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🚨WTF: Republican Senator Tommy Tuberville says Trump “can go around the constitution” and run for a third term as president.
Every one of these cowards is complicit for the destruction of our democracy.
Would you look at this shit?
Tennessee Republican proposes amendment to allow Trump to serve third term
Republicans: "You can't do anything about the second amendment! It's an amendment!"
Also republicans: "Of course we can change the 22nd amendment to the constitution! That's what an amendment is!"
Edit: I forgot to mention that this was written in a way to make sure that Obama can't run again because he got two consecutive terms.
Read more here.
Matt Cohen at Democracy Docket:
In comments to reporters Monday, President Donald Trump did not rule out running for a third term — something the Constitution explicitly prohibits. “I would love to do it,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One en route to Japan. “I have the best numbers ever. Am I not ruling it out? You’ll have to tell me.” In fact, Trump’s approval rating is in the low 40s, according to most poll trackers — weak for this stage in his term, even by modern standards.
It’s not the first time Trump — or his advisors or closest supporters — has suggested defying the Constitution and unlawfully running for a third term. In an April interview with NBC News, Trump was similarly asked about a third term and he said that he was “not joking” about somehow defying the Constitution to make it happen. “A lot of people want me to do it,” Trump said. “But, I mean, I basically tell them we have a long way to go, you know, it’s very early in the administration.”
The 22nd Amendment, which was drafted in the aftermath of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s death in 1945, makes it clear that no president can serve more than two terms in office. And while there are legal theories floating around about how Trump might be able to somehow skirt the law to make it happen, numerous constitutional scholars have reiterated there’s no way Trump could do it without defying the Constitution. [...] The Trump administration is already planting the seeds to rig the 2026 midterm election — and the 2028 presidential election — in his favor, by attempting to wrest control of elections, and using the U.S. Department of Justice to seize sensitive voter data from every state.
Constitution-urinating tyrant Donald Trump once again fantasizes about serving an illegal third term in office.
See Also:
The Guardian: Trump ‘would love’ unconstitutional third term but rules out running for VP
HuffPost: Trump Suggests ‘Unstoppable’ Ticket For 2028, But Won’t Say No To Running Again
Hey @yourtoradorasextendedwarranty, sorry to tag you. I wanted to get your thoughts on something.
In a previous debate, you talked about reading the US constitution as plaintext. What about the 22nd amendment? If Trump attempts to run for a third term, would you at the very least be willing to call that unconstitutional? And I guess I should ask, would you side with the constitution or Trump in this scenario?
Thank you for your time.
What if the only hope I’m clinging to right now is that he can’t ever run again after this term? Is that hope even safe? Could he change everything to make himself president for the rest of his life?
Part of me hopes that they do amend the Constitution to eliminate Presidential term limits and then Barack Obama (who is 15 years younger than Trump, by the way) comes back and beats the brakes off of him in 2028.
I don't think that there is enough support to actually eliminate term limits, though. It's really difficult to amend the Constitution and that's what would have to happen. Despite the subservient personality cult that has been installed in Congress to help further the aims of the MAGA movement, I don't see a realistic path to repeal or change the 22nd Amendment.
Could he simply ignore the law and try to continue to hold on to power? Well, considering what we've seen from him in the past and already in this second term I can't see how we can rule anything out. That's what happens when a country elects unfit and untrustworthy leaders who openly speak of absolute power and admire authoritarianism. Because ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES. And, this time, there are NO guardrails, NO "adults in the room", NO General Milley or Rex Tillerson or John Kelly or General Mattis, or...fuck...even a John Bolton or William Barr. This time around, Trump has an entire Executive Branch full of people fully invested in letting him do what he wants. He also has a Legislative majority willing to support and amplify those urges, and a Judiciary that seems uninterested in challenging him. No matter how hard you search through the federal government, you will not be able to find a check or balance anywhere in the District of Columbia right now.
Trump is shaping the federal government to serve him. You know, it's almost like there was a playbook that the MAGA movement is working from, as if they planned out what they would do if they took back power in 2025 and are using it as a blueprint for systematically dismantling the federal government and rolling back protections for people who don't look like them.
Trump Scribbles Out Part of Constitution That Says He Can Only Serve Two Terms With Red Crayon
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Putting an end to his so called “constitutional limits” once and for all, President Donald Trump has decided to take matters into his own hands by axing his term limits as president by simply scribbling out that part of the constitution with a red Crayola crayon he had in his desk.
“They said I couldn’t seek a third term because of some phony piece of paper from hundreds of years ago,” Trump told reporters. “Welp, that piece of paper is gone now. Totally erased. No one can stop me!” Trump then pulled out a crumbled piece of paper from his suit showing off what was once the 22nd Amendment, that had since been totally scribbled on and had, “NOPE! FAKE NEWS!!!” written over it in crayon.
With term limits officially removed from the constitution, Trump has announced his intention to seek a third presidential term in 2028, reiterating that no one can stop him now that term limits are a thing of the past.
“Term limits are old news,” Trump concluded. “I’m going to run for a third term, then a fourth term, and then a fifth term, and no radical leftist will be able to stop me. Bow down to your new King, America!”