Ted Cruz’ Canadian Birth SHOCKER!!! An appeal to “facts”
The irony is so delicious, isn’t it? There is, of course, the surface level irony of the party that brayed nonsensically about Obama’s legitimacy for 8 years turning the fire hose on itself. That alone is awesome. But there is also another layer of irony that I’m enjoying.
There is the irony that Cruz himself is a huge proponent and avid practitioner of anti-factualism. For Cruz, facts simply don’t matter. Facts, to candidates for the GOP nomination, are more worthless than a bicycle to a fish.
Knowing this, Cruz after initially tried to laugh off Trump’s birther questions with a Happy Days clip. But as the story builds and more GOPers hop on the birther bandwagon, Cruz is now looking to FACTS to bail him out of this. Hilarious. Listen to Cruz on the topic of his Canadian eligibility to be President.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Wednesday dismissed his presidential rival Donald Trump’s suggestion that his birth certificate could cause him problems in the 2016 election as “political noise.”
In audio captured by MSNBC, Cruz told reporters outside his campaign bus in Iowa, “As a legal matter, the question is quite straightforward and settled law that the child of a U.S. citizen born abroad is a natural born citizen. People will continue to make political noise about it but as a legal matter it is quite straightforward.”
Cruz is speaking here AS IF SETTLED FACTS MATTERED. He is like a Jehovah’s Witness with a broken leg who suddenly thinks modern hospitals are pretty cool. That is the best part of all this. What’s the old saying? Nobody likes lawyers, until you need one. If you are a GOP candidate for your party’s nomination, I guess the same can be said of facts.
I normally don’t use words like “delicious” to describe anything but food, but this is an exception. It really is delicious.
And there is just enough nuance it will continue to make the rounds. Things like, did Cruz ever have a Canadian passport? His answer was that he never “owned” a passport. Interesting word choice for a Harvard attorney. No one “owns” passports. They remain the property of the issuer. He also could have been on his parents passport, which may be what he meant when he used the word “owned.” AND if his parents had a Canadian passport, was his mother actually a U.S. citizen at the time of Cruz’s birth?
This is so much fun. Lot’s of threads to pull. Next they’ll be wondering if Cruz is a Muslim (not there is anything wrong with that!). Irony, should be in all caps and bolded.
I’m actually going to regret this. Ted Cruz’s mother was my grandmother’s younger sister. Yep, I’m related to Ted Cruz. May god have mercy on my soul.
LMAO! Small state!
@ Dave
If he is legit, where is the Long Form Consular Record of Birth Abroad?
Nah ha
Pandora – Do you Call him Uncle Ted or Cousin Ted? I’ve seen it both ways and I’m not sure what they do in Canada.
I knew I’d regret this. I’ve kept it quiet for so long.
pandora, my brain just exploded.
I heard he was a Cuban Spy for Castro who hates America and he’s going to build the Key West Havana bridge if he gets elected to flood the US with Cubans
I believe they would formally be second cousins once removed, which means they can legally marry in all 50 U.S. states. Not sure about Canada, eh? 🙂
The correct form is the – Consular Report of Birth Abroad (CRBA) Form FS-240. He should have one somewhere which would be some proof that he is an American. If he doesn’t have a FS240 issued prior to his 18th birthday, I believe he is not considered a US citizen.
Maybe Pandora can ask the relatives if his mother held Canadian citizenship and possessed a Canadian passport!
Has DL formally appointed Pandora as the point of contact for all things Cruz? Is it too early to ask to be placed on the list for tickets to the inauguration and the balls?
Yep, regretting this.
It’s going to make for great party chit-chat for the next several months.
Just don’t apologize for him, or people will make you do it forever.
No one chooses their relatives. There are some in every family 🙂
@M “I believe they would formally be second cousins once removed”
No. Not second cousins. First cousins once removed.
And as for Cruz… When it comes out that his mother had renounced her US citizenship in order to vote in Canada, he’ll be done for.
First cousins once removed eh? Well Pan, if your can remove him once, maybe you can remove him again! ba-dum Tsssss