The RNC's Latino outreach strikes again
by digby
So, an RNC committeewoman is saying that neither Rubio nor Cruz are eligible to run for president. Wouldn't you know it? The only two Hispanic candidates in the race are not American enough to run for president. Talk about bad luck, huh? (Because you know that Republicans don't have an racist bone in their bodies. They all love Taco Bell, amirite?)
According to TPM, this comes from a right wing news site:
Kidd's column, posted on the conservative online outlet News With Views, contends both men are ineligible to run for President. Kidd argues Rubio is ineligible because she says his parents weren't naturalized as American citizens until Rubio was four years old. She further argued that Cruz is ineligible because his father wasn't a U.S. citizen at the time of his birth in Calgary, Alberta, although his mother was American.
It has been generally accepted that both men are eligible to run for President, despite doubt from some people who consider themselves "strict constitutionalists." The Congressional Research Service said in 2011 that a “natural born“ citizen is someone who was born in the U.S. or someone who was born abroad to at least one American parent. Recently, though, even some legal scholars have questioned whether Cruz really qualifies as a "natural born" citizen.
Orrock and a spokesman for the RNC did not immediately respond Monday afternoon to TPM's requests for comment.
Orrock, whose Twitter account portrays her as an ardent Donald Trump supporter, talked with The Daily Beast in January about her views.
“I like a lot of what Mr. Trump is saying,” Orrock told the Beast. “I’m throwing my support behind him because he appreciates my endorsement.”
