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08-31-2015, 09:25 PM
Karl Rove, the former adviser to then-President George W. Bush, told Time Magazine (http://time.com/4017684/mckinley-obama-karl-rove/) on Monday that President Barack Obama "ought to be more gracious" to 25th President William McKinley, "the guy who made it possible for him to be president."
The comments to Time Magazine were regarding Obama's Sunday announcement that Alaska's Mount McKinley (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=entry/obama-denali-alaska_55e36f8ce4b0aec9f35398f3) would be renamed Denali, which is what it is called in the state. Alaskans, including Republicans, applauded the move. Others, particularly Republicans from McKinley's home state of Ohio, condemned it.
Rove, who is writing a book about McKinley, was among the critics.
But his comment about McKinley paving the way for Obama included a little flub on citizenship laws. Time noted by way of explanation that (http://time.com/4017684/mckinley-obama-karl-rove/) the U.S. annexed Hawaii (http://future.state.gov/when/timeline/1866_timeline/annex_hawaii.html) under McKinley's presidency. Obama was born in Hawaii, making him a U.S. citizen and eligible to be president.
Obama would have been a citizen with or without McKinley, though. His mother, Ann Dunham, was born in Kansas and, as a U.S. citizen, passed along her citizenship to Obama. There's some debate over whether Americans born as citizens off U.S. soil can be president, but the general consensus (http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2015/mar/26/ted-cruz-born-canada-eligible-run-president-update/) is they can -- luckily for the Canadian-born Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), who is running for the GOP's 2016 presidential nomination.
Rove told Time Magazine that Obama should come up with another way to honor McKinley.
"I think that he would be well advised to sit down with the governor of Ohio and the Speaker of the House and the Senators from Ohio [McKinley’s home state], and see if he can’t arrive at a thoughtful way to honor this important figure in American history," Rove said.
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The comments to Time Magazine were regarding Obama's Sunday announcement that Alaska's Mount McKinley (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=entry/obama-denali-alaska_55e36f8ce4b0aec9f35398f3) would be renamed Denali, which is what it is called in the state. Alaskans, including Republicans, applauded the move. Others, particularly Republicans from McKinley's home state of Ohio, condemned it.
Rove, who is writing a book about McKinley, was among the critics.
But his comment about McKinley paving the way for Obama included a little flub on citizenship laws. Time noted by way of explanation that (http://time.com/4017684/mckinley-obama-karl-rove/) the U.S. annexed Hawaii (http://future.state.gov/when/timeline/1866_timeline/annex_hawaii.html) under McKinley's presidency. Obama was born in Hawaii, making him a U.S. citizen and eligible to be president.
Obama would have been a citizen with or without McKinley, though. His mother, Ann Dunham, was born in Kansas and, as a U.S. citizen, passed along her citizenship to Obama. There's some debate over whether Americans born as citizens off U.S. soil can be president, but the general consensus (http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2015/mar/26/ted-cruz-born-canada-eligible-run-president-update/) is they can -- luckily for the Canadian-born Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), who is running for the GOP's 2016 presidential nomination.
Rove told Time Magazine that Obama should come up with another way to honor McKinley.
"I think that he would be well advised to sit down with the governor of Ohio and the Speaker of the House and the Senators from Ohio [McKinley’s home state], and see if he can’t arrive at a thoughtful way to honor this important figure in American history," Rove said.
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