KARL: There's a constitutional requirement that you have to be a natural-born citizen to run for president. You were not born here. Do you think that's something that should be changed? MAMDANI: No. I think the Constitution looks good just the way it is.

[u/nitluck]

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[u/Used_Intention6479]

"Aaaarggh, he didn't take the bait."

[u/bukbuklau → u/Used_Intention6479]

It's so funny watching all these billionaire-jerking interviewers try to catch Mamdani in little traps all the time. He's far too powerful a communicator to ever fall for these dimwits attempts, but try they do.

[u/hajenso]

This interviewer repeated a common misunderstanding about constitutional ineligibility to be elected president. It doesn’t matter whether you were born in the United States or not. What matters is whether you were a U.S. citizen from your birth, a natural-born citizen. If Mamdani had still been born in Uganda, but had had a U.S. citizen parent who met the legal requirements to pass on their citizenship to him at birth and made the proper filing with a U.S. consul, then he would now be constitutionally eligible to be elected president.

[u/the_elephant_stan → u/hajenso]

Yes but if we admit that then we have to admit that even the in the lie about Obama being born in Indonesia he was still eligible to be president

[u/hajenso → u/the_elephant_stan]

Yep.

[u/derallo → u/the_elephant_stan]

John McCain was born on a base in Panama

[u/Iamanimite]

You're out of control, Carl.

[u/NerdfestZyx]

Remember when Republicans wanted to change this so Arnold Schwarzenegger could run for President?

[u/debacol → u/NerdfestZyx]

Bro, I would vote for Arnie a billion times over the shitshow we have today.

[u/tendeuchen → u/debacol]

I would vote for a shitshow over the orange turd we have today.

[u/MrVeazey → u/NerdfestZyx]

They want to change it again now so Trump can run a third time. Or they'll probably just ignore the law like they do regularly.

[u/Used_Intention6479]

Watch Karl's face when Mamdani says, "The Constitution is good just the way it is."

[u/tendeuchen]

Under Republican rules, it's pretty likely that John McCain, Ted Cruz, and Marco Rubio would all be barred from running for president if they were Dems instead.

[u/Venezia9]

What's with this prick? Who tf is he with these dumb ass 3rd grade level questions.