Ted Cruz ‘Absolutely’ Backs Ending Birthright Citizenship

Republican U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas addresses a crowd during a rally at the Western Republican Leadership Conference Friday, April 25, 2014, in Sandy, Utah. Cruz, headlined the final day of the two-day conference... Republican U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas addresses a crowd during a rally at the Western Republican Leadership Conference Friday, April 25, 2014, in Sandy, Utah. Cruz, headlined the final day of the two-day conference in Utah where Republican party leaders from western states are meeting. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) MORE LESS
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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said Wednesday that he “absolutely” supports ending guaranteed citizenship for children born on American soil, joining a crescendo of Republican presidential candidates in recent days who have said they want to do away with the right.

“Absolutely. We should end granting automatic birthright citizenship to the children of those who are here illegally,” Cruz said in an interview on Michael Medved’s radio show. “That has been my position from the very first day of my running for the Senate.”

Cruz joined fellow 2016 hopefuls who have jumped on the bandwagon to ending guaranteed citizenship, Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-S.C.), Gov. Bobby Jindal, and neurosurgeon Ben Carson among them. Real estate mogul Donald Trump has called for changing the 14th Amendment and building a massive wall at the border as part of his immigration plan.

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  1. Words cannot describe the utter disdain with which I regard this twit. Born in Canada, but wants to deny birthright citizenship to those born here? He’s certainly got a big pair of brass ones; my only comfort is that he will never, ever get close to the Oval Office. Maybe President Clinton will invite him in some time for a little chat. A lying, angry hypocrite…bugger off, “Rafael.”

  2. As a Canadian I can safely say only in America can this fuckery happen.

  3. Tell me, once again, where did this asso come out of his mother’s birth hole?

    Oh, so he’s not an American citizen by birth, right? Or by birthright?

    I’m sorry, Canada, you have to take this assho*e back, he has no right to be in the USA. Send him to work with First Nations’ people in the Northwest Territory, so he learns how being born in Canada requires humility; most Canadians I have met and admired in my life have known how to be humble in the face of their giant brother to the South, the USA.

  4. The guy was a Canadian till a year ago. It speaks remarkably poorly of the birther party that this is a guy who is considered a legitimate candidate.

    It exposes that all their bluster for the last 8 years was little more than outright racism.

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