Birthers claim U.S. Senator Marco Rubio should not be eligible to run for president
Paul and Rubio are both expected to seriously consider running for the White House in 2016, adding more intrigue to the back-to-back speeches.
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Posted: 10/20/2011
They once targeted President Barack Obama. Now birthers are going after U.S. Senator Marco Rubio.
The Republican was born in Miami. But that's not the rub.
The St. Petersburg Times reports birther activists say Rubio is ineligible under Article 2 of the Constitution. It reads "no person except a natural born citizen … shall be eligible to the Office of President."
Their bone of contention is that the term "natural born citizen" was never defined.
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