History and Presidents

   If you want to insist that presidential candidates be born in one of the states, that would rule out the first seven presidents, who were born before the United States of America existed. It would also exclude Barry Goldwater, who was born in Arizona when it was still a territory, and not yet a state. All that in addition to those who were born in other nations to American citizen parents, such as John McCain, Ted Cruz and George Romney. As for the current argument that the parents of Kamala Harris were immigrants and therefore she was not qualified, the question becomes, how many generations must a family be here before they become "real American"?
   Detail: The current president's mother immigrated from Scotland, and his grandparents from Germany.
   Notice that all the objections regarding citizenship and eligibility are posed against Democrats and not against Republicans.
   Once again, here's a list of presidential candidates NOT born in America: John McCain, born in Panama to a military family. Ted Cruz, born in Canada to an American mother and a Cuban father. George Romney, father of Mitt Romney and also a presidential candidate. And Chester A. Arthur, arguably born in Canada (actually northern Vermont, but questionably over the border) to an American mother and an Irish father.