Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) proposed an modification to the U.S. Structure that may enable President Trump to serve a 3rd time period within the White Home in order that the nation “can sustain the bold leadership our nation so desperately needs.”
Ogles proposed an modification on Thursday that claims, “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.”
Like different U.S. presidents, Trump is barred from working for a 3rd White Home time period by the twenty second Modification to the Structure.
“President Trump’s decisive management stands in stark distinction to the chaos, struggling, and financial decline Individuals have endured over the previous 4 years,” Ogles mentioned in a Thursday assertion. “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.”
Trump floated the prospect of working for a 3rd time period in a joke to Home GOP lawmakers throughout their assembly in Washington proper earlier than the convention had inner management elections.
“I suspect I won’t be running again, unless you do something,” Trump mentioned per week after profitable the 2024 presidential election, The Hill reported. “Unless you say, ‘He’s so good, we have to just figure it out.’”
Following the assembly, Home Republicans instructed reporters that the remarks weren’t critical and that they laughed after they heard them.
“That was a joke. It was clearly a joke,” Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) mentioned on the time. “I leaned over to somebody beside me, [Arizona Rep.] Andy Biggs, and I said, that’ll be the headlines tomorrow, ‘Trump trying to thwart the Constitution,’ which — there’s nothing further from the truth.”
Trump has beforehand instructed information shops that he wouldn’t pursue a 3rd time period if he wins the 2024 White Home election.
“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,” Trump instructed Time Journal in April final yr.
On Thursday, Ogles, a Home Freedom Caucus member, praised a collection of govt orders Trump signed since being sworn in on Monday, together with these associated to the dealing with of the southern border, power manufacturing and withdrawing from the World Well being Group (WHO).
“In just a few short days, President Trump has already taken action to undo the catastrophic policies of the Biden Administration and put the United States back on the path to strength and prosperity,” Ogles mentioned on Thursday.
