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Mamdani says there is ‘absolutely’ a path for a progressive candidate in 2028: Full interview (www.youtube.com)

submitted 2 days ago by yonderbarn@lazysoci.al to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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He can't run for president but he's already running the country.

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[–] evasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Yes, the exact terminology in the constitution is that the president must be a "natural born citizen". There's debate on the "natural born" part. For example, Ted Cruz was born Canadian, but his mom was from the US, which conferred him US citizenship at birth as well, so he's debatably "natural born". John McCain was born in the Panama canal zone, which was a US territory at the time (and his parents were citizens), but there still was some debate at the time.

Zohran is basically just a regular immigrant who became a citizen, with no way you could claim the "natural born" part.

[–] ammonium@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Obviously they meant someone who isn't born by C-section

[–] evasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Can't have a president MacDuff

[–] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

There goes my bid for president!!

[–] khannie@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Thanks. That was very clear. Appreciate it.