At a Manhattan gala, imagining an unconstitutional third Trump term

By Free Republic | Created at 2024-12-16 21:49:43 | Updated at 2024-12-17 00:45:01 3 hours ago

At a Manhattan gala, imagining an unconstitutional third Trump term
The Washington Post ^ | December 16, 2024 | Sarah Ellison

Posted on 12/16/2024 1:44:23 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

NEW YORK — President-elect Donald Trump has yet to start his second term, but at a raucous black-tie gala in downtown Manhattan, a former aide floated the idea of a possible — and unconstitutional — third presidential run.

“Are you ready for Trump ’28?” asked Stephen K. Bannon, influential podcast host, Trump’s former chief strategist and the featured speaker at the 112th New York Young Republican Club dinner Sunday evening.

The 1,000-person audience roared in approval.

Bannon then suggested that he had consulted another Trump ally, Mike Davis, who had suggested a loophole in the Constitution would allow Trump to run for a third term.

But did he suggest to Bannon that Trump could run a third time? “Of course not!” Davis later told a reporter. “That’s crazy.”

Why crazy? The 22nd Amendment states that “no person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once.”

But some on the right have suggested, without any legal basis, that the amendment refers to two consecutive terms, which would allow for Trump to run for a third time at age 82.

Trump didn’t attend the dinner in his hometown, but he didn’t have to. Each speaker extolled him. Guests wore handbags and scarves embroidered with his name. Some women wore Trump hair clips to secure elaborate updos. A few men donned red MAGA hats. He recorded two video addresses that played over huge screens in the room.

British politician and Brexit advocate Nigel Farage greeted Bannon and other Trump aides as Trump’s media allies Jack Posobiec and Alex Bruesewitz circulated in the cavernous...

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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The WP is back to its old tricks of lies.
No one wants Trump to have a third term.

2 posted on 12/16/2024 1:49:07 PM PST by Zathras

To: E. Pluribus Unum

Ya mean like Obama did? Well, if its good enough for him its good enough for me.

3 posted on 12/16/2024 1:49:09 PM PST by calljack (Sometimes your worst nightmare is just a start.)

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