I don't think they want Obama running again..... He whooped their ass twice.
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Yep. That's why it's worded so that he couldn't run again. Only allows non-consecutive two termers to run again.
It obviously won't get close to passing but it would be incredible for Democrats if it did. He has zero margin in the House, nothing major is passing into law except tax cuts. All his executive order policies are inflationary.
So either he's crashing the economy, taking the blame for continued inflation, or getting nothing of consequence done. And he'd be 83 and asking for four more years. He'd get crushed.
He will use Musk's money, again, to cheat, again, in my opinion.
We've played this game twice now. Let's not try a third game of fascism chicken
That said Obama vs trump would be a funny campaign. "My fellow Americans, look at this absolute buffoon. You want proof I'm a natural born citizen? I've been stuck here with him too."
This amendment’s wording wouldn’t allow Obama or Clinton to run again. Only Trump.
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Of course he will wreck the rather healthy US economy and break the unemployment record again, which he currently holds from his 1st term.
As planned, the stunlock proceeds
What a frivolous waste of congressional speaking time. I thought these guys had real problems to solve? I thought Trump was gonna fix it all this time around? You're telling me not even 1 week into his new term and he's already thinking about how the job won't be done in time?
Conservatives are pathetic.
On the other hand, better they do nothing than actuality successfully fucking everything up.
The worry is that perhaps Trump is smarter than he appears, and all he's doing is showing his followers that he's still all about setting up a autocratic government which they'll get to be the muscle for, ready to do a violent takeover the moment elections stop working (just like last time, but this time better armed and better organised)
Trump, if anything, is much less smart than he appears. The guy managed to bankrupt a casino. That takes a special kind of stupid.
That's basically what I've been posting on Social Media anytime shit like this happens.
"How does this lower grocery prices?"
Ask whenever the Right or Center is listening, keep the message on "Trump is distracting you from what he isn't doing, but should."
Thank you for saying grocery instead of egg. So many people say eggs and it is going to age like milk when the bird flu recedes even though groceries will generally still be expensive otherwise.
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The Right has outgrown their use for masks.
From the article:
Ogles’ resolution is tailored specifically to permit Trump to serve a third term, but not to allow three out of the four living former presidents to serve third terms.
It's a Trump only privilege which, given the track record, could have been assumed, unfortunately.
Seems more like someone sucking up to Trump rather than something they realistically believe they could get passed
That's a really dangerous way of thinking. We can no longer normalize this stuff by going "it'll never actually happen." It CAN happen. Get your head out of the sand and stop minimizing the very real threat our democracy is facing.
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And we were all overreacting about Roe v Wade. "Precedent", "established law", "checks and balances". It could never happen, they said.
I really would like to see some of those checks and balances I've heard so much about. Must have gotten confused—it's cheques for the rich, on our dime, to make their balance keeps going up.
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To amend the United States Constitution, a proposed amendment must be approved by Congress and ratified by three-fourths of the states. The process is outlined in Article V of the Constitution.
Congress: A two-thirds majority vote in both the House of Representatives and the Senate is required
Constitutional convention: Two-thirds of state legislatures must call for a convention
Ratification: Three-fourths of state legislatures or conventions must ratify the amendment
Each state legislature must vote on the amendment in an up-or-down vote
State legislatures cannot change the language of the amendment
This is DOA
Seriously. It's obviously abhorrent, but thankfully as of now there's zero chance of it passing. Save your energy for the many things that warrant shock and disgust.
A constitutional amendment required 2/3s House and Senate AND 3/4 of states. And they don’t have that. This is more bullshit to distract.
To amend the U.S. Constitution, a proposed amendment must be approved by a two-thirds majority in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, and then ratified by three-fourths of the state legislatures (38 out of 50 states). Alternatively, an amendment can be proposed by a constitutional convention called for by two-thirds of the state legislatures, but this method has never been used.
This is more bullshit to distract.
This is saying it louder for the people in the back. Musk's Nazi Salute isn't getting the message across? Okay, how about this?
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Trump is not exactly a spring chicken. He is one mild medical event to being in the history book.
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“It is imperative that we provide President Trump with every resource necessary to correct the disastrous course set by the Biden administration,” Ogles said in a statement
so Biden created a bad situation for him in 4 years, yet he thinks Trump needs 8 years to undo it. Sounds like a skill issue to me.
It's cute how so many in the comments think the legal checks will prevent this. They don't care about the law or the Constitution in the same way they don't care about optics, hypocrisy, decorum, or process. People keep viewing this through the lense of American democracy. None of that matters to fascists.
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Wonderful idea, I can't wait for a third Obama term.
It’s written to exclude Obama.
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In order for it to pass, they need 290 votes in the House. The Republicans currently have 220 votes, so they would need 70 Democrats to flip.
Then it goes to the Senate where they need 67 votes. First, 60 to get past the inevitable filibuster, and with 53 votes, Republicans need 7 Democrats to flip to move it forward and 14 to pass it.
Then, the fun part, they need 38 states to ratify it. Trump did win 31 states, so he would still need 7 Harris states to ratify an amendment.
Nah. They're just gonna say "whachu gonna do about it" as he sits in the office for the third time. Or the richest men in the world backing the regime will just ~~bri~~ lobby.
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The neo-Nazi filled GOP can shove their 3rd term idea where the sun does not shine.
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