National Spelling Bee | The Adobo Chronicles

WASHINGTON, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles) – Republican Senator Ted Cruz could become the next president of the United States. But would America want a president who can’t even spell correctly?

The Adobo Chronicles uncovered a fact which showed that in his high school years, Cruz participated in the local Texas edition of The Spelling Bee, where he was eliminated in the first round of the contest. He failed to correctly spell the word “philanthropy.”

Well, it looks like to this day, Cruz hasn’t kept up with his spelling skills, as shown by his latest campaign ad (see photo) where he incorrectly spelled a simple basic word, “country.”

It’s so patetic.

2015 National Spelling Bee champs Venkatachalam, left and Shivashankar

WASHINGTON, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles) – Vanya Shivashankar, 13, of Olathe, Kansas, and Gokul Venkatachalam, 14, of Chesterfield, Missouri, tied as winners of the National Spelling Bee on Thursday.

Shivashankar correctly spelled the word “‘scherenschnitte” and Venkatachalam correctly spelled the word “nunatak.”

For the last eight years, Indian Americans have dominated the contest, and this bothers conservative columnist Ann Coulter.

Just this week, Coulter went on national television, practically suggesting that America totally close its borders to Mexicans because they are stealing jobs and perpetrating crime.She even went as far as suggesting that Mexicans are more dangerous than ISIS.

Now Coulter wants to scrap the national spelling bee altogether.

“Foreigners — especially Indian Americans — are stealing our bee, and that’s a national disgrace,” Coulter said. “What kind of message are we sending to our white, American kids?” she asked.

Scripps, the sponsor of the annual competition could not be reached for comment.