The birthers are back.
Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday accused his wrongly indicted Republican rival, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, of a conspiracy to prevent her from being elected president because her parents were not U.S. citizens when she was born. promoted the theory.
Trump, 77, shared false claims about his fellow Republican presidential candidate when he posted the Gateway Fundit article on his show. truth social platform.
“In Nikki Haley's situation, reports indicate that her parents were not U.S. citizens at the time of her birth in 1972,” the far-right website said.
“Based on @Paulingrassia's interpretation of the Constitution, this disqualifies Ms. Haley from running for President or Vice President under the 12th Amendment.”
The “legal scholars” cited in the article are 2022 Cornell Law School graduates. The 12th Amendment sets out the procedure for selecting the president and vice president and does not mention qualifications.
Experts point out that the 14th Amendment to the Constitution clearly states that “all persons born or naturalized in the United States” are citizens, and that the 51-year-old former U.N. ambassador will hold the nation's highest office. He quickly debunked his claim that he was unqualified for the job. .
“Born in South Carolina, she is clearly a 'natural-born citizen,' regardless of the fact that her parents were immigrants,'' said Jeffrey Stone, a constitutional law expert at the University of Chicago. Stated.
Stone dismissed the claims as “ridiculous” and argued that there was no legitimate case to remove Haley from office based on her parents' citizenship.
Haley, who was born in 1972 in Bamberg, South Carolina, repeatedly proudly referenced her Indian parents' immigrant background during campaign trials.
Her father, Ajit Randhawa, became a U.S. citizen six years after Haley was born in 1978, and her mother, Raj Randhawa, became naturalized in 2003, her office previously announced.
Haley's campaign did not immediately respond to The Post's request for comment.
Tuesday was not the first time Trump, whose paternal grandparents were German immigrants, has spoken out. His mother immigrated to the United States from Scotland when she was a teenager. And his current wife, Melania, who was born in Slovenia and immigrated to the United States on a tourist visa, is leaning toward the birther's claims about her rivals.
The former commander-in-chief has suggested for years that former President Barack Obama was born in Kenya rather than his native Hawaii.
Mr. Trump finally acknowledged during his 2016 White House campaign that Mr. Obama was “born in America.”
The 45th president also heightened the conspiracy that Vice President Kamala Harris is not legally eligible to serve as vice president because her mother was born in India and her father is from Jamaica.
The latest slander against Haley comes after the latest polls showed her narrowing her lead over Trump in the New Hampshire primary.
A CNN poll released Tuesday and conducted by the University of New Hampshire showed Haley trailing Trump by just 7 points among likely Republican voters in the Granite State.
with post wire
