Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney weighed in Friday on the birther debate surrounding Sen. Ted Cruz (R).
The former Massachusetts governor said the current Republican presidential candidate, like Romney’s father, is a “natural born citizen” and therefore eligible to run for President.
.@tedcruz is a “natural born citizen.” Obama too. Even George Romney. This isn’t the issue you’re looking for.
— Mitt Romney (@MittRomney) January 8, 2016
Romney’s father, George, was born in Mexico to American parents while Cruz was born in Calgary, Canada to an American mother and Cuban father. George Romney ran for the Republican presidential nomination in 1968; President Richard Nixon eventually won the party’s nomination.