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LetMyPeopleVote

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13. This would not run afoul of the 12th Amendment or the 22nd Amendment

Reply to TxGuitar (Reply #12)

Mon Mar 31, 2025, 01:09 PM

Mar 31

Another alternative is for the GOP to run two nobodies for POTUS and VP and then win the House. The speaker of the House does not have to be a member of the House. trump can be elected Speaker and then the POTUS and VP resign. Again this is unlikely but is possible

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How about this? TxGuitar Mar 31 #12

This would not run afoul of the 12th Amendment or the 22nd Amendment LetMyPeopleVote Mar 31 #13

I also doubt that trump will ge around for a third term LetMyPeopleVote Mar 31 #14