A House Democrat wants to introduce a resolution stating that Donald Trump cannot serve a third term as president.
The 22nd Amendment already states that presidents can only be elected twice, but that’s not enough for Rep. Dan Goldman, New York Democrat, who plans to file the resolution Thursday.
According to NBC News, which obtained a copy of the resolution Wednesday, it states that the 22nd Amendment “applies to two terms in the aggregate as President of the United States” and reaffirms that it “applies to President-elect Trump.”
The resolution also cites a number of times where Mr. Trump, widely known as a trolling jokester, said that he might serve another term or install himself as a dictator.
For example, coming out of the House Republican Conference on Wednesday, he joked “I suspect I won’t be running again unless you say, ’He’s so good, we’ve got to figure something else.’”
The 22nd Amendment already limits presidents to two terms, regardless of consecutive or not. It states “no person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice.”
The resolution might have a hard time coming to a vote, because Republicans control the House. But he could, NBC News reported, introduce it as a “privileged resolution” that would require a vote.
