Trump Gives 'Full Support' To Congressional Term Limit Talks

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo



By Kate Riga | April 30, 2018 3:41 pm

President Donald Trump resurrected a campaign talking point Monday afternoon, tweeting about a meeting he had with lawmakers in favor of congressional term limits.

Link to tweet

Trump first pitched the idea at a Colorado campaign rally in 2016, calling for a congressional amendment to put a six-year maximum on House members and a 12-year limit on senators.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has previously expressed his opposition to term limits, an idea that has been considered by Republicans for years but never garnered enough congressional support to be executed.

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[ollie10]

1. I believe it would require a Constitutional amendment

So it is in that pile of stuff people promise they are for, knowing full well they won't be able to do anything about it. Campaign promise....

[jmowreader]

4. It would, and the small states would never go for it

The only power states like Wyoming or Montana have in Congress is the fact their Representatives and Senators have been there long enough to grow mold. The big (and liberal!) states have a long list of people who'd be willing to take a few years from their multimillion-dollar jobs and serve in Congress; states like Idaho and West Virginia are not that lucky.

[shawn703]

2. Watch for them to push for this after November

Once they lose both the House and Senate, they’ll need a way to try to get it back.

[C Moon]

3. Now they want term limits because they know they are going be annihilated in November.

[jimmil]

5. They want term limits

For everyone but the person they are for.

[Hekate]

6. But Trump wants to be President For Life!

[Still In Wisconsin]

9. Actually, I believe he does! n/t

[sandensea]

7. The day they impose term limits on lobbyists,

we can discuss term limits on lawmakers.

[pnwmom]

8. NOOOOOO!!!!! Been there, done that. They used that idea to get rid of some great Democrats

with great experience. This is their backdoor way of trying to do that again.

[7962]

10. I would LOVE to see term limits. For ALL states. Make it a reasonable term limit.

TOO much power is given to these men and women who go to DC and NEVER leave. And they love it.
So it would take an amendment since this has been passed before, under Clinton, and overturned by the SCOTUS. Worth a try

[Salviati]

15. We have term limits, they're called elections.

We should be working to make elections more fair, then if people keep getting re-elected it will be because they deserve to be.

[7962]

16. Nobody will do that if they think the OTHER states wont follow suit. Pipe dream.

Its always the OTHER Senator/Rep who sucks, not "OURS".
No state will EVER pass a term limit law (assuming it would pass SCOTUS) that would handicap them versus other states.

[paleotn]

11. Unless a sitting member of Congress decides not to run again....

term limits are currently unconstitutional. Haven't we been down this road before? Next thing, he'll be quadrupling down on a line item veto. I guess that's what you get when you elect some uniformed blow hard as pResident. It's like electing the cranky old geezer at the corner bar who doesn't know when to shut the fuck up.

[keithbvadu2]

12. A nothingburger that was also part of Newt's Contract on America... It failed of course.

A nothingburger that was also part of Newt's Contract on America... It failed of course.

It was a talking point that was meant to fail.

[deurbano]

17. Exactly. It was never intended for Republicans.

I asked my Republican mother about it after they gained the majority, and she actually said, "We don't need that now."

[Nash Teeth]

13. Like the support he gave for raising min age for purchasing ARs?

Words.

[PoliticAverse]

14. Is there someone that seriously thinks that Congress will be voting to limit their own terms? n/t

[turbinetree]

18. Hey sexual predator..................

you really are a fucking idiot.................you would have to call a Constitutional Convention and get 3/4 of the states to agree..................


You really do have one oar in the water...........................


Fucking November 2018 cannot get fast enough.................

[Bleacher Creature]

19. House terms are limited to two years and Senate terms to six years.

Does he not know how it works?

And I've never understood the appeal of entrusting governance of the largest economy on the planet to rank amateurs.

[Nitram]

20. Yup. Full support for Congressional term limits, and a making the presidency a lifetime position.