Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that Cenk Uygur isn’t (not) eligible to run for president in the United States of America because he’s a naturalised US citizen who was born in Istanbul, Turkey, to Turkish parents.
Cenk Uygur is a naturalised US citizen who was born in Istanbul, Turkey, to Turkish parents. He is therefore ineligible to serve as President of the United States as he is not a “natural-born citizen” (i.e. born to American parents or on American soil).
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Progressive pundit Cenk Uygur will challenge President Biden for the Democratic nomination, offering himself as an alternative to an incumbent who “is definitely going to lose” if he makes it to the general election.
“I’m going to do whatever I can to help him decide that this is not the right path,” Uygur, 53, told Semafor, as he prepared to file for the 2024 Nevada primary. “If he retires now, he’s a hero: He beat Trump, he did a good job of being a steward of the economy. If he doesn’t, he loses to Trump, and he’s the villain of the story.”
Uygur is best known for creating The Young Turks. The commentator show has been on YouTube since the platform’s earliest days and currently has 5.6 million subscribers. Uygur first ran for office in 2020, making a bid for Congress in southern California that resulted in him raking in 6.6% of the vote—30% less than former California assemblywoman Christy Smith, the winner of the nonpartisan primary. His announcement comes as polling consistently shows Democrats would prefer Biden not to run in 2024 and as Biden narrowly trails Trump in 2024 general election polling, according to the latest RealClearPolitics polling average.