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Lawmaker unveils constitutional amendment
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Posted By: Moritz55, 1/24/2025 1:55:47 AM

One of President Donald Trump's top congressional allies introduced a resolution on Thursday evening to allow the commander-in-chief a third term. Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., is pushing a new amendment to the Constitution that would give a president three terms in office, but no more than two consecutive four-year stints. The amendment would say, "No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than three times, nor be elected to any additional term after being elected to two consecutive terms, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than

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What is he thinking? Not only won’t this get ratified, but it will give ammunition to leftist fear mongers.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: DVC 1/24/2025 2:41:04 AM (No. 1880641)
Silly and bad idea. Forget it.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: ladydawgfan 1/24/2025 3:14:53 AM (No. 1880646)
Whatever laws we pass for us, we also pass for the left. Does ANYONE want a third (legal) term for Obama or Clinton???
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Lala 1/24/2025 3:52:51 AM (No. 1880655)
Ridiculous. This kind of stupid stunt is why the Left hates ultra MAGA folks. We need to be the adults in the room who abide by the law and honor the Constitution.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: chumley 1/24/2025 6:12:20 AM (No. 1880692)
Not just no. Hell no. Making law to enable your allies will inevitably lead to enabling your enemies. Two terms is quite enough for anyone. Its too many for most, but voters just pick the name they recognize and give it no further thought.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: DCGIRL 1/24/2025 6:41:06 AM (No. 1880722)
Don't go there. This is ridiculous....STOP now.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: Skinnydip 1/24/2025 6:57:57 AM (No. 1880741)
For President, no. For Congress, not a bad idea.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: bpl40 1/24/2025 7:45:08 AM (No. 1880796)
After what they did to him 2017-2020, this IS his first term.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: downnout 1/24/2025 8:04:27 AM (No. 1880815)
No, just no.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: Northcross 1/24/2025 8:18:15 AM (No. 1880824)
Hey Ogles, why not a constitutional amendment making Trump supreme dictator for life? Very stupid.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: privateer 1/24/2025 9:04:32 AM (No. 1880860)
This kind of pointless showboating does way more harm than good. If he seeks this kind of attention, he should just walk around with a sign reading: Kick Me!
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Reply 11 - Posted by: jar 1/24/2025 9:04:54 AM (No. 1880861)
I'm old enough to remember when FDR defied "no third term" and "no fourth term," and was elected for two more terms notwithstanding. No problem for the then "deep state."
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Reply 12 - Posted by: kdog 1/24/2025 9:16:10 AM (No. 1880871)
Certainly this is not meant to do anything but tweak Democrats. I personally can't wait to watch this go through the next few news cycles. This is hysterical!!!
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Reply 13 - Posted by: Geoman 1/24/2025 5:02:15 PM (No. 1881203)
A Constitutional Amendment to scrub the ambiguous language of the 2nd (A well regulated Militia...) and 14th (...and subject to the jurisdiction thereof...) amendments with modern, unambiguous language would be a better use of the conservative majorities in the House, Senate and in sufficient statehouses to actually pass and ratify in terms of making it bullet proof when analyzed/interpreted by future democrat Supreme Court majorities. The third-term gambit may have been proffered to actually hurt Trump, politically, rather than as a statement of admiration or fealty. Perhaps MSNBC has offered the Rep. Ogles a substantial campaign contribution for the coming midterms in '26 for his little leftist media talking point placeholder.
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