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You must have missed the 60's and 70's. It sounds like that guy did too.


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Originally Posted By: 40YEARSWAITING
Democrats running through the streets, looting and burning while their Democrat leaders look the other way?

Biden's answer is to train police to shoot 'em in the legs?

And you guys think you have a chance in the upcoming election?

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can't make this stuff up!


Easily, there is a chance for Biden to win this upcoming election, which seems like another Clinton v Trump bout. But when Trump would rather take personal shots at the Cuomo brothers on twitter instead of addressing more important issues, comments like this could easily carry over to the election, especially for independent voters like myself. Unfortunately for Trump, this isn't the first time.





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Originally Posted By: 40YEARSWAITING
Democrats running through the streets, looting and burning while their Democrat leaders look the other way?

Biden's answer is to train police to shoot 'em in the legs?

And you guys think you have a chance in the upcoming election?

rofl

can't make this stuff up!


So you think every protester is a democrat? You think black republicans aren't outraged by the video of cops killing a handcuffed man, slowly watching the life drain from him while he called out to his dead mama?

You're so woke...

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So you think every protester is a democrat?

Naaaaahhhhhhhhhh- but he couldn't resist spreading and layering on just a little more hate. He knows hate and division is the only way Trump gets re-elected, so he is gearing up for the long haul between now and Nov.


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The mail-in voting thread is locked so I am putting this here. Perhaps we should be more worried about voter fraud than we are. Explains how Trump knows about all the voter fraud going on that we don't.

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As They Scream Voter Fraud, Trump And His Press Secretary May Have Voted Illegally

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WASHINGTON – Even as they both attack the idea of voting by mail, President Donald Trump and his new press secretary may have voted by mail illegally, using residential addresses on their registrations that were not their residences.

Kayleigh McEnany cast Florida ballots in 2018 using her parents’ address in Tampa, even though she lived in Washington, D.C., and held a New Jersey driver’s license. Trump cast a Florida ballot this year using a business address in Palm Beach, where he had promised the town government he would not live.

“If Florida is not really your primary residence, than it’s inappropriate for you to be registered as a voter in Florida,” said Ciara Torres-Spelliscy, a fellow at the Brennan Center and a professor at Stetson University in Florida.

McEnany did not respond to HuffPost queries about either her or her boss’s voter registration discrepancies. Providing false information on a registration in Florida is a felony punishable by up to five years in state prison.

Trump made a show of moving to Florida last year and used the state’s vote-by-mail option to cast his ballot in the March presidential primary. He registered to vote using his Mar-a-Lago resort as the “address where you live” – even though he signed an agreement with the town of Palm Beach nearly three decades ago promising that it would not be used as a private residence.

“It’s illegal,” Reginald Stambaugh, a Palm Beach County lawyer involved in a dispute over a dock Trump recently tried to build at Mar-a-Lago, said of Trump’s voter registration.

Trump tried to claim 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., the location of the White House in Washington, as his legal residence on Sept. 27, 2019, but that registration was rejected by Palm Beach County elections officials. His revised form filed a month later gives the Mar-a-Lago address. Both require a signature affirming that the information provided is true. (Trump confused matters further this week when he declared on a conference call with governors: “I live in Manhattan.”)

Under the Aug. 10, 1993, agreement with Palm Beach, first reported by The Washington Post, Trump received permission to turn the estate he had bought in 1985 into a social club, but only after promising it would not be used as a residence. The agreement specified that the club could not have any more than 10 guest suites, that they could not be advertised or available to the public, and could not permit its members to use them more than 21 days in a given year.

“The use of guest suites shall be limited to a maximum of three (3) non-consecutive seven (7) day periods by any one member during the year,” the agreement states.

Florida law does not allow a place of business, including a social club, to be used as a residence for the purpose of registering to vote.

“I think he just forgot what he promised,” Stambaugh said. “Now it’s incumbent on the town of Palm Beach and the people of the state of Florida to remind him that Mar-a-Lago is not the appropriate residence for him to vote.”

Palm Beach Town Manager Kirk Blouin said he was not familiar with the agreement and referred questions to the town attorney, who did not respond to HuffPost queries.

Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Wendy Sartory Link also did not respond to queries about Trump’s voter registration and the ballot he cast in the March presidential primary.

Typically, Florida elections officials reject registrations that use addresses in areas that are zoned for commercial establishments. Mar-a-Lago’s zoning, however, is “large estate residential.” It was given a “special exception use” in 1993 that turned it into a commercial enterprise ― a designation not visible on zoning maps.

McEnany voted in both the 2018 primary and general elections in Florida using her parents’ waterfront address in Tampa as her legal residence rather than the house she and her husband bought in 2017, located a mile and half away ― all while living and working in Washington as a full-time employee of the Republican National Committee.

At the time, McEnany’s driver’s license and car registration showed an address in Edgewater, New Jersey. Those documents can only be obtained by proving residency in that state, according to the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission website.

Florida law states that registered voters must be “Florida residents,” and one of the documents that can be provided as proof is a Florida driver’s license.

In August 2019, McEnany gave an interview to a Tampa radio station stating that she worked in Washington, but traveled to Tampa “pretty much every weekend.”

In November 2019, according to Hillsborough County records, she changed her legal residence from her parents’ address to that of her own house. It’s unclear how much time she has spent there since.

In February 2019, McEnany left the RNC to join the Trump campaign, headquartered across the Potomac River in Arlington, Virginia, and was working there in March when she voted by mail in Florida’s presidential primary. She joined the White House in April as Trump’s fourth press secretary in as many years.

Through all those years, McEnany has repeated Trump’s false claims of rampant voter fraud and accusations that Democrats want undocumented immigrants to vote, and, most recently, that mail ballots increase fraud.

“They are subject to fraud, and that is extremely troubling,” she said last week from the White House briefing room.

McEnany defended her own choice to vote using mail ballots because she was not in Florida at the time, but did not address why she did not vote in places where she happened to be living.

“Absentee voting has the word absent in it for a reason. It means you’re absent from the jurisdiction or unable to vote in person,” McEnany last month told the Tampa Bay Times, which first reported her extensive use of mail ballots through the years. “President Trump is against the Democrat plan to politicize the coronavirus and expand mass mail-in voting without a reason, which has a high propensity for voter fraud. This is a simple distinction that the media fails to grasp.”

Daniel Smith, a voting rights expert at the University of Florida, said McEnany’s statements about voting are filled with hypocrisy.

“Florida doesn’t have absentee voting, we have vote by mail,” Smith said. “We don’t use the term absentee. One does not need to have an excuse or be absent to vote by mail. So it’s not just for people like her who may be temporarily out of Florida.”

Trump and McEnany are not the only White House officials attacking mail voting while using it themselves. Top aide Kellyanne Conway ― who last month said that if people could wait in line an hour to buy designer cupcakes, they should also be able to wait in line to vote ― nevertheless cast her own New Jersey ballot in the 2018 midterm by mail.


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Wouldn't be th first time.

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Talk about alternate realities, this is a southern black democrat for Trump... smh


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The gov. Cuomo put covid positive patients in nursing homes putting thousands in danger of dying when he had other places to put them ,didnt control the influx of covid ridden Europeans to his state, His brother the hothead was out when he was supposed to be self-quarantined FYI, but I admit his tweeting is kinda raw

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Republicans fear Trump may cost them Senate

Senate Republicans are feeling high anxiety over President Trump’s aggressive response to nationwide civil unrest, which they fear is alienating middle-of-the-road voters who are crucial to keeping their majority after Nov. 3.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) declared at the beginning of the election cycle that winning over college graduates and women in the suburbs would be key to retaining the Senate majority in 2020.

With the election five months away, Senate Republicans worry that Trump is blowing up that strategy with his laser-like focus on his base instead of swing voters.

“The last week and a half has certainly raised the level of angst over the politics of the presidential race and consequences on the Senate. I think it’s just kind of become one thing after another. Initially the handling of COVID and now this,” said a Republican senator who requested anonymity to discuss conversations with GOP colleagues.

GOP senators were already nervous about keeping their majority because of the administration’s slow response to the coronavirus crisis and several Trump gaffes, including his advice that ingesting disinfectant could treat COVID-19.

“There are a lot of people in the middle that are looking for calmness,” said a second GOP senator who asked for anonymity to voice concerns about Trump’s recent performance. “It’s the tone and the words he’s using that I think might harm us back home.”

The first GOP lawmaker said concerns about Trump’s performance are never raised in conference-wide meetings but that senators do talk about it in one-on-one conversations.

“The things that have happened in the past week seems like they’ve really captured not just people’s attention but their emotion, their sense of wellbeing,” added the senator, who also noted an opinion piece this week by the conservative writer George Will.

Will, a Washington Post columnist, wrote that Trump “must be removed” and “voters must dispatch his congressional enablers, especially the senators who gambol around his ankles with a canine hunger for petting.”

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) on Thursday sharply rebuked the president by praising an excoriating critique of his leadership by former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis as “true and honest and necessary and overdue.”

She suggested it might give other Republicans courage to break with the president and call out his controversial behavior.

“Perhaps we're getting to the point where we can be more honest with the concerns we might hold internally and have the courage of our convictions to speak up,” she said.

Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) acknowledged there is anxiety about the upcoming election among fellow Republican senators.

“Any type of major crises like these probably never create great opportunities for incumbents,” he said of the coronavirus pandemic and the wave of protests and riots.

“There’s a lot of anxiety as people get closer to an election. It’s an election where the numbers don’t add up great for Republicans,” he said, noting that Senate Republicans have to defend 23 seats while Democrats only have to protect 12.

A Reuters/Ipsos poll of 1,113 adults conducted Monday and Tuesday showed that 55 percent of Americans disapproved of Trump’s handling of the protests while independents also voiced majority disapproval of his response.

But Cramer said it’s not likely that Trump is going to change his style between now and the election.

“It’s hard to not be who you are. He’s being who he is. It’s got him there, it’s what got him to this point,” he said. “He has defied [polls] historically."

State battleground polls are showing some alarming developments for Republicans.

A Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday showed Trump in a statistical tie with former Vice President Joe Biden, barely leading the presumptive Democratic nominee 44 percent to 43 percent, within the survey’s 2.9 percentage point margin of error.

That’s certain to capture the attention of Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) who is up for reelection to a fourth term.

Three Fox News polls released Wednesday also showed Trump trailing Biden in Ohio, Wisconsin and Arizona, where Sen. Martha McSally (R-Ariz.) now faces an uphill battle to reelection.

Trump caught a big break on Friday, however, when the Labor Department reported the economy unexpectedly created 2.5 million jobs in May, the biggest one-month job increase in recent U.S. history.

The president called it “a stupendous number” and a “joyous” development.

Trump seems convinced that the key to winning in November is to rev up and mobilize the base and that whichever party does the best job turning out its voters will win. During a recent lunch meeting with Senate Republicans he touted polling showing that Republican voters are more enthusiastic about voting for him than Democrats are voting for Biden.

But McConnell last year identified swing voters, particularly college graduates and women, in the suburbs as the key to extending the GOP majority into 2021.

McConnell said last year that Republicans lost control of the House in the 2018 midterm election because “we got crushed in the suburbs.”

“We lost college graduates and women in the suburbs, which led in the House to loses in suburban Kansas City; Oklahoma City; Houston; Dallas; Atlanta; Charleston, South Carolina,” the GOP leader said. “We’re determined not to lose women, certainly not by 19 points, and college graduates in our Senate races. And I don’t think we will.”

Some Republican senators are worried that if Trump doesn’t rein in his tendency to lash out on Twitter and other informal remarks, they may see a reprise of the 2018 blue wave but in Senate races.

The president’s warning that “when the looting starts, the shooting starts,” his threat to unleash “vicious dogs” on anyone who trespasses onto White House grounds, his forcible removal of peaceful protesters in order to pose with a bible in front of St. John’s Episcopal Church may stoke Trump’s core supporters but they’re alienating independents, GOP senators warn.

Republican senators in recent weeks say publicly and privately that Trump needs to help heal the nation and complain that some of his actions are doing the opposite.

Senate Majority Whip John Thune (R-S.D.) on Monday said Trump’s tweets were “not helpful” and urged “it’s important to respond in a calm way.”

“He needs to strike a tone I think that fits the level of frustration the country is experiencing right now and I hope in the future he’ll do that,” he told reporters.

About two hours after Thune made that statement, Trump participated in a photo-op that ratcheted up tensions even further after U.S. Park Police and National Guard troops used tear gas to disperse a peaceful crowd assembled in front of the White House.

That prompted Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), who is in a toss-up race for reelection in a state that Hillary Clinton won in 2016, to rebuke the president’s actions as “unsympathetic” and “insensitive.”

“It was painful to watch peaceful protesters be subjected to tear gas in order for the president to go across the street to a church that I believe he’s attended only once,” she said.

Other GOP senators were also shocked but kept their reactions to themselves.

One Republican senator described colleagues as “aghast.”

“Why does the president insist on self-inflicted wounds?” the lawmaker asked.

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/501417-republicans-fear-trump-may-cost-them-senate

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“The things that have happened in the past week seems like they’ve really captured not just people’s attention but their emotion, their sense of wellbeing,” added the senator, who also noted an opinion piece this week by the conservative writer George Will.

Will, a Washington Post columnist, wrote that Trump “must be removed” and “voters must dispatch his congressional enablers, especially the senators who gambol around his ankles with a canine hunger for petting.

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I have read George Will for decades now. He's a real joy. Even when I disagree with his POV, premise, observations and conclusions, it's still a blast to read the product of a true wordsmith. That line I just bolded in the quote box... it's prose that reads like poetry. I got deep respect for anybody who brings that much game to the floor every day. Man works his craft like a hobby.

I rather enjoy reading an op-ed that requires me to resource dictionary.dot.com on a weekly basis. Dude's a walking thesaurus, and reading him wakes my brain up.

But that's not all. The absolute kicker is this: he is exactly the same in live interviews. This stuff flows off his tongue like water over Niagara Falls.


In an interview I saw, Will was asked why GOP Senators kept silent during some of 45's more egregious moments. His answer was:


"Because they are invertebrate."

No 's' on the end.
An 's' turns the word into a plural noun. He meant to paint them with an adjective. He said exactly what he meant to say.

He could have used the word spineless, but invertebrate is an order of magnitude cooler, and about as opposite of Trumpp as he could get.

Game on top of game.

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As a soul who has great respect for the written word. I could not agree more.

Like you I do not always agree with his POV. However, he is a joy to read or listen too.

In addition to George's political wit he is a avid and knowledgeable baseball fan.

For a long time I have felt George would make a great commissioner. We share great admiration for the game of Greg Maddux.

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Powell 'cannot in any way support' Trump, will vote for Biden

https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk...-vote-for-biden

Yea, trump is losing support of the military by the day. Yikes.

And also, good.


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Came here to post that very thing. Cue the Powell bashing.

Anyone see how unhinged Trump is right now - a 200+ twitter day yesterday I think..... record before that was in the 140's. Unhinged and unraveling before our eyes.


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Donald J. Trump announced his endorsement for Lady G today!


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I was reading about that the last few days...

I'm all for not outing people, yet I read a lot in the LGBTQ+ community are on-board in the case of Lady G due to the damaging legislation they've voted for.

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John Bolton Aims To Publish Tell-All White House Memoir In June: Report

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Former national security adviser John Bolton plans to publish a tell-all memoir of his days in the Trump administration on June 23 — even though the White House hasn’t yet signed off on it, sources told The Washington Post.

Bolton is already talking to TV networks to line up interviews to promote the book that could blow the lid off the administration, titled “The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir,” according to the Post.

Bolton plans to go ahead with publication whether he gets formal approval from the Trump administration — or not, sources told the newspaper, which described the hefty (592-page) book as “scathing,” “caustic” and “unvarnished.”

Bolton served as national security adviser before he was fired from April 2018 to early September 2019. He held the post when President Donald Trump pressured Ukraine in a July phone call last year to launch an investigation into his political rival Joe Biden. Trump was holding up military aid to the country at the time. The incident led to Trump’s impeachment.

Bolton has indicated he details Trump’s dealings with Ukraine in the book. He was asked in February during an appearance at Duke University if Trump’s call with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky was “perfect,” as Trump has repeatedly claimed. Bolton responded: “You’ll love Chapter 14″ — though he refrained from offering any details. At that point, the book was slated to be published in mid-March.

Bolton has complained that the Trump administration officials have “suppressed” publication of his book for months amid a review process of possibly classified information by the National Security Council, the Post noted. Trump has privately called Bolton a “traitor” for writing the memoir and wants publication blocked, claiming all conversations he had with Bolton about national security are classified.

“I give the guy a break. I give him a job. And then he turns on me,” Trump told during national TV anchors during a lunch in the West Wing in February, the Post reported then. “He’s just making things up.”

https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/john-bolton-tell-all-memoir-june-publication-030539712.html


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It does not surprise me that the GOP establishment is not supporting President Trump because they are siding with ideas of globalism instead of “Americanism.”

After all, this is the Swamp.

This is about Americanism versus globalism. What is best for the American family versus what is best for the political ruling elite class.

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This is about Americanism versus globalism. What is best for the American family versus what is best for the political ruling elite class.

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WOW. You may actually believe that. That's hilarious. You think Trump gives a damn about the American Family. That might be the funniest thing I ever read at Dawg Talkers. Bless your heart.


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You only actually have one main theme. It's everybody else and never the fault of Trump. That crap don't wash with sane people.


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A whole host of the country's leading military leaders come out and say point blank that trump is violating the Constitution.

And this the drool coming from you?

A guy who's entire life has been based upon quid pro quo.

A man who started lying since he took office and has not stopped.

" I will provide my tax records." Where are are they? It matters. Because you can bet he didn't pay much if at all.
You must have heard him brag about avoiding taxes. But of course for you it does not matter.

Ruling class elite? And what is trump exactly?

A poor black man who rose to the upper class on his own merits?

Daddy's $$$

A fraud and incompetent person of low IQ.

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Oh he was lying long before he was elected president. Don't you remember? He was one of the loudest voices promoting the birther movement. He claimed Trump was a Muslim born in Kenya. And what did those lies get him? It got him elected president by those who don't care what a piece of scum he is.


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His entire life as been a crafted lie.

Like saying his father "loaned" him a million dollars. When in fact he was gifted or payed as employee of his father since he was like six. Then he and his siblings split half a billion from daddy's real estate holdings after splitting 20 million inheritance.

Research into his background is not difficult. Bankruptcies etc.

Truth has been taboo his entire life.

A man with the integrity of Colin Powell comes out and says he constantly lies.

Not hard to figure who is truthful.

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One of my favorite factoids about Trump and how his supporters talk about how he is an uber successful business man ... when the reality is he would have been worth more today if he had simply taken his inheritance and daddy gifts and invested them into the market.


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There is that and the idea that he is somehow for the common man, like miners etc.

Most likely 99% of those who voted for him would not be allowed to cross the threshold of any of his properties.

Phrases like drain the swamp. He is the swamp. His living has been based upon quid pro quo.

what a sad joke.

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Powell 'cannot in any way support' Trump, will vote for Biden

https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk...-vote-for-biden

Yea, trump is losing support of the military by the day. Yikes.

And also, good.






This is time well-spent.
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Biden seeks running mate who's "ready to be president on day one"
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As he considers who to pick to be his running mate, Joe Biden says he's looking for someone who is "ready to be president on day one." Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, made the comment in an interview with "CBS Evening News" anchor and managing editor Norah O'Donnell.

The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee said the events across the country over the last two weeks haven't necessarily affected how he'll pick his running mate or who it will be, but they have given him a "greater focus and urgency on the need" to select a person who is "totally simpatico" with him philosophically. Still, the former vice president said he wants someone who's also comfortable enough with him to argue with him privately when they disagree. Biden has publicly committed to selecting a woman for the job and hopes to announce his decision by early August.

"It's really important that whomever you pick as a vice president agrees with you in terms of your philosophy of government and agrees with you on the systemic things that you wanna change," Biden told O'Donnell. "And is, in fact, going to be able to be someone who is not at all intimidated by the president, not at all intimidated walkin' in the White House. And is going to be prepared to give their unvarnished opinion and be able to privately argue with the president if they disagree. I want someone strong. I want someone strong, and someone who can — who is ready to be president on day one."

Which women could be Biden's running mate?

As people across the country speak out over the death of George Floyd, the presumptive nominee said there is "absolutely" systemic racism in law enforcement, but not just in law enforcement.

"It's in housing, it's in education, and it's in everything we do. It's real. It's genuine. It's serious," Biden said. "Look, not all law enforcement officers are racist; my lord, there are some really good, good cops out there. But the way in which it works right now is we've seen too many examples of it."

Watch more of O'Donnell's exclusive interview with Biden in Tuesday's CBS News primetime special, Justice for All, airing at 10 p.m. ET/PT on CBS and CBSN.

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I posted the above article, not because I found it very interesting (honestly it was pretty dull and didn't provide any new information) but the headline raised a question to me:

Let's say Biden gets elected. After his 1st year is complete, he retires. The Vice President takes over. Let's say that VP now President did a good enough job to be re-elected.

After 4 more years, can that VP run for President again?
They had only been elected to President once.
They had not completed 2 full terms as President
But they did have 2 terms.

Anyone know the answer?

I would have had the same question if Trump had been removed from office following his impeachment. Would Pence have been able to be President for a max of 6 years or 10?


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22 amendment

Two-Term Limit on Presidency
Passed by Congress March 21, 1947. Ratified February 27, 1951
Section 1
No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of President more than once. But this Article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President when this Article was proposed by Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the term within which this Article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting as President during the remainder of such term.

The answer is 10 years max


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As I understand it, yes they can. They can serve two full terms and the partial term where they take over would not count against that.

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Trump administration ends ban on killing Alaska bear cubs, wolf pups

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Yereth Rosen
,Reuters•June 9, 2020


ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - The Trump administration on Tuesday overturned an Obama-era rule that barred hunters in Alaska national preserves from baiting bear traps or killing denning bear cubs and wolf pups or other practices that have been condemned by environmental and wildlife protection groups.Under the new National Park Service rule, effective July 9, hunting on natural preserves in Alaska will be controlled by the state, which allows baiting of brown and black bears; hunting of denning black bears with artificial light, killing of denning wolves and coyotes, hunting of swimming caribou and hunting of caribou from motorboats.

The Obama administration had banned all those practices in National Parks.

The change stems from 2017 orders issued by then-Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to provide greater recreational access for hunting and fishing in Alaksa, National Park Service spokesman Peter Christian said, acknowledging that the rule-change was unpopular.

“I would say the vast majority of people did believe this was a controversial move and were almost entirely opposed to us lifting the ban,” he said.

"The Trump administration has shockingly reached a new low in its treatment of wildlife. Allowing the killing of bear cubs and wolf pups in their dens is barbaric and inhumane. The proposed regulations cast aside a primary purpose of national preserves to conserve wildlife and wild places," Jamie Rappaport Clark, president of Defenders of Wildlife, said in a written statement.

State officials said the Obama-era rule was wrongheaded.

“From our perspective, the Park Service was infringing on our territory,” said Eddie Grasser, director of wildlife management for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, adding that some of the hunting practices now allowed in national preserves are part of indigenous culture.

Those practices are used by only a small number of people in a few places, Grasser said.

Another pending Trump administration rule, expected to be released on Wednesday, would overturn similar restrictions in Kenai National Wildlife Refuge.


https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-ends-ban-killing-214056332.html


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I just don’t get trump. Anything that incites outrage, violence, and protesting. Then on to the next citation. What a pos.


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Men imitate George Floyd's killing during Black Lives Matter protest in New Jersey

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FRANKLINVILLE, New Jersey (WPVI) -- Peaceful Black Lives Matter protesters said they were met with insults and offensive displays while marching through Franklinville, New Jersey on Monday.

As Russell Sampson marched in a peaceful protest in his hometown of Franklinville, he captured a video of man kneeling on the back of another's neck; imitating the way in which George Floyd was killed.

"That was a real person, yes. That was willing to get down and show such hate," said Sampson.

Monday's peaceful Black Lives Matter Protest was organized by Daryan Fennal. While it wasn't a large gathering, it made an impact especially online.

"What goes viral is all the negativity, like this video that came out and is shared thousands of times. I want to share that ultimately the intentions were pure and we were all about unity," says Daryan Fennal.

One of the men participating in the counter protest is a New Jersey Department of Corrections Officer.

The NJDOC has since suspended the officer pending investigation and released this statement:

"We have been made aware that one of our officers from Bayside State Prison participated in the filming of a hateful and disappointing video that mocked the killing of George Floyd. The individual has been suspended from their post and banned from NJDOC facilities pending a thorough and expedited investigation."

Sampson says it's another reason why speaking up, marching and protesting is essential.

"With this individual being a corrections officer, he's facilitating over other minorities and prisoners who are minorities. So, we can only imagine what type of injustice they may be facing every day. That they can not speak on. We need to be their voice," said Sampson.

FedEx has identified one of their employees was also involved in the video. They have also been suspended pending investigation.

FedEx releasing this statement:

"The behavior depicted in the video, which involved a FedEx employee, is appalling and offensive. The employee in question was immediately removed from all FedEx work duties while our investigation is concluded and all internal procedures are followed. A diverse and inclusive workforce is at the heart of our business, and we stand with those who support justice and equality."

There is another Black Lives Matter protest scheduled in Franklinville on Saturday at 11 a.m.

Action News made several attempts to reach the counter protesters seen in the video but has not received a response.

https://6abc.com/society/men-imitate-geo...rotest/6239634/

Imagine that, Trump supporters acting like racists...

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That effing turns my stomach. Anytime he can reverse an Obama policy no matter what it is. It is personal to him as revenge for being embarrassed by Obama at a dinner when he was made fun of about his birther claim
regarding Obama. What a small petty man.

Meanwhile his crapbag son spends $75k dollars in tax payer money for his security so he can kill endangered goats in Mongolia.

Disgusting. Nothing has meaning to him. No empathy.

After weeks of people in the streets protesting the murder of George Floyd on the day of his burial. trump tries to take back the headlines with his tweets how the senior citizen in Buffalo is a Antifa agitator.

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As I understand it, yes they can. They can serve two full terms and the partial term where they take over would not count against that.


Someone can only serve 2 terms. Whether or not the time served when they went from VP to pres counts as a term depends on how long they served. If it was over 2 years, it counts as a term and they can only be elected one more time.


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As I understand it, yes they can. They can serve two full terms and the partial term where they take over would not count against that.


Someone can only serve 2 terms. Whether or not the time served when they went from VP to pres counts as a term depends on how long they served. If it was over 2 years, it counts as a term and they can only be elected one more time.


If elected, Biden should resign after serving 2 years and 1 day. Then his VP candidate can finish his term and run for President as the incumbent which is a big advantage. That person would then be able to run again 4 years later.


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The question would be why would Biden agree to this? I don't get the feeling that Biden actually wants to be President. I think he would much rather ride off into retirement but was convinced to run because the DNC didn't think any of the other candidates would beat Trump.


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As I understand it, yes they can. They can serve two full terms and the partial term where they take over would not count against that.


Someone can only serve 2 terms. Whether or not the time served when they went from VP to pres counts as a term depends on how long they served. If it was over 2 years, it counts as a term and they can only be elected one more time.


If elected, Biden should resign after serving 2 years and 1 day. Then his VP candidate can finish his term and run for President as the incumbent which is a big advantage. That person would then be able to run again 4 years later.


That would be clever, but I can't see the dems pulling this off. They couldn't even put up a candidate to beat Donald Trump. And given some of the people Biden's considering as a running mate, hoo boy.


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