Victory Girls posted earlier about why Ted Cruz is a natural born citizen – he was born in Canada but he gained U.S. citizenship through his mother. He did not need to be “naturalized” to become a U.S. citizen. Case closed, right. But, but, but, he only renounced his Canadian citizenship 15 months ago. Carly Fiornina says we should ask him why, seeming to imply that he’s got some dual-aspirations in addition to dual-citizenship.

According to the Washington Post, Ted Cruz renounced Canadian citizenship almost as soon as he learned of it. The WaPo reported in 2013:

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) announced Monday evening that he will renounce his Canadian citizenship, less than 24 hours after a newspaper pointed out that the Canadian-born senator likely maintains dual citizenship.

“Now the Dallas Morning News says that I may technically have dual citizenship,” Cruz said in a statement. “Assuming that is true, then sure, I will renounce any Canadian citizenship. Nothing against Canada, but I’m an American by birth and as a U.S. senator; I believe I should be only an American.”

While some may try to impugn Ted Cruz by questioning his timing, none of his actions indicate to me that he would have anything but the best interests of the United States at heart. There are other important things to debate, but this is not one of them.  Total non-issue. This time there really is nothing to see here. Move along.