Isn't it obvious?

[daveesl77]

dave

[Wolfgang92025]

[rebapuck]

How come Ted Cruz was never picked on by "birthers" when he was running for president? Wasn't he born in Canada?

[Txbum]

That might be because that makes him a yankee "dryback"

[RonS]

Well, since someone else kicked this old thread...

From the Washington Post

Article II, section 1 of the Constitution provides:

No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States. (emphasis added)

Ted Cruz was born in Canada. His mother was a U.S. citizen. His father, a Cuban, was not. Under U.S. law, the fact that Cruz was born to a U.S. citizen mother makes him a citizen from birth. In other words, he is a “natural born citizen” (as opposed to a naturalized citizen) and is constitutionally eligible.