New GOP bill would let Trump (but not Obama) run for a third term (MSNBC)
By Steve Benen
About a week after Donald Trump was elected to a second term, the president-elect spoke at a House Republican conference meeting and made a comment that raised a few eyebrows. “I suspect I won’t be running again unless you say, ‘He’s so good, we’ve got to figure something else out,’” Trump said, presumably as some kind of joke.
He might very well have been kidding, though the Republican has made similar comments several times in recent years, and he’s not alone. Last month, Steve Bannon talked up the idea of Trump running again in 2028 — he suggested it might be constitutionally permissible, despite the plain language of the 22nd Amendment — and Fox News host Trey Gowdy, a former Republican member of Congress, had similar comments on the air.
It’s against this backdrop that NBC News reported on the third day of the president’s final term.
Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., introduced a resolution that would amend the Constitution and allow Trump to seek a third term in office. ‘This amendment would allow President Trump to serve three terms, ensuring that we can sustain the bold leadership our nation so desperately needs,’ Ogles said in a statement [Thursday].
Let’s make one thing perfectly clear at the outset: Ogles proposed constitutional amendment will not go anywhere. In every Congress, plenty of lawmakers unveil silly proposals, knowing full well that they stand no chance of success, and this measure from the Tennessee Republican clearly falls into that category. What’s more, while I obviously can’t read the congressman’s mind, it’s hardly a stretch to think Ogles, a scandal-plagued lawmaker, is looking for ways to distract attention from an intensifying ethics mess. If that weren’t quite enough, the fine print of Ogles’ proposal matters. As a Newsweek report noted, “The language specifies preventing a president running for a third term if they were elected for two consecutive terms.”
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