Some of you reading this today are panicking, some celebrating over President Donald Trump’s recently tossed off comment that he might run for a third term.
He wasn’t serious before when he said it, you might say, but this time he is.
Well, let’s consider. We still don’t believe Trump is serious — he’d be 86 when he left office in 2033 (hello, Joe Biden) — but let’s say he is. And let’s say he wants to take the proper constitutional route. A stretch, we know, but bear with us.
The first hurdle, either to revoke the 22nd Amendment or create the 28th Amendment (just for presidents serving nonconsecutive terms, as proposed by U.S. Andy Ogles, R-Tennessee), is to pass a bill by a two-thirds majority in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate.
Two-thirds of the Senate is 67 members. Republicans currently have 53 members. They need 14 Democratic turncoats. Who’s your money on? John Fetterman? Jon Ossoff? Raphael Warnock? C’mon.