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.
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.