By Evaristo Lara
South Carolina gubernatorial hopeful Nancy Mace is pushing for a constitutional amendment aimed at barring naturalized U.S. citizens from serving in Congress, serving as federal judges, and holding positions where Senate confirmation is necessary.
Through a statement published on the social platform X, formerly known as Twitterthe Republican who describes herself as “Trump in heels” shared her disappointment at seeing how some people not born in the United States end up occupying seats and spaces in courtswhere they put their personal interests above the objective of promoting the nation that opened the door to them to achieve goals impossible to achieve in the countries where they were born.
“For too long we have allowed foreign-born members to sit in this government, making it clear that for them the United States comes last.not in the first place. We see it daily. “This constitutional amendment will put an end to that,” he said.
Mace stated that his proposal is aimed at ensuring that only people loyal to the land where they were born can aspire to elected positions, since only in this way will the nation’s greatness be recovered.
“We just introduced a long-awaited joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment to require members of Congress, federal judges, and Senate-confirmed officials to be American citizens. by birth. This is the same standard that the president and vice president already must meet.
Those who write America’s laws, confirm its judges, and represent America on the world stage should have only one loyalty: to America. To no other country,” he stressed.
In order to justify the proposed constitutional amendment, the South Carolina representative cited the cases of three Democrats from Somalia and India who, in her view, profess their loyalty to interests other than those of the country where they received an opportunity to aspire to a better life.
“Ilhan Omar. Shri Thanedar. Pramila Jayapal. All were born abroad, none of them are American citizens by birth. All hold seats in the United States Congress. All make it clear daily that their loyalty is not to the United States,” he said.
Currently, 26 members of Congress are naturalized U.S. citizens.of which 19 are members of the Democratic Party and seven of the Republican Party.
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