It’s definitely an issue that’s not going away. The DNC really needs to figure it out and stop pretending that it doesn’t matter to voters.

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      Ha. I didn’t even know he was born in Turkey to Turkish parents.

      So basically he’s an intentional spoiler.

      Wonder who’s paying him?

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      He is eligible, read the 14th amendment. This is already settled case law in lower courts, and his case to finally settle the question of equality for him and 25mil naturalized citizens is now pending in higher courts.

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        He absolutely is not eligible, as he is not a natural born citizen of the United States, a constitutional requirement he does not meet. Supreme Court precedent has upheld this in rulings on the 14th amendment. If at any time in your life you were not a U.S. citizen - something which is indisputably true for Cenk - you cannot be president of the United States.

        This guy is a clear spoiler intended to disrupt American elections, and you’re either a bad faith actor complicit in his fraud or a pitiable rube who’s been taken in by his song and dance.

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          Look I’m not a constitutional scholar, but here is a great article from someone who is that explains why Cenk had a good case. Is he likely to win with this particular Supreme Court? Probably not.

          But he is running, and he maintains actual leftist populist values which aren’t seen from any of the other candidates. So yeah, he’ll get my vote before the guy enabling actual genocide today.

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            Your argument is essentially, “Don’t vote for the incumbent polling with the highest chance of winning against Trump, instead vote for this literal no name candidate you’ve never heard of! Sure he doesn’t meet the most basic requirements for the office, but there’s this article here where it says he has a case in a court, so go ahead and throw your vote behind him!”

            What absolute irresponsibility to be pushing this kind of bullshit when Trump is on the ballot.