Yeah, a Constitutional Amendment is a bit of a stretch even for Trump, given how wide the party divide is.
According to Ballotpedia, Republicans have 21 trifectas now, with 4 more "likely"/"possible"/"tossup" trifectas possible. If they hold onto all of their current trifectas AND gain all of the red/"tossup" new trifectas predicted this cycle, they would still need to earn 13 new trifectas in 2022 to have a Constitutional Supermajority. https://ballotpedia.org/Trifecta_vulnerability_in_the_2020_elections
Either way, an easier option than "challenging the 22nd amendment for a VP run" would be "just have Mike Pence run as Prez while one of his kids (most likely DJT Jr., since he's the oldest) runs as Pence's VP, so that Pence gets his time to shine and Trump's kids get some more on-the-job experience."
They say it only says “elected” and imply what if he’s not elected technically, but literally several non elected qualifiers immediately follow the elected restriction...
“elected to the office of the president, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President”
22nd amendment only restricts a person from being elected to the Office of the President more than 2 times, it does not affect their eligibility for being/acting as President or Vice President. Therefore, it also doesn't affect their eligibility for being elected to the Office of the Vice President.
There are still many ways to be president without being elected constitutionally.
GOP nominates placeholder A and B for POTUS and VP. President A resigns after election. New President B nominates Trump to be VP and resigns. Senate and House confirm new VP (Trump) without election. President B Resigns. Trump becomes President again.
Trump runs for Congress. Elected as Speaker of the House. Current President & VP resign, he's President again.
Contingent election. Senate gets to pick VP. Elects Trump as VP (not POTUS). House elects placeholder POTUS who then resigns. Trump is President again.
These scenarios don't involve elections to the Office of the President directly.
I think the wording ambiguity (election vs eligibility) is pretty obvious and only the SCOTUS can decide on whether a former President can run as VP or not.
You aren't getting 38 states with Republican trifectas anytime soon though.
I'd like to see Trump run as VP and challenge the 22nd amendment wording.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/former-president-becomes-vice-president/
Yeah, a Constitutional Amendment is a bit of a stretch even for Trump, given how wide the party divide is.
According to Ballotpedia, Republicans have 21 trifectas now, with 4 more "likely"/"possible"/"tossup" trifectas possible. If they hold onto all of their current trifectas AND gain all of the red/"tossup" new trifectas predicted this cycle, they would still need to earn 13 new trifectas in 2022 to have a Constitutional Supermajority. https://ballotpedia.org/Trifecta_vulnerability_in_the_2020_elections
Either way, an easier option than "challenging the 22nd amendment for a VP run" would be "just have Mike Pence run as Prez while one of his kids (most likely DJT Jr., since he's the oldest) runs as Pence's VP, so that Pence gets his time to shine and Trump's kids get some more on-the-job experience."
"No your're a trifecta! I mean a towel!" -Towlie (from south park)
That Snopes article is stupid lol
They say it only says “elected” and imply what if he’s not elected technically, but literally several non elected qualifiers immediately follow the elected restriction...
“elected to the office of the president, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President”
22nd amendment only restricts a person from being elected to the Office of the President more than 2 times, it does not affect their eligibility for being/acting as President or Vice President. Therefore, it also doesn't affect their eligibility for being elected to the Office of the Vice President.
There are still many ways to be president without being elected constitutionally.
GOP nominates placeholder A and B for POTUS and VP. President A resigns after election. New President B nominates Trump to be VP and resigns. Senate and House confirm new VP (Trump) without election. President B Resigns. Trump becomes President again.
Trump runs for Congress. Elected as Speaker of the House. Current President & VP resign, he's President again.
Contingent election. Senate gets to pick VP. Elects Trump as VP (not POTUS). House elects placeholder POTUS who then resigns. Trump is President again.
These scenarios don't involve elections to the Office of the President directly.
I think the wording ambiguity (election vs eligibility) is pretty obvious and only the SCOTUS can decide on whether a former President can run as VP or not.