More Cruz drama: mother’s 1st husband is an ex-pat in London
Jan 15, 2016 20:50:30 GMT -6
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Post by pavel on Jan 15, 2016 20:50:30 GMT -6
More Cruz family drama: mother’s first husband is an ex-pat Texan in London
WASHINGTON -- On Ted Cruz’s Canadian birth certificate, his mother is listed as Eleanor Darragh Wilson, using the last name of her first husband, Alan Wilson. The Fort Worth native and longtime resident of London, Wilson is now an unwitting player in the drama that surrounds Cruz’s family.
Wilson, who has never previously spoken about his past with the news media, told the Star-Telegram in a telephone interview from London that he did not realize he was connected to the U.S. Texas senator, however indirectly. He didn’t realize that his first wife, Eleanor, whose maiden name is Darragh, had such a well-known son, whose citizenship is at issue in the presidential campaign, or that “Wilson” is on the birth certificate.
“I'll be darned,” said Wilson, who speaks in a soft tone with traces of his Texas origins. “No kidding. That is Eleanor’s son? I had no idea.” He said he knew that she “had married a man named Cruz” but little else and had not made the connection to the presidential candidate.
Cruz’s mother is at the center of an explosive issue in the GOP presidential primary, whether the Texas senator is eligible to be president. During Thursday night’s GOP debate, Cruz and New York billionaire Donald Trump battled over Cruz’s claim that he’s a “natural born” citizen, a requirement in the Constitution for any president.
Read more here: www.star-telegram.com/news/politics-government/election/article54995180.html
WASHINGTON -- On Ted Cruz’s Canadian birth certificate, his mother is listed as Eleanor Darragh Wilson, using the last name of her first husband, Alan Wilson. The Fort Worth native and longtime resident of London, Wilson is now an unwitting player in the drama that surrounds Cruz’s family.
Wilson, who has never previously spoken about his past with the news media, told the Star-Telegram in a telephone interview from London that he did not realize he was connected to the U.S. Texas senator, however indirectly. He didn’t realize that his first wife, Eleanor, whose maiden name is Darragh, had such a well-known son, whose citizenship is at issue in the presidential campaign, or that “Wilson” is on the birth certificate.
“I'll be darned,” said Wilson, who speaks in a soft tone with traces of his Texas origins. “No kidding. That is Eleanor’s son? I had no idea.” He said he knew that she “had married a man named Cruz” but little else and had not made the connection to the presidential candidate.
Cruz’s mother is at the center of an explosive issue in the GOP presidential primary, whether the Texas senator is eligible to be president. During Thursday night’s GOP debate, Cruz and New York billionaire Donald Trump battled over Cruz’s claim that he’s a “natural born” citizen, a requirement in the Constitution for any president.
Read more here: www.star-telegram.com/news/politics-government/election/article54995180.html