In Thursday’s GOP debate, Donald Trump admitted that he revived the question of whether Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R-TX) Canadian birth disqualifies him from the presidency — a question he had dismissed a few months ago — because Cruz “is doing a little bit better.”
At first Donald Trump denied Cruz’s claims that the attack was a response to the senator’s rise in the polls.
“As you know, Ted, in the last three polls I’m beating you. So you shouldn’t misrepresent how well you’re doing with the polls,” Trump said. “You don’t have to say that. … That is misrepresentation. Number one. Number two. This isn’t me saying it. I don’t care.”
Trump said he would win “win fair and square,” but was concerned Democrats would sue if Trump chose Cruz as his vice presidential candidate.
“If for some reason, Neil, he beats rest of the field, I already know the Democrats are going to be bringing a suit,” Trump said, suggesting that Cruz get a “declaratory judgment” now and “let the courts decide.”
Cavuto pushed Trump again as to why he decided to raise the concern now.
“Because now he is doing a little bit better. No, I didn’t care if he — no, it is true,” Trump said. “He never had a chance. Now he is doing better.”
Well, that’s a no brainer. The Obama birther stuff did not start until he was a threat to Hillary (some of her supporters started it), and then when he was kicking Republican butt the Republicans ran with it…and still do… Had Obama or Cruz not been running for President and polling high, you hear none of this of course
Cruz is picking up some Carson dead weight so the birther thing begins and that will cause a slow trickle away from Cruz, so most likely a net zero in the end.
This isn’t a birther attack either, it’s an eligibility thing. Cruz’s citizenship is in tact, his qualifications to be President are the issue and that seems like a fair question that in all fairness, ought to be proven one way or the other.
Boom!
Cruz’s ‘Natural-Born Citizen’ Status Tested in Birther Suit
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-01-15/cruz-s-natural-born-citizen-status-challenged-in-birther-suit