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ROTFLMAO!!! (Original Post) applegrove 10 hrs ago OP
Gotta love John Fugesang! 3catwoman3 10 hrs ago #1
At least four grandparents? pat_k 10 hrs ago #2
'At least four grandparents born in America' applegrove 10 hrs ago #4
So that means some people have 5 grandparents born in America? Wednesdays 10 hrs ago #6
The cut off at 4 was implied I think by logic. applegrove 10 hrs ago #9
Don't ever... Chemical Bill 9 hrs ago #15
LOL! applegrove 9 hrs ago #16
I was wondering the same thing. Bluetus 10 hrs ago #8
That song popped into my head when I read the OP! ! pat_k 10 hrs ago #10
Well if someone is 50+, it's possible for them to have mwmisses4289 9 hrs ago #17
I'm betting the right-wingnuts wouldn't count a step-parent or step-grandparent. pat_k 7 hrs ago #23
You are probably right, I was trying to apply facts mwmisses4289 2 hrs ago #27
Zing! Solly Mack 10 hrs ago #3
Hmm. I had 3 grandparents born in America. wnylib 8 hrs ago #18
Black, white, indigenous for me. When Canada changed its law to cover more people for Canadian citizenship, I got Solly Mack 8 hrs ago #19
In one line of my indigenous ancesters there were 2 people wnylib 8 hrs ago #20
You've given me hope! I've a cousin who keeps all the records. Maybe she'll find something. Solly Mack 8 hrs ago #21
Any time. Good luck. wnylib 8 hrs ago #22
my ancestors UpInArms 20 min ago #29
Mine go back to 1750; Hubby has some from the 1600's--- Maeve 16 min ago #30
Kind of reminds me of when Rush Limpballs said Wednesdays 10 hrs ago #5
I could vote in that case. yardwork 10 hrs ago #7
The most absurd thing about this is its utter pointlessness. Or perhaps it's just outrageously evil. pat_k 9 hrs ago #11
Maybe she's not making a compliment Figarosmom 9 hrs ago #12
I had no idea there was a link between the number of grandparents you have that... Ol Janx Spirit 9 hrs ago #13
The comments on Bluesky are gold! BadgerMom 9 hrs ago #14
Wow, Ann Coulter would still let me vote! DFW 7 hrs ago #24
I'm out! Maraya1969 5 hrs ago #25
me too Skittles 2 hrs ago #26
She apparently didn't think before opening her mouth, lol. Emile 2 hrs ago #28

pat_k

(14,088 posts)
2. At least four grandparents?
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 10:07 PM
10 hrs ago

How the hell would a person have more than four grandparents? (given that they are so into strict nuclear families and biological parentage and all).

mwmisses4289

(4,865 posts)
17. Well if someone is 50+, it's possible for them to have
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 11:32 PM
9 hrs ago

had grandparents born in the in the late 1800s. And mortality rates being what they were, it's not impossible for one or more of the grandparents to have married more than once.

pat_k

(14,088 posts)
23. I'm betting the right-wingnuts wouldn't count a step-parent or step-grandparent.
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 12:49 AM
7 hrs ago

They are obsessed with proofs; obsessed with biological heritage. God forbid you change a last name. For them, these theoretical voters would have to produce proof of four grandparents having been born in the United States. Specifically:

Person X's birth certificate with both father and mother named.

X's father's birth certificate, with their father (X's paternal grandfather) and mother (X's paternal grandmother) named.

X's mother's birth certificate, with their father (X's maternal grandfather) and mother (X's maternal grandmother) named.

Birth certificates for each of the following to prove they were born here:
X's named paternal grandfather
X's named paternal grandmother
X's named maternal grandfather
X's named maternal grandmother

Of the 56% of American's who self-identify as third-generation U.S. Citizens I would guess that at most, 10% could produce proofs that would satisfy Ms. Coulter and her ilk.

But that is apparently her dream nation, one where only third-generation people who can prove it can vote.











mwmisses4289

(4,865 posts)
27. You are probably right, I was trying to apply facts
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 06:29 AM
2 hrs ago

and logic to a nonsensical comment by a rwnj. I wonder, if she looked at her family tree, would she find all her grandparents had been born here in America? And how loudly would she screech if she found they hadn't?

Solly Mack

(97,326 posts)
3. Zing!
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 10:09 PM
10 hrs ago

I have 4 grandparents (great grandparents, great-great grandparents, great-great-great-grandparents, etc.) born in America or on the soil that would become America and I wouldn't vote for him.

wnylib

(26,621 posts)
18. Hmm. I had 3 grandparents born in America.
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 11:37 PM
8 hrs ago

One was born in Germany and came here with her parents and siblings when she was 4 years old. But since she came from the same country as 2 of the orange snowflake's grandparents, maybe that makes me American enough to vote. One grandparent made it just under the wire. He was born here two weeks after his parents arrived.

But my other two grandparents trace back to colonial MA and CT, with Revolutionary War vets among their ancestors, so maybe that gives me extra American points? In fact, those two also trace back to Indigenous people already here when Europeans arrived. Can't get much more American than that.

But I would never vote for the orange snowfkake and I am sure that none of my grandparents would have either.

Solly Mack

(97,326 posts)
19. Black, white, indigenous for me. When Canada changed its law to cover more people for Canadian citizenship, I got
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 12:04 AM
8 hrs ago

so jealous. Still didn't qualify.

The white ancestors came from Ireland and England early on. The black ancestors came as slaves.

I've always felt more like a citizen of the world.

wnylib

(26,621 posts)
20. In one line of my indigenous ancesters there were 2 people
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 12:23 AM
8 hrs ago

who I I have long suspected were born in Canada, but never found records to verify it. Now that Canada has opened up its citizenship to descendants, I am researching that line very closely again.

Solly Mack

(97,326 posts)
21. You've given me hope! I've a cousin who keeps all the records. Maybe she'll find something.
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 12:26 AM
8 hrs ago

Thanks!

Maeve

(43,510 posts)
30. Mine go back to 1750; Hubby has some from the 1600's---
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 08:15 AM
16 min ago

Neither of us have or would vote for that thing infesting the White House

Wednesdays

(23,269 posts)
5. Kind of reminds me of when Rush Limpballs said
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 10:12 PM
10 hrs ago

"If black people didn't vote, Dubya would have won in a landslide."

yardwork

(69,776 posts)
7. I could vote in that case.
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 10:14 PM
10 hrs ago

And so could my Latina wife, and so could most African Americans.

This is probably objectively incorrect, in addition to being bigoted.

pat_k

(14,088 posts)
11. The most absurd thing about this is its utter pointlessness. Or perhaps it's just outrageously evil.
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 10:36 PM
9 hrs ago

I imagine I could cook up all sorts of interesting -- and FAR MORE ATTRACTIVE -- outcomes that would result from targeting and disappearing this or that 45% of the citizens of the United States.

Cause that's what she's doing. Declaring "gee, it would be great if 45% of the citizens of this nation just f-ing disappeared."

Evil, bizarre, deranged thinking.

https://news.gallup.com/poll/4621/majority-americans-identify-themselves-third-generation-americans.aspx

Ol Janx Spirit

(1,101 posts)
13. I had no idea there was a link between the number of grandparents you have that...
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 10:59 PM
9 hrs ago

...were born in America and how abjectly stupid you are.

We should probably add that question to job applications or something.

DFW

(60,549 posts)
24. Wow, Ann Coulter would still let me vote!
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 12:51 AM
7 hrs ago

Four of my grandparents were indeed born in the USA.

The other four were born in Slovakia, Yugoslavia, Belize and Zambia at the end of the 19th century.

Extra points to anyone who can find the borders of any of those four countries on any 19th century map.

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