2025-02-23 21:41:56

Republican says he wouldn’t back unconstitutional third Trump term

Oklahoma’s Markwayne Mullin says he would not change constitution ‘unless the American people chose to do that’A conservative lawmaker poured cold water on extremist Republican fantasies that Donald Trump could find a way to run for an unconstitutional third presidential term, saying he would not support that barring an amendment to the US constitution that would legalize it.Asked Sunday on NBC’s Meet the Press about Trump’s boasts that he might just stay in the Oval Office after his second presidency ends in 2028, the Republican US senator Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma said: “No, I’m not changing the constitution, first of all, unless the American people chose to do that.” Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/23/markwayne-mullin-trump-third-term-constitution

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