Democrats are seeking to clarify language in the Constitution to make sure the two-term limit for presidents applies even if the terms are not consecutive. The resolution, led by Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY), will be introduced in the House of Representatives today, according to the New York Times. The proposed resolution states that the 22nd Amendment, which declares that a person who has been elected president twice cannot run again, “applies to two terms in the aggregate” and leaves no loophole.
While it is unlikely that House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) will bring Goldman’s resolution to a vote, the initiative comes on the heels of comments made by President-elect Donald Trump, who reportedly joked with House Republicans on Wednesday about running for a third term in 2028.
“I suspect I won’t be running again unless you say, ‘He’s so good we’ve got to figure something else out,’” he told the group.
In July, Trump also mused about remaining in the Oval Office indefinitely, telling attendees at a conservative Christian event that they “won’t have to vote anymore” if he won the 2024 election. Read more at New York Times.
TDS dialed up
Since Trumpwon in 2020, as he defiantly insists, then, by his reasoning, he’s been president for two terms already.
And by your logic, since he already had two terms that makes him the dictator that the left is accusing him of being.
Bl$$mberg ILLEGALLY stayed for a 3rd term as Mayor of NYC! The corrupt sodomites in the City Council were cheering him on. Christine Quinn is as evil as they come.
“No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once.” Unlike the comma issue in the 2nd Amendment, the 22nd Amendment has no grammar issues. The first clause ends the debate, whether it’s consecutive or not.
Dan Goldman is an idiot. His hatred of Trump is so intense, I’m surprised he can sleep at night. On top of that, he will fight anything the GOP wants whether he’s right or wrong. Just a typical NY democRAT.
The Dems don’t need a third term to stay in control. They just place a dope in place and control everything they do.
If Bloomberg pulled off a third term than Trump can certainly do it. Trump 2024 and 2028
If a 3rd term is against the Constitution, how FDR get 3 terms?
Who was really president since 2020?
Lincoln Chaffee.
So Obama’s 3rd term was ok but for Trump it’s a scandal?