Ted Cruz: “My hope is the Supreme Court will follow the plaintext, will…”

“If it was the case that every child born in America was automatically a citizen, then you wouldn't need to add those words and subject to the jurisdiction thereof. And so My hope is the Supreme Court will follow the plaintext, will follow the original understanding, and will uphold President Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship for the children of illegal aliens. You know, Ted Cruz, as a moving conservative, you and I, I must say, when it comes to Donald Trump, he's willing to challenge things that haven't been challenged before, but he knows are right, and this is one of them.” (01:45–01:59)

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