Trump, who at recent events has pondered aloud about the fact that he could lose Iowa to Cruz, has nevertheless recently begun intentionally poking at his faith, nationality, and as of Tuesday, his citizenship.
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Trump told the Washington Post in an interview published Tuesday that Cruz’s Canadian birthplace and his holding a double passport was a “very precarious” issue that “a lot of people are talking about”.
In an interview with ABC News in September, Trump said he did not think Cruz’s birthplace was an issue.
Donald Trump’s campaign manager says he isn’t buying Texas Sen.
Still, he wouldn’t utter a cross word about the national Republican front-runner, refusing to mention Trump by name.
Those who say the Texas senator is not eligible to be president typically make their case by arguing that because he was born in Canada he is not a “natural born citizen”, which is a constitutional requirement for anyone seeking the presidency. So will people raise this for political mischief? “You have people, in my opinion, that are voting many, many times”.
Previous presidential candidates, such as Republican U.S. Senator John McCain, who were born outside the United States to parents who were citizens, were also considered eligible.
Trump, who saw his standing in the Republican contest rise over the summer after endorsing mass deportation of the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants, told CNN in July he’d let the “good ones” back in legally through an “expedited process”.
Barry Goldwater, the 1964 GOP nominee, was born in Arizona when it was a territory – not a state.
It’s disgusting, but it works on huge swaths of the Republican electorate, and Cruz’s frenemies routine does nothing to dispel it. The only thing that stopped Trump and his Birther Express the first time around was Barack Obama simply crushing him over it, not sending out a “lol” into the world.
Mr Trump called it a “very precarious” issue for the party and said that Mr Cruz’s nomination could be challenged in court. Trump said. “You have to get rid of them first, I like one thing at a time”.
He added: “I’d hate to see something like that get in his way”. Trump said a week ago at a campaign rally.
But Trump refrained from repeating comments he made just prior to the evening rally, insinuating GOP rival Ted Cruz would face years of lawsuits if elected president, due to his Canadian birth.
The real estate mogul holds 29 percent support from female voters.
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Cruz responded on Twitter, saying that Trump had “jumped the shark” – or was now on the faltering – by posting a famous “Happy Days” scene where Fonzie literally jumps a shark, a move seen as trying to revive the faltering series.
