speaks to….”

Q: If Cruz is nominated, could someone go to court and challenge his qualifications?

You’d think McCain might be sympathetic to Cruz’s situation, but did I mention that what goes around comes around?

Yet behind those breezy dismissals, there’s a recognition among Cruz allies that, given Trump’s ability to dominate a news cycle, the issue is a considerable distraction. ” Trump said. “That’d be a big problem”.

Cruz got a question about his eligibility from a voter at a campaign event for the first time today. John McCain also said that he wasn’t sure if Cruz was eligible. For example, former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who was born in Austria, and former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, who was born in Vancouver, Canada, and grew up in California, were seen as ineligible to run for president because they did not qualify as “natural born citizens”. He says something and then he pulls back.

“I feel confident that I’m never going to have a plane with my name on it”, he said at a church.

All candidates, that is, but Donald J. Trump, who is, reportedly a “homebody” who has to sleep in his own bed, located in the opulent marble-and-gold furnished Trump Tower apartment located in Manhattan. Er, no, he didn’t. For those constantly citing otherwise is plain whiney and the most unintelligent way to prop up your choice. There’s no insult he could toss at Trump more grave than to accuse him of being the sort of same center-left fatcat elitist that he routinely accuses Beltway regulars of being.

During the interview, Cruz also said he disagrees with Donald Trump’s idea to place a 45 percent tariff on Chinese exports, which the real estate mogul proposed on Thursday during an editorial board meeting with the New York Times. For another thing, how can Cruz accuse Trump of being part of the “Washington cartel” when he’s praised Trump repeatedly in the past for “taking on the Washington cartel”? “They’re confused and angry and they do not understand, because they believe they can keep giving the same empty lies to the voters and the voters will buy it. Voters are far too educated; they’re far too sophisticated; they understand they’ve been lied to”. He constantly lost market share among the conservative Evangelicals of Iowa, at first to Scott Walker, later to Ben Carson, and still later to Ted Cruz, with his 2012 doppelgänger, Rick Santorum, in there battling him as well.

After days of hassle from Donald Trump, John McCain, and even President Obama’s White House, Ted Cruz decided Friday to release a birth certificate.

There are ample reasons to oppose a President Cruz.