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A Constitutional Amendment requires a Supermajority in both houses of Congress. With a small majority in the Senate, and a wafer-thin GOP advantage in the House, this is just wishful thinking on the part of Rep. Ogles. It's a visible way of showing his fealty to the president, but one that highlights that there are still checks on Trump's power."
Mark Shanahan, an American politics expert who teaches at the University of Surrey in the United Kingdom, previously told Newsweek Here we go. Republican Congressman Andy Ogles has drafted a constitutional amendment to allow Donald Trump to be president for a third term."
The X, formerly Twitter, account "Republicans against Trump" wrote Thursday Under Article V of the Constitution, both the House and the Senate have to approve an amendment proposal by a two-thirds vote,
It's an embarrassing way for Ogles to climb the MAGA ladder,
Constitutional amendments are for enduring principles and process, ... Not for a singular moment or because you want attention from the current leader."
Jenna Ellis, who represented Trump in his efforts to nullify the results of the 2020 election, wrote on X I suspect I won’t be running again, unless you do something,
he said immediately following the 2024 election, ... according to The Hill He has proven himself to be the only figure in modern history capable of reversing our nation’s decay and restoring America to greatness, and he must be given the time necessary to accomplish that goal,
Ogles, a member of the far-right House Freedom Caucus, said of Trump in a statement There’s nothing further from the truth,
You know, FDR 16 years — almost 16 years — he was four terms. I don’t know, are we going to be considered three-term? Or two-term
he told a National Rifle Association convention, referencing Franklin Delano Roosevelt Unless you say, ‘He’s so good, we have to just figure it out,
I wouldn't be in favor of a challenge. Not for me. I wouldn't be in favor of it at all. I intend to serve four years and do a great job. And I want to bring our country back. I want to put it back on the right track,
Two terms is enough chaos for any nation to endure."
Representative Steve Cohen of Tennessee told Axios It is true that the text does not address whether a third term can be non-consecutive. This amendment was ratified in the 20th century, and I am not aware of anything in drafting or ratifying history suggesting a third, non-consecutive term would be permitted."
Josh Blackman, a constitutional law professor at the South Texas College of Law Houston, told Newsweek in December When MAGA said they wanted Trump to be a king, they weren't kidding. Utter insanity."
Harry Sisson, who previously worked with the Biden administration to promote the former president's 2024 campaign online, posted on X, formerly Twitter I am proposing an amendment to the Constitution to revise the limitations imposed by the 22nd Amendment on presidential terms. This amendment would allow President Trump to serve three terms, ensuring that we can sustain the bold leadership our nation so desperately needs,
the Congressman said in a statement He is dedicated to restoring the republic and saving our country, and we, as legislators and as states, must do everything in our power to support him,
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, 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 twice."
Joe Biden took a blowtorch to our reputation these past four years, and before even taking office, President Trump is telling the world that America First is back. American economic and security interests will no longer take a backseat, and House Republicans are ready to help President Trump deliver for the American people,
Ogles told Fox News Digital at the time It is imperative that we provide President Trump with every resource necessary to correct the disastrous course set by the Biden administration,
We’re going to win four more years in the White House
In 2020, during his first term in office, Trump told supporters at a rally in Nevada
