One of President Donald Trump's top allies in Congress introduced a resolution Thursday night granting the commander-in-chief a third term.
Representative Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) is pushing a new constitutional amendment that would limit presidential terms to three terms and two consecutive four-year terms.
The amendment states: “No person shall be elected to the office of President more than three times or for any additional term after being elected to the office of President for two consecutive terms; No person shall hold the office of President if he or she has held the office of President. A person must be elected to the office of president more than once during a term of office that exceeds two years during which another person would have been elected president. ”
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Congressman Andy Ogles has introduced a bill that could allow President Trump a third term. (Getty Images)
The 22nd Amendment to the Constitution, ratified in 1951, prohibits a person from serving as president for more than two terms.
The bill was passed by Congress in 1947 after Franklin Delano Roosevelt won four terms in the White House. Roosevelt died the year after he was elected to his fourth presidential term in 1944.
But in a statement released to the media on Thursday, Ogles said Trump “has proven to be the only figure in modern history who can reverse our nation's decline and bring America back to greatness.” and should be given the time necessary to achieve that goal.” ”
President Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected to four terms. (New York Daily News Archive via Getty Images)
“To that end, I am proposing a constitutional amendment that would amend the limits placed on presidential terms by the 22nd Amendment,” Ogles said. “This amendment will allow President Trump to serve a third term and maintain the bold leadership our country so desperately needs.”
President Trump made comments about House Republicans seeking a third term in a private speech late last year, but multiple people who attended the event told Fox News Digital that the then-president-elect was joking. spoke.
Earlier this month, Mr. Ogles announced a bill that would give him authority to enter into negotiations to purchase Greenland, after Mr. Trump expressed interest in purchasing Greenland.
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“Joe Biden has seriously damaged our reputation over the past four years, but even before President Trump took office, he was telling the world that America First is back. America’s economic and security interests can no longer take a backseat. “Help President Trump serve the American people,” Ogles told Fox News Digital at the time.
