More anti-Trump fake nooz from the utterly despicable ABC Australia. Here, ABC Australia is incapable of acknowledging that there may at least be an unsettled legal argument that Kamala Harris is not be eligible to run for (vice-) president, based on the distinction between a "naturalized" and a "natural born" US citizen. Naturalized citizens cannot run for VP or president, and the original Newsweek op-ed that sparked the controversy only asks whether a baby born on US soil to non-US citizens is a "naturalized" American rather than "natural born" American, legally speaking. Because neither of Kamala's parents were even naturalized U.S. citizens at the time of Harris' birth in America in 1964. As such, she is what some would call an "anchor baby." Of course the ABC Australia piece doesn't even provide any of these legalistic facts — that would get in the way of attacking Trump. Instead, ABC defaults to the totally specious comparison to the doubts about Obama's birthplace, which is a totally different question, legally. In essence, they're saying that law isn't worth acknowledging when a fascist president is using racism to undermine his adversaries.

Regardless, the greatest irony for me here is that in Australia, not only would Kamala be ineligible to run for Prime Minister of Australia, were she born in Australia under the same circumstances, but she wouldn't even get Australian citizenship. Indeed, she wouldn't even be eligible for a residency visa! Basically, being born in Australia to non-Australian parents confers no rights whatsoever on the baby. The baby is essentially stateless until the baby applies for citizenship with one of the parent's home countries. So I think ABC Australia has some nerve raking Trump over the coals for just being open to the legal question. Because it is a legal question. Meanwhile, ABC is deliberately remiss in failing to mention that Australia offers nothing at all to babies born in Australia to non-Australian parents. One might think the Australian law is fair or unfair, but it's still simply a matter of law. And real journalists should make that point. But ABC Australia is just fake and totally evil, so they never would.

https://www.newsweek.com/some-questions-kamala-harris-about-eligibility-opinion-1524483