Cruz hopes to 'soon' renounce Canadian citizenship

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Source: AP

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Canada-born U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz has yet to renounce his birth country's citizenship as promised — but a spokeswoman said Saturday the tea party darling plans to have that finished soon.

Catherine Frazier, a spokeswoman for the junior senator from Texas, said lawyers are preparing the necessary paperwork.

The 43-year-old Cruz "has been fully focused on fighting for Texans' values and interests in the Senate for the last year," Frazier said via email. "He looks forward to the process being completed soon."

Cruz hasn't even been in office for a year, but already helped spark the budget fight that led to a partial government shutdown in October, and is being mentioned as a possible 2016 Republican presidential contender.

Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/cruz-hopes-soon-renounce-canadian-citizenship

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The DMN reported on 12/29: Ted Cruz says he's hired lawyers to renounce Canadian citizenship

[11 Bravo]

1. Canadians everywhere are shouting, "Hurry the fuck up, shithead!"

[Maynar]

2. See ya, Ted.

Wouldn't want to be ya.

[pinboy3niner]

3. That will leave him with citizenship just in the U.S....

...and Seussville.

[rurallib]

4. probably hard to give up that universal health care

especially when you will be out of a job in 5 years.

[DJ13]

5. He will have no exit strategy if he does

Assuming he gets caught in that goat fucking scandal I've read about hitting all those GOP congressional big shots.

[RandySF]

6. How busy is he?

I can't imagine that it takes more work than filling out some paperwork. And he has several offices full of staff who can do it.

[Nay]

27. It's 4 pages, with one page being a signature page, plus a hundred bucks. He could

have had it done in 5 minutes months ago if he hadn't been a complete fucking dumbass.

[Deep13]

7. I wouldn't.

Suppose I needed some expensive medical treatment. Suppose things got as crazy in the USA as they re getting. I would not want to foreclose the option of moving to civilization.

[catbyte]

8. WTF? Doesn't he merely have to fill out a few forms & pay a hundred bucks?

Why all the fucking drama? What a worthless POS.

[bearssoapbox]

9. 'eh'

[SoapBox]

10. ...what a lame jackass.

[Heather MC]

11. Why does Canada get to be so Lucky?

[DFW]

12. Another Republican fail:

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[The Wizard]

13. Ted Cruz

is one strange SOB.

[KansDem]

14. Hasn't he been soon to renounce his citizenship for some time now?

"Yeah, I'm really going to do it this time. Just you wait and see! This time for certain! I'm really, really going to do it! Just watch...this time I'm going to do it!..."

Just shut up and do it already!

[Half-Century Man]

15. Memo to Sen. Cruz

Renouncing citizenship doesn't rewrite history into something more personally convenient. All it does is burn down a potentially useful bridge behind you.

I do have to say, I'm in favor of you having the smallest possible safety margin. So burn away, naplam the surrounding countryside for good measure.

[Grey]

16. As I understand it, A four page form and

$100.00 and he's all yours....

[Nay]

28. Yup. I have no idea what's taking him so long. Just do it, MF.

[Wolf Frankula]

17. Is This Illegal Alien Going to Renounce His Cuban Citizenship too?

Deport his teabagger ass to Santiago. But Cuba doesn't want him.

Wolf

[Owl]

18. Does anybody but his family care?

[Flatpicker]

19. Can we not

Accept him?

[oldandhappy]

20. He did not think about this BEFORE he ran fror Congress??

Tells me a lot about his forward thinking!!

[Marie Marie]

23. No he didn't.

But he is thinking about it now - before he plans to run for the Presidency. His transparency is laughable.

[marble falls]

21. "Hopes"? I hope he streches his lower lip up and over the back of his head.

[theHandpuppet]

22. Lucky Canada

Though that's one export we could surely do without. We've already got a surplus.

[vanbean]

24. Does that mean he admits to being a Green Eggs and Ham Muslim?

[Lasher]

25. Stretching it out to get all the attention he can from it.

Next he'll announce it will be very soon. Then another press release to say it will be very very soon, no kidding this time.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

26. Harvard Law Graduate

that does not understand the meaning of the words "Natural-born citizen" in the Constitution under the requirements to be President enumerated.



Thinks he can run for president if he renounces his Canadian citizenship.



What an idiot.

I didn't vote for him.

[jmowreader]

29. Give him a break

He was out sick the day they discussed the Constitution.

[valerief]

31. He only has to convince his supporters it's possible. Perception is more than reality.

Perception is mo' money!

[COLGATE4]

33. Why wouldn't he be able to?

You can't really be espousing the tired Birther argument that 'natural born citizen' means that he had to be physically born in the U.S.?

[blkmusclmachine]

30. It'll be a glorious day for Canada, whenever it happens.

[jsr]

32. It's hard to do when you don't have $100 and net access:

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/pdf/kits/citizen/CIT0302E.pdf