Summary
The Trump Store released $50 “Trump 2028” hats Thursday, sparking backlash online as Trump has repeatedly hinted at running for a third term.
“I have had more people ask me to have a third term,” Trump said on March 31, claiming the 2020 election was “totally rigged.”
Steve Bannon said he’s exploring “five or six different alternatives” to enable a third run.
Critics on social media called it “insane” and a sign of “fascist” ambitions. Though barred by the 22nd Amendment, Trump could run again if it were overturned by Congress and the states. However, it would require a two-thirds vote of Congress and three-fourths vote of the states.
As mentioned in another reply, this is more fighting fire with fire sort of thing. They’re going to trample all over the constitution one way or another here it looks like. They already have. the SCOTUS has legislated some incredibly unconstitutional rulings in the last several years, so it’s going to keep happening.
We can either stick our heads in the sand and say: NO, MUH CONSTITNTUION, and hide behind what is ultimately just a piece of paper with some words on it if nobody in power is willing to defend it; or we can adapt and fight fire with fire until we can fix the institutions that have collapsed and recover our democracy.
If you try and take the high road with fascists, they’ll just keep winning. That’s literally what Fascism was created to destroy.