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Don't know why you're getting downvoted, he is openly stating he plans to try to violate the 22nd amendment of the Constitution[1].

If you think that can't happen, think about this: the Constitution already prohibited him from running as an insurrectionist. Multiple states found that he committed insurrection and the US Supreme Court forced him on their ballots anyway. The reason: they assert that the amendment isn't self-enforcing, and congress must proactively write a law in order to create enforcement measures for the 14th amendment's prohibition on insurrectionists. They didn't, so he was allowed to run and take office.

That same logical jiu-jitsu the GOP used to successfully violate the 14th amendment could just as easily be used on the 22nd.

[1] https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-third-term-president-con...



Don't discuss comment voting :) [1]. I'm an adult and can handle it, corrective votes will be issued by others if its warranted.

[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html




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