RNC Chair: Ted Cruz Is Eligible To Run For President

Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus affirmed Thursday that he believed Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is eligible to run for President.

Priebus had previously avoided saying whether he believed Cruz was a “natural born citizen” eligible to run for commander-in-chief in an interview with Time. Cruz was born in Canada to a mother who is a U.S. citizen and Cuban father.

“He is eligible,” Priebus told CNN’s Jake Tapper on Wednesday, adding that the Time interview was three days old. “But I’ve done many interviews, and I have said that he’s eligible. All of our candidates are eligible.”

“What you’re referring to is sometimes my knee-jerk reaction to a lot of these things when I say, look, I’m not getting in the middle of this argument,” Priebus continued. “As far as that question goes it is my opinion is that he is.”

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  1. Oh well, there you go. Reince Priebus has said he’s eligible. Discussion over.

  2. I guess it’s settled now that this diminutive empty suit has rendered his opinion.

  3. remind me again… which Constitutional law courses has little Reince on his resume?

  4. Republican = Moron. Duh!

  5. Thanks Reince. Your objectivity and legal acumen are above reproach. I fully accept everything you’ve done, thought, or said since you arrived from the mother ship.

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