NBC Anchor Distorts 14th Amendment: Here’s The Truth

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Dec 13, 2024

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NBC “Meet the Press” host Kristen Welker made a glaring omission when questioning President-elect Donald Trump about his new administration’s agenda to end so-called birthright citizenship.

Pointing to the 14th Amendment, Welker asked, “You promised to end birthright citizenship on day one. Is that still your plan?”

NBC anchor distorts the 14th Amendment, Trump stands his ground. pic.twitter.com/jSyoVYmtdX
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Trump confirmed, “Yeah, absolutely.”

But when Welker cited the Fourteenth Amendment—saying, “The Fourteenth Amendment though says that ‘All persons born in the United States are citizens.’ Can you get around the Fourteenth Amendment with an executive action?”—she conveniently ignored a critical part of the clause.

Trump responded, “Well, we’re going to have to get a change.”

She pressed on, asking again if he could do so by executive order. Trump’s reply: “Well, if we can through executive action.”

Trump’s Agenda 47 clearly states that an executive order would be issued that “will explain the clear meaning of the 14th Amendment, that U.S. Citizenship extends only to those both born in AND ‘subject to the jurisdiction’ of the United States.”

:thread:1. @MeetThePress omits six words about birthright citizenship from the 14th Amendment

The omitted text is set off by asterisks:

“All persons born … in the United States, *and subject to the jurisdiction thereof,* shall be citizens of the United States”

Those words matter https://t.co/qVYld0O4og
— Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) December 8, 2024

The full passage of the 14th Amendment reads:

“All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.”

This means that judges who are granting automatic citizenship to illegal aliens and their children are severely misinterpreting the 14th Amendment.

14th Amendment FACTS

The intent of the amendment was never about immigrant/alien citizenship, but about securing citizenship for freed slaves after the Dred Scott decision!

The framers of the Constitution made it clear that children of foreign nationals or diplomats were not “subject to the jurisdiction” of the U.S. and thus were not automatically citizens.

The 14th Amendment was ratified in 1868 and served as the means by which citizenship was granted and equal protection under the law to all persons born or naturalized in the United States was secured.

Enacted after the Civil War, it ensured that former slaves and their descendants would have full civil rights and protection under the law.

The key provisions of the amendment are:

Citizenship Clause: It grants citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States, including former slaves, ensuring that they are U.S. citizens (this does not apply to illegal aliens as they are “subject to the jurisdiction” of the U.S.).
Due Process Clause: It prohibits states from denying any person life, liberty, or property without due process of law, ensuring fair treatment through the judicial system.
Equal Protection Clause: It mandates that no state shall deny any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws, requiring that all individuals, regardless of their background, be treated equally under the law.

Tell The Truth!

It’s obvious, Welker had an agenda with this interview but what she failed to do as a journalist is to understand that the heart of Trump’s argument centers on the Fourteenth Amendment’s “subject to the jurisdiction thereof” clause.

That makes all the difference!

Welker made a choice to frame the question in a misleading way – but that’s nothing new in media circles.

This was an attempt to present Trump’s plan as unconstitutional and/or lawless which has often been done to enrage the public which is not the job description of a journalist!

Informing the public and asking the tough questions is what a good journalist does, and that is what we at Encounter News strive to do.

“The Lord detests lying lips, but he delights in people who are trustworthy.” Proverbs 12:22

“There are six things the Lord hates, seven that are detestable to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil, a false witness who pours out lies and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.” Proverbs 6:16-19

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