Trump says he has no questions about Rubio's eligibility to be president -- CNN

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Trump says he has no questions about Rubio's eligibility to be president

CNN
Eugene Scott
1/17/2016

Excerpt:

Washington (CNN)Donald Trump drew a distinction between eligibility questions surrounding Marco Rubio's run for the presidency versus those clouding Ted Cruz's bid, saying the Florida senator is qualified because although his parents were not U.S. citizens at the time of his birth, he was born in the U.S. -- unlike Cruz.

"It's a different, very different thing because he was born here. He was born on the land," Trump told CNN's Jake Tapper on "State of the Union." "Ted was not born on the land, and there's a very strict reading that you have to be born on the land. (Harvard Law professor) Laurence Tribe actually said based on Ted's views, he would have to be born on the land."
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Donald Trump on State of the Union: Part 2

Published on Jan 17, 2016 by 'CNN'

Donald Trump defended "New York values" after Ted Cruz's attacks and questioned Cruz's citizenship in an interview with Jake Tapper.

Note: Trump's comments regarding Rubio's POTUS eligibility issue appear between the 3:50 and 4:09 minunte marks on the video.