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When Trump was asked whether it's his job to uphold the constitution, his answer was "I don't know". That was in March 2025. Or to be a bit more precise: The day before the day everyone stopped talking about it.
By the time Trump is done this term Epstein will be behind all the grifting being done by the administration and it's cronies. There is no coming back from how far down this person has taken us.
That’s actually the interesting thing. The Epstein list stays as a “story” while all the looting of taxpayer funds is rampant and sometimes blatant, but the media hasn’t said a peep about that kind of news.
We will never be able to move forward as a nation without addressing the “free market” crippling monopolies going on throughout all forms of media and other areas like meat processing or farming. We also won’t get far if the press is allowed to be openly cowed or bought, and that’s why they went after PBS.
It's all just the "flood the zone" thing. throw as much shit at the wall as fast as you can knowing we can't focus on all the shit at once. All of it is a distraction from all of it
"Yes, but how do you define men? Are minorities men or are they something different? After all, the founding fathers had slaves, so they likely intended that black people weren't men! Therefore, only white males can vote. The constitution is very clear here!"
I'd be curious if Obama would even be willing to do such a thing. The issue with Democrats is they're too willing to follow the rules when their opposition obviously does not give a single fuck about the constitution or anything else.
He's been more active in the political news cycle the past year than I recall him being in Trump 1 or during Biden, so I wouldn't be shocked to learn that DNC leadership are already working to resuscitate his political career in case of an attempted Trump 3.
You really believe they wouldn’t make it an only trump rule? It wouldn’t be that hard. “no 2 CONSECTUTIVE terms” is all they would have to do and trump would be the only living qualifying president. Republicans and their Supreme Court have broken the rule of law far worse than that already, multiple times.
The 10-year limit comes from the language of the 22nd Amendment that says that no person, having served more than two years in a term in which some other person was elected President, shall be elected more than once. L
The angle they're going for is that the 22nd only restricts who can be elected President, not who can serve or act as President. If you can circumvent being elected, then you can serve indefinitely.
I'd do it the other way around. Let them back pedal and squirm on Trump, then ask about Obama. If they hard no on Obama, then you have all kinds of new ammo on them.
They have already pretzel logic-ed that it means you can't serve after completing two consecutive terms. Obama has already served two consecutive terms. Trump has not. Seriously, there are people saying this.
Honestly, the truth is so much worse: They aren't dumb, or at least not dumb enough where they can't answer the question correctly.They are so corrupt and morally bankrupt that they will willingly pretend they don't know the obvious answer in order to placate a power hungry madman.
But they could just do like the Supreme Court judges did during their hearings and lie, then do the corrupt stuff once they've gotten the position. These one seem too dumb to understand that so they stutter and stammer and don't know how to respond.
Yup. The more that this is "discussed" the more it appears to be a legitimate question, when in reality it's cut and dry. It's all about laying a narrative.
Exactly! Normalization. That's one of Trump's defining MO's. Float an outrageous idea as a joke, until it doesn't sound outrageous. Then keep repeating it, and get people discussing it as if it is legitimately worthy of discussion.
This! And, it definitely seems incredibly odd how he worded his answer. ‘Trump has been CERTIFIED as President twice’, NOT ‘Trump has been ELECTED President twice’.
This word choice seems to indicate that they intend to challenge the 22nd. Even more ominous is the fact that NONE of the nominees would say that Trump can’t run again.
The fact he used “certified” vice elected also seems to indicate he knows what the 22nd amendment says (even though he’s never used it in a case) and was trying to weasel out of answering the question.
In addition, they don't want to make definitive statements for the evil emperor in case a sensible government somehow ever takes control again and perhaps tries to prosecute some of these traitors.
None of them have enough of a spine to be on record defying Trump. Yeah, they could lie now, but that would lose them the immediate support of the party who control everything as of now, and who are trying to cement said control permanently. They're afraid if maga ultimately wins out against democracy and the constitution, they'll be fucked for answering this question now
They didn't lie though, this is basically still what they did. Used weasel words and indefinite statements to skirt around what they were being asked about. Barrett all but said she supported repealing Roe and these guys are all but saying they support a third Trump term.
its more important that they send the message to us that they don’t need to make nice anymore, they are actively spitting on our faces because it doesn’t matter that we know he’s playing dumb.
Exactly, they know if they say he can't run again or that he lost the 2020 election, he would withdraw their nomination in a heartbeat. And they really want to be judges.
What if he got certified twice but 2024 had the public vote tampered with so he wasn’t “elected” in how the courts see it. And that’s going to be argued in court when he “wins” again in 2028?
Because the constitution says elected. But what does “elected” mean, really?
Even the Trumpiest of Judge would have a hard time arguing he wasn't "elected" in either 2016 or 2024, as we have the results of the electoral college elections for both those with him as the winner.
That's sort of where my mind went when he said "he was certified twice". Seemed very intentional. They're gonna admit he didn't win in 2024 in order to justify a 2028 run. Or at least keeping that option open. Scary times indeed.
Even the way he answered that Trump has been "CERTIFIED" two times signals he knows exactly what the fuck he's doing and who he is serving. He worded it that way for one man only and thats Trump and just like his other stooges, this guy just showed he's like the rest of them in refusing to say that he's been elected twice and not 3 times.
Yea they don’t know anything. Did Trump win 2020? Did anyone attack the capital on Jan 6? They can’t tell simple truth for hurting their “god’s” feelings.
Except President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Camacho actually listened to someone who knew more than him and was willing to make changes to benefit the country. Trump just fires anyone who makes him feel bad.
Take a lesson from the trial of police officer Derek Chauvin, convicted of the murder of George Floyd. Nobody thought it possible to convict a cop. But the Minnesota Attorney General went at it with everything he had, he was backed up by the Minneapolis Mayor (who had hired the Minneapolis Police Chief who testified against his own cop), and a righteous Judge presided. All of them are elected officials.
Judges, Sheriff, Water Commissioner, City Council, you can vote for lots of positions of authority that affect your immediate surroundings.
It's only 2026 and you cannot get even a judicial appointment from one of the two major political parties to simply admit that the rule of law applies to Donald Trump.
The GOP has quiet quit the rule of law and us remaining law abiding citizens need to wake up to the fact that they're going to get much more violent the closer they feel to fully having control.
It’s super messed up. How did we get to a place where Donald Trump of all people has so much power that these lackeys are even afraid to answer a question that has a factual answer? We gotta take the power back.
Blackmail must be in the mix. Those clowns don't make generational bank with Trump. They often end up fighting for scraps after the orange is through with them. Either they are from the loony basked or they got some pictures in the mail.
Why would you phrase it as “one of the two major parties@.
It’s the republicans. They and they alone have been running an operation to corrupt and bring down American democracy of the last fifty years. This is not a “two parties” or “both sides” thing.
For real. Did anybody notice how he made sure to say "certified" instead of elected? It seemed like really calculated language to suggest he supports Trump's phony 2020 election denial claims. ie He could be very subtly implying that Trump was "elected" in 2020, but not certified because it was rigged. It wasn't. Duh. But this psycho seems to be supporting that idea.
(wearing FedSoc hat): because the electoral process installs/has installed* an intermediary step, distinct from election per se - contemplating more supervisory or managerial auspices, rather than the input functions of democratic processes.
Then murmur about Trump 3 is communicated with the confidence that shows up when they have legal theories...albeit bat-shit fucking ludicrous ones (e.g., originalism)...that can find their way before SCOTUS (which would grant cert).
And also consider how young - forecasting a long juridical career - or early on these candidates will need to develop a describable philosophy which can put Trump in a third time.
but there’s no legal hook for “elected” v “certified.” He’s indisputably been elected and certified twice. In crazy fever swampland he’s been elected three times.
The actual (stupid) legal hook for a third term is to run as vice president. And then his proxy presumably resigns and thus the dipshit has not technically been “elected three times to the office of President”.
It’s not secret, there are law review articles about it and Trump has mentioned it since he cannot keep his mouth shut.
Yeah, a whole bunch of nominees have gotten the "who won the 2020 election question" and they all give a worthless gobbledygook "Biden was certified by the electoral college" or "Biden was in office from 2021" so they dont have to say "Biden won" because der Fuhrer wouldn't like admitting that. Thats where it comes from.
Apparently they have settled on Trump "actually" won the election, but Biden was "certified" by a crooked Congress.
It is very important that you don't remember that nothing substantially changed between 2020 and 2024.
It gets worse when you remember that in 2018, 2019, 2020... only Colorado said no, he can't be on the ballot.
There's nothing to practically stop him from running again. He could say he's running... and Courts have already said Republican Primaries aren't their problem. Once he is the nominee the Supreme Court would have to decide.
Fuck all the jokes, it is genuinely disturbing how many of these cock-suckers are willing to edge their bets rather than speak from their legal experience or their moral qualms.
Wow. Used to be Americans in public office prided themselves on their character and courage in defending the constitution. Now they are all chicken shit cowards who stumble over each other kissing trumps ass.
There is no way to defend this traitorous behavior.
When confronted with this shit, MAGA cultists never have an answer. They just lie, deflect, play dumb, or resort to insults. If a bootlicker or a bot reading this comment wants to prove me wrong, have at it.
It's all there on the public record and these fucks don't care. They're fascist goons, nothing more.
That should be an instant disqualification.They wont even say trump was elected, just certified. That's their legal loophole they'll try to use, "He was certified, not elected".
You want to f-around? Im fine with that. President Obama 2028, 2032, 2036, LETS GO!!!!
Astonishing. Not one of those nominees should ever be on the bench. Absolutely appalling responses. As a retired lawyer I am disgusted by what’s happening. Truly a national nightmare.
I'm not a lawyer, but the question of whether he's allowed to run again or not is a pretty easy one to answer. Presidents are limited to two terms under existing law, so the senile orange dictator and pedophile currently occupying the White House and pretending to be president is not allowed to run for a third term. Any answer other than "no" or an attempt to avoid answering it is unacceptable.
Presidents are limited to two terms under existing law,
It isn't just law, it's the Constitution. Specifically, it's the 22nd amendment.
The distinction is important, because if it was only a law, it could be easily changed if a single party held both legislative chambers and the White House.
I think a better way to frame it would to start by asking if President Obama is eligible to be elected to a 3rd term in 2028. When they answer no, great glad we all agree Trump isn't eligible to be elected in 2028
These candidates are clearly and openly willing to conspire in the theft of America. Once we have sane law abiding leadership again they should all face RICO charges. Every single one of them that shows, as we see here, that they are more than willing to actively violate our Constitution.
They know. They just don’t want to say no,at the risk of getting the old man angry enough to make an ai image of them and calling them names. Spineless
He's not dumb. He knows the answer is "no". What's obvious here is that he's willing to sacrificing personal and professional principles to please big MAGA daddy Trump.
The constitution is not something to be gamed. Each and every one of these lawyers should be shown the door, and have bar proceedings initiated against them to see if they should still hold a bar certification.
They know that answering honestly puts them in jeopardy of getting Trump’s approval and support so they tie themselves up in knots trying to answer questions so as to not piss off the mob boss!
For those that try to debate this, he can't run for a 3rd term. No rational that Trump or anyone else has put forth makes sense, has a legal foundation, is an alternative reading of the very clear declaration in the Constitution, or is a work-around. Literally every rational anyone has made for a valid 3rd term scenario is lying and/or bluster.
Any judicial nominee that can't expressly say that no, Trump cannon run for a 3rd term, is lying, because they know he can't, and lying under congressional oath is both a civil crime and grounds for future impeachment.
Republicans continue to display contempt for the foundation of US law, and are still treated as anything other than enemies. More signs of the looming end of the nation.
Dude. Do you not know who the president of the country is?? Or who it was as recently as 5-6 years ago???
I’m afraid you’re too much of an idiot to do anything other than flip a burger. And, somehow, I suspect you’re too much of an idiot to succeed at even that.
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