CNN host Chris Cuomo recently suggested that Sen. Kamala Harris should prove she was born in the U.S. This comes after an alt-right conspiracy theorist on Twitter falsely said Harris in ineligible to be president.
The Tweet that has since been deleted Read as follows:
And hopefully there will be no games where the issue keeps changing for righty accusers…and…the legit info abt Harris comes out to deal with the allegation ASAP. The longer there is no proof either way, the deeper the effect https://t.co/y4Z6ZRXLdY
— Christopher C. Cuomo (@ChrisCuomo) January 22, 2019
Cuomo’s alleged source tweeted this:
Kamala Harris is NOT eligible to be President. Her father arrived from Jamaica in 1961—mother from India arrived in 1960
Neither parent was a legal resident for 5 years prior to Harris’s birth, a requirement for naturalization
Kamala was raised in Canada
— Jacob Wohl (@JacobAWohl) January 22, 2019
Here is Kamala Harris' yearbook from Westmount High School in MONTREAL!
Just like the worst President in American History, Barack Hussein Obama, Kamala Harris was NOT raised in the United States
Is it too much to ask to have a President that was born and RAISED in America? pic.twitter.com/PxIhv3ZF7v
— Jacob Wohl (@JacobAWohl) January 22, 2019
Their reasoning is that her parents were not legal residents five years before Harris was born, but some argue if born in the US the right is protected.
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According to Business Insider, this right is protected by Article 2, Section 1, of the U.S. constitution.
https://www.businessinsider.com/kamal…
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