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> "There are, there are methods which you could do it, as you know," he said. He declined to elaborate on any specific methods. There are, though. No need to a
by explain 1y ago
> "There are, there are methods which you could do it, as you know," he said. He declined to elaborate on any specific methods.
There are, though. No need to act naive.
I support President Trump, but I don't support a third term and he wouldn't be able to pull it off (on the basis that a third term is not a good precedent).
The 22nd Amendment clearly states you can't be elected more than twice, not that you can't serve as President more than twice.
The earlier draft of the amendment was that you cannot serve as President more than twice. The "elected" language was intentional.
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- Trasmatta 1y agoYou support Trump, but aren't aware of the fact that he openly doesn't care about the constitution, and will do everything he can to circumvent it?
- kccoder 1y ago> I support President Trump Why? I'm genuinely curious.
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- cf100clunk 1y agoThat's quite an admission. Would you say your feelings are objective?
- gryfft 1y agoObservation, not admission. The fact remains that you can't argue with feelings.
- sorcerer-mar 1y agoI honestly don’t mean this as an insult or to be demeaning. I find this comment extremely illuminating and I don’t think it should be downvoted. What you’re seeing here is exactly how cult members speak about their in-group versus out-group. It is a deeply emotional and all-encompassing experience, just like gryfft describes. Agreed, no truer answer, and not something that can be argued with for people who feel this way. I appreciate someone coming out and just saying this instead of playing whack-a-mole on policies which clearly are totally secondary to the emotional overwhelm described above.
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- pixelatedindex 1y ago> The left wants prostitution, drugs, crime to be legalized. What’s wrong with prostitution being legalized? Brothels and sex work has been a thing since humans existed. Can’t speak for drugs, except we have been asking for Cannabis to be taken off the scheduled list. Nobody is asking for crime to be legalized. In fact in the Bay we have been extremely mad about how SF and their DA has been treating crime, same goes for the Oakland DA.
- cmurf 1y agoThere's a few kooks pointing guns at people, and should be arrested for doing so. The idea it's a movement or supported by liberals is delusional nonsense promoted by the disinformation of whatever your news source is. How do you explain the vast majority of Republicans supporting Ukraine over Russia, and in just a few weeks of Trump revealing his full throated support for Russia, most Republicans now support Russia? You think that's normal? Who is the Trump equivalent cult leader of the left who has flipped people around that quickly?
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- almosthere 1y agoHe is delivering on what he promised and I support all of the things he promised. I was a democrat for 40 years of my 45 year old life.
- croes 1y agoSo prices are down, jobs are up, and the wars are over?
- cf100clunk 1y agoIs there a scorecard I can look at somewhere of promises-made, promises-kept, new-policies-never-promised?
- maxerickson 1y agoThis would be more interesting if you elaborated on a couple of promises and what you see as delivering.
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- pixelatedindex 1y agoWell I hope you’re mad about how DOGE has done nothing on the fraud/waste/abuse front, because so far it’s just been all show no substance. In fact they just kept on spending more. Also what about the fraud that Elon has been committing? Any qualms there?
- gryfft 1y ago> after the election I've seen at least 3 people in my community start wearing mens clothing again I've heard from multiple trans friends that they are afraid the Trump government will come for them and lock them up for being trans due to actions being taken in state legislatures right now [1] and that for these reasons they are or are considering going completely closeted for their own safety. I don't think it counts as a "fad ending" when you have chilling effects [2] like this coming from the government. 1. https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/texas-bill-identify-transgender-state-felony-rcna195642 https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/texa... 2. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilling_effect https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilling_effect
- _DeadFred_ 1y agoYou say you support Trump but draw the line at a third term because “it’s not a good precedent.” But isn’t the deeper issue whether someone respects the spirit of the Constitution at all? Laws and amendments aren’t just technicalities they only work because we as a society agree to follow not just the literal wording but the intent behind them. The "spirit of the law" the idea that power should be limited, that no one person should rule indefinitely, and that the Constitution sets boundaries we all agree to honor. If someone is already trying to twist the wording of the 22nd Amendment to find a loophole that’s a clear sign they’re not acting in good faith. If you don't care when a President shows he doesn’t care about the spirit of the Constitution why would caring about precedent be a thing for you? Precedent is way down the line from keeping to the spirit of the Constitution. China has a constitution that guarantees democracy and free speech. Like Trump and your 'elected' workaround, the reality of their constitution is much different, all with China keeping closely to precedent.
- blibble 1y agoif you're a bad guy trying for third term: you run for VP, then somehow P disappears and now you're P again
- gryfft 1y ago> disappears Or simply resigns.
- gehwartzen 1y agoSo what does that mean? Run as VP and have the president resign after taking office?
- Trasmatta 1y agoOr just claim fraud, and refuse to leave. See if the military will back you or not. He's got 4 years to keep weakening institutions and installing loyalist generals.
- techpineapple 1y agoI’m pretty sure to be VP you have to be an eligible P candidate. “ But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.”
- JumpCrisscross 1y ago> what does that mean? One would be causing red states to vote their Electors for Big Bird or whatever, thereby ensuring that “no Person have a Majority” of electoral votes [1], thus punting the Presidency to the House. (That or having Vance just throw out “bad” votes, again, throwing the election to the House.) [1] https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/article-2/ https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/article-2/
- superb_dev 1y agoWhen has “not good precedent” ever stopped this president?
- bediger4000 1y agoI'm surprised that you lean on the constitution's plain wording in your last 2 paragraphs (thank you, I, too, read it that way), but you support Trump. Virtually every one of his actions so far requires mental gymnastics to allow them as constitutional, or are plainly unconstitutional, leaving aside violating norms that have worked very well in the past.
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- belter 1y agoI read from Wikipedia page that: "Although Emhoff and Mackin's divorce was amicable, and they have since referred to each other as "friends"..." Also...When did Douglas Emhoff run for President? :-)
- almosthere 1y agoHis wife did, she supports him.
- bediger4000 1y agoThe conversation isn't about Emhoff. It's about your support for Trump. This argument is illegitimate in that circumstance. Please do better.
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