Donald Trump says it's not his fault -- The Washington Post brought it up and he's merely answering. But, just as he did a week ago in claiming that "not too many evangelicals come out of Cuba," he has a way of raising skepticism about Ted Cruz. He has now managed to put Cruz on the defensive about his birth in Canada (to a mother who was a U.S. citizen) and whether that means he's ineligible to run for president.
Trump says "How do you run against the Democrat, whoever it may be, and you have this hanging over your head if they bring a lawsuit?"
All the while, Trump said he doesn't want the issue to hurt Cruz. "I want to win this thing fair and square. I don't want to win on this point," he said. And then Trump made another claim: That Cruz has a Canadian passport.
Trump has a strategy for Cruz. He says he should go to court and ask for a declaratory judgment to inoculate himself against lawsuits.
For his part, Cruz claims that he's never had a Canadian passport. "Yes, I'm sure," he said. "Listen, the Constitution and the laws of the United States are straightforward. The very first Congress defined the child of a U.S. citizen born abroad as a natural-born citizen."
Cruz tried to move on quickly, saying: "The media, with all due respect, love to engage in silly sideshows. We need to focus on what matters."
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