FACT CHECK · US POLITICS AND THE 2026 MIDTERMS
Claim: A House member must be natural-born
FALSETHE ANSWER
The House needs age 25 and 7 years of citizenship (Art. I, Sec. 2). Omar: citizen 2000, elected 2018. Only the presidency needs natural-born status.
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- “Met the criteria to serve”
- “Qualifications to serve in congress”
- “Natural born”
- “Natural-born citizen”
- “Must be born here to serve”
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