2d ago

Might as well just wear a swastika on your forehead.

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The 22nd Amendment of the United States Constitution states “no person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice”.
Were Trump to run, states are obliged to not place him on the ballot and ignore his candidacy.
If Trump cannot run, yet still seeks the office, it is safe to infer his intention to steal the presidency. Thus making him a fugitive, traitor, and enemy of the people.
- States were obligated to block him from the ballot based on the insurrection clause, but here we are
  
  Multiple states tried to take him off the ballot and we're fired not to.
- I read somewhere that his only "legal" option for becoming president for another term is by running as the vice presidential candidate, and then having whoever was voted for president resign. He wouldn't technically be elected to the presidency, and thus could exploit a loophole.
  That being said, I'm certain it would be challenged in court. The fact that it could even get that far is pretty disheartening
  Edit: as someone pointed out in the replies, this would not be allowed under the 12th amendment
  
  Luckily the 12th amendment prevents that.
  But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States
  https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-12/
  
  I did not know that, thank you. That provides at least some relief!
  
  They already blatantly ignore constitution. Per 14th amendment he already is an illegitimate president.
  He will absolutely want to stay in that position until he dies. We already were let down but Congress and Judicial and looks like we are the only ones on his way.
  Despite what others might be saying showing our dissatisfaction works and we should not stop and give up. If we give up, he will get exactly what he wants.
  https://youtu.be/kOoiJt4iQAY
  
  If you are not allowed to run for president I don't think you are allowed to run for vice president. Speaker of the house however ...
  
  There's a precedent where someone would have been skipped in the chain as replacement for the president because they weren't born in the US.
  
  Yeah, another commenter linked the part of the 12th amendment that says anyone constitutionally ineligible to run for president may not run as VP. That's quite a relief
  
  That's not the only option.
  He could have the president killed. Doesn't have to just make him resign.

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