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If Obama is Kenyan, Cruz is Canadian

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If Obama is KenyanCruz is Canadian

Ted Cruz can't be president of the United States, he is a Canadian.

I recall when President Obama was running for election, Tea Party members insisted that since he was not born in the continental United States he could not be a citizen, notwithstanding that his mother was a born U.S. citizen.

The same should apply now. Someone should tell Ted the bad news.

Jeffrey Kovite

Myrtle Beach

This story was originally published April 12, 2015 at 8:00 AM with the headline "If Obama is Kenyan, Cruz is Canadian."

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