Sunday, January 24, 2016

Donald Trump: Canadian-born Ted Cruz "has had a double passport."

The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Donald Trump incorrectly says Ted Cruz has had a 'double passport' New Yorker Donald Trump told The Washington Post that uncertainty over whether Ted Cruz of Texas satisfies the citizenship requirement to be president puts Republicans in a precarious position. Hold on. Legal scholars concur that the Canadian-born but mostly Texas-reared Cruz, battling Trump and others for the Republican presidential nomination, likely fulfills the constitutional imperative that the president be a "natural-born citizen." But there's a note of uncertainty because the Supreme Court has never directly ruled on the citizenship provision for presidential office holders. The question circulates because Cruz was born in Calgary, Alberta, on Dec. 22, 1970, to his Delaware-born mother Eleanor ... >> More

By: Politifact.com: Statements from Donald Trump

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