South Carolina attorney general says 14th Amendment 'misinterpreted'

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10. Republicans specialize in explanations that only make sense to those who already want the result

If that was the intent, the 14th amendment could have explicitly given citizenship only to former slaves born in America.

But it doesn't say that, and his interpretation implies that the people who drafted, voted for, and ratified thr 14th amendment were all idiots who couldn't foresee that former slaves wouldn't be the only people born in America.

But if you're a bigot who is already convinced that babies born here to foreign travelers shouldn't get citizenship, then they'll latch on to this explanation simply because it serves their bias.