Ted Cruz Faces 2011 Birthright Citizenship Flip-Flop After Calling Supreme Court Ruling a Travesty
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Updated · HuffPost · Jul 2
Ted Cruz Faces 2011 Birthright Citizenship Flip-Flop After Calling Supreme Court Ruling a Travesty
2 articles · Updated · HuffPost · Jul 2
Summary
James Surowiecki resurfaced a 2011 video after Ted Cruz called the Supreme Court’s birthright-citizenship ruling a “travesty,” highlighting that Cruz once said the 14th Amendment clearly guarantees it.
In that earlier interview, Cruz—then a Senate candidate—said legal arguments against birthright citizenship were “not very good” and warned conservatives against fighting what the Constitution says.
The reversal drew fresh ridicule on social media from critics including Mehdi Hasan, while echoing attacks Cruz already faced in the 2016 Republican race from Marco Rubio and Donald Trump.
The clash comes after the Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down Trump’s executive order denying citizenship to some U.S.-born children of undocumented migrants and temporary visa holders.