Ted Cruz doesn’t want to be a Canuck anymore.
The Canadian born senator from Texas will be shedding his Canadian citizenship, leaving many to suspect he has greater political ambitions up his sleeve.
Unbeknownst to Cruz, he was automatically given Canadian citizenship upon his birth in Calgary in 1970, when his American mother and Cuban born father moved to the northern land for his father’s job.
Though born abroad, his family returned to Texas in 1974 and Ted was bred to consider the Lone Star state his native land. Given his mother’s U.S. citizenship, Ted Cruz was entitled to American nationality.
With dual citizenship standing in the way of his political future (namely, a White House run), the 43-year-old revealed to the Dallas Morning News he has “retained counsel that is preparing the paperwork to renounce” his Canadian heritage.
Cruz’s birthplace caused tongues to wag, since the tea party star wears his Texas stripes on his sleeve – often opting for a pair of cowboys boots and accentuating his soft, southern drawl.
The irony of Cruz’s provenance was duly noted since conservatives in the “birther” movement pounced on President Obama, accusing him of fabricating documents verifying his Hawaii birth place.
Obama’s mother, Ann Dunham, was an American and his father was Kenyan.
Cruz’s mother, Eleanor, is a natural born U.S. citizen and his father, the outspoken Rafael, became a naturalized citizen in 2005.
His parents divorced in the nineties.
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