Three of President Donald Trump’s judicial nominees, including John George Edward Marck (pictured), refused to say that Trump cannot be president for a third term, which is forbidden by the 22nd Amendment during a Senate hearing.
The 22nd Amendment of the Constitution says, “”No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice.”
JUST IN: A Trump judicial nominee was asked point blank: is Trump eligible to run for a third term?
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Their answer: “I would have to review the actual wording…”
Sen. Chris Coons then asked every nominee in the room to confirm the Constitution bars a third term.
Silence.
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