Editor's note, 8/14: This op-ed is being used by some as a tool to perpetuate racism and xenophobia. We apologize. The essay, by John Eastman, was intended to explore a minority legal argument about the definition of who is a "natural-born citizen" in the United States. But to many readers, the essay inevitably conveyed the ugly message that Senator Kamala Harris, a woman of color and the child of immigrants, was somehow not truly American.

The op-ed was never intended to spark or to take part in the racist lie of Birtherism

https://www.newsweek.com/some-questions-kamala-harris-about-eligibility-opinion-1524483

@ecksmc Oh no! The brown person must not be allowed to stand!

@ecksmc John Eastman is a felon.

Besides our literal constitution, etc, if the IRS says it, then you KNOW it’s solid 😂 @ecksmc

oh man, the ride it’s about to be… sigh.

https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/us-citizens-by-birth-or-through-a-us-citizen-parent

@Armchaircouch yeah it a legal prospective from a constitutional view

Republicans always think the constitution can be manipulated in law terms to bend it to their will

Time and time again its been proven they do this Bush, Reagan etc.... They all had legal scholars bend the constitution via law to suit their agenda

@ecksmc: There were smatterings of that in 2019 from the alt-white.

@ecksmc Claiming something and being right about something are two different things. I have found with the GOP these two things are never compatible.

@ecksmc Quoting Eastman is a nice touch… 😄

@ecksmc: The GOP owns SCOTUS and a lot of federal judges. It makes sense that they'd make a run for the courts. I wager that several red state governors, AGs, and state and local Elections Commissioners are looking for legal grounds for keeping Harris off the November ballot.

And saying the Dems will just write her in isn't quite a flex. Write-ins don't historically do all that well, except for Strom Thurmond a while back.

We'll see, I s'pose.

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@paulingrassia-

@ecksmc *sigh* The Constitution states that the President AND the Vice President must be a "natural born citizens," so it's odd that Dr. John Eastman didn't have a problem 3.5 years ago when she was picked for VP.

But if we can't trust a guy who was convicted of conspiracy, fraud, and forgery, who has a suspended license to practice law, and is facing disbarment, who can we trust?

🙄

@Armchaircouch It's not about truth. It's about a continued racist narrative. There's no point in even trying to debunk it. They know it's a lie and they don't care.
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I’m sure you were right for a lot of people but also, I think that there are actually some that are that dense! As crazy as it is. And they are so stubborn, they don’t even want to look it up @stueytheround @ecksmc

@Armchaircouch @stueytheround @ecksmc

"President Obama is the sixth U.S. President to have had one or both of his parents not born on U.S. soil". The opinion ... listed Andrew Jackson, James Buchanan, Chester A. Arthur, Woodrow Wilson, and Herbert Hoover. (Donald Trump may now be added to that list.)"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural-born-citizen_clause_(United_States)#:~:text=Moreover%2C%20President%20Obama%20is%20the,be%20added%20to%20that%20list.)

@EileenKCarpenter If they try to play that card, then a quick reference to Mr & Mrs Drumph will do the trick 🤣
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@stueytheround @Armchaircouch @ecksmc
I mean, only his father was born in the US, and can he PROVE his father was his father?

oh, OK this is the one that was in my filter! Thank you for this! @EileenKCarpenter @stueytheround @ecksmc

welp, I don’t know who you are but somebody
hit my filters. 😩
The ridiculous hypocritical irony of me talking about something that I also have filtered because I don’t want to see it all over my threads 😂

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