Trump said at a Texas gathering on Feb. 27 that he was considering nominating Republican Sen. Ted Cruz for a future seat on the U.S. Supreme Court, although Cruz last month said he was not interested.
Trump, introducing Cruz at a rally in Corpus Christi, called the Texas Republican “an amazing guy,” joking that he would easily win confirmation from Democrats and Republicans in Congress alike because they wanted to get him out of the Senate.
“He’s the only guy I know, he’ll get 100% of the Democrat vote, 100% of the Republican vote. They want to get him out of there. He is such a pain in the a–, but he’s so good and so talented.”
To keep cruz from running for president.
He can’t. Cruz was born in Canada.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Cruz
He can and already has run for president…
Natural born means born to us citizens, not where you’re born.
Turns out, it’s a bit more complicated than I first understood…
Ted Cruz’s mother, Elanor Elisabeth, was born in Wilmington, Delaware. Ted’s father, Rafael Cruz, was born in Cuba.
So technically Ted Cruz could be considered a ‘natural-born’ U.S. citizen, unless the law is changed by Congress to define what ‘natural-born’ means.
Trump’s Birther movement should have more to say about Ted Cruz, than it did over Barrack Obama… But we all know how that will play out.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_eligibility_legislation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural-born-citizen_clause_(United_States)
So I definitely did not know that. 👍