BUT it's probably the case (only called into question recently, by Trump/birthers) that you can be the President if you were a birthright citizen born to US citizens abroad
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Replying to @BootlegGirl @arthur_affect and
I believe there was at least one President who this actually applied to, although I could be wrong, but if so it was in a country that didn't automatically grant citizenship to people born there.
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Replying to @BootlegGirl @arthur_affect and
Someday we'll probably see someone run who's like my high school friend's wife, a dual citizen by birth (in her case born in France to American citizens), which will be interesting
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Replying to @BootlegGirl @arthur_affect and
There’s always the McCain issue.
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Replying to @bazzalisk @arthur_affect and
Yeah, and I'm pretty sure he was clearly eligible?
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Replying to @bazzalisk @BootlegGirl and
At the time of his birth he *wasn’t* granted automatic US citizenship.
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Replying to @bazzalisk @arthur_affect and
Ah, hrm. I still feel like the issue must not have been very murky or the GOP would have put the brakes on his candidacy
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Replying to @ScatterheadF @BootlegGirl and
Lol no When they thought Arnold Schwarzenegger was a rising political star it was the GOP that was all about calling the "natural-born" clause antiquated and pushing for a speedy Schwarzenegger amendment so he could run
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The sudden turn to insane, frothing nativism with the birther movement is absolutely this thing that suddenly appeared when they realized Obama was going to win by a landslide
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Replying to @arthur_affect @ScatterheadF and
It's always okay if you're a Republican and never okay if you're a Democrat
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