A Republican member of Congress has proposed a constitutional amendment allowing presidents who serve non-consecutive terms to run for office a third time, opening the path for President Donald J. Trump to run in 2028. The legislation, filed by Representative Andy Ogles (R-TN), seeks to alter the current presidential term limits established by the 22nd Amendment.
Introduced on Thursday, the amendment would permit a three-term presidency as long as the terms were not served consecutively. This change would open a path for President Trump to seek a third term in 2028. Under the existing system, the 22nd Amendment—ratified in 1947—prevents anyone from being elected president more than twice, following Franklin D. Roosevelt’s tenure of four terms.
The current regulation also restricts consecutive two-term presidents, such as Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush, from seeking office again.
Ogles’ proposed amendment states, “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.” According to Ogles, “This amendment would allow President Trump to serve three terms, ensuring that we can sustain the bold leadership our nation so desperately needs.”
Some have argued that Trump’s new term is, in fact, his third term, as they believe that the 2020 election contained excessive examples of fraud. However, critics of the 2020 election, like former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, were subjected to intense lawfare campaigns coordinated by the Biden-Harris government.
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