Fringe Whackos Now Going After Rubio’s Eligibility

by Stephan Tawney on August 25, 2011

Racist? No. I’m pretty sure they’re just looking for attention — attention that has died down since the Obama birth certificate clusterfark. Here’s what WND publishes:

Some national news media are declaring that U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio is a natural-born citizen and thus eligible for the presidency or vice presidency, even though Rubio’s constitutional eligibility remains unclear and the popular Florida Republican has himself downplayed any interest in running on a White House ticket.

In a Daily Caller piece today titled “Coming soon: Rubio ‘birthers,’” journalist Matt Lewis warns, “There is already a movement afoot (led by some on the fringe) to disqualify him from serving as president (which would presumably disqualify him from serving as vice president). That’s right – some are arguing that Rubio is not eligible because he is not a ‘natural-born citizen.’”

Lewis explains the logic by citing a May 22 WND report examining the issue, which noted, “While the Constitution does not define ‘natural-born citizen,’ there is strong evidence that the Founding Fathers understood it to mean someone born of two American citizens.”

I don’t need to explain how that’s bullcrap. The eligibility requirement has always been interpreted as being born in the United States — which Marco Rubio was. WND’s argument is that you need to be a second-generation American to qualify. That’s bull made-up to support their baseless argument.

Marco Rubio is indisputably an American citizen, born in Miami to two legal residents who had fled Castro’s Cuba. He’s an American citizen born in the United States. He had citizenship from the moment of his birth. That’s the only citizenship requirement to be president.



One Response to “Fringe Whackos Now Going After Rubio’s Eligibility”

  1. Sally Says:

    Amen! The LIBERTARIAN RON PAUL MORONS are starting this because they hate Marco! Too bad! Marco is an American! Viva Ruvio!!

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