Claim Check · Elections
“He has 'the right to run again' for president, potentially seeking a third term.”
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Donald Trump does not have the constitutional right to run for a third presidential term, as the 22nd Amendment explicitly prohibits it.
According to reporting from The Guardian, Newsweek, and The Mirror US, Donald Trump claimed at a campaign rally in Iowa that he has the 'right to run again' for president. However, all three publishers note that the 22nd Amendment of the U.S. Constitution unequivocally bars anyone from being elected president for a third term. While Trump argued he was entitled to seek another term due to unproven claims about the 2020 election, the excerpts confirm that the Constitution provides no such right.
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