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U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he speaks during a "Keep America Great" campaign rally in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Getty Images).

U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he speaks during a "Keep America Great" campaign rally in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Getty Images).

U.South. President Donald Trump gestures as he speaks during a "Continue America Great" campaign rally in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Getty Images).

No, Trump cannot run 2 more times if the Senate does not convict him

Every bit the U.S. Senate continues the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, a meme is circulating claiming that if the Senate does non captive, Trump tin can run for president ii more times.

The grammatically challenged post reads:

"Desire to blow a snowflakes listen? Remind them if Trump is impeached in the house & not senate, he can run 2 more times. The U.S. Constitution states that if a president is impeached by the House simply not convicted by the Senate, that person's first term is nullified and they are eligible to run for office two more than times."

The post was flagged as part of Facebook's efforts to gainsay faux news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about our partnership with Facebook.)

Back in Oct, nosotros rated a most identical claim Pants on Burn down.

This one is also going upwards in flames.

"Information technology'south totally false. Ludicrous. Wholly fabricated up," said Harvard law professor Laurence Tribe, co-author of "To End a Presidency: The Ability of Impeachment."

Information technology'southward as simple equally the get-go of  Section 1 of the 22nd Subpoena, University of Missouri law professor and impeachment expert Frank Bowman told us. Information technology reads:

"No person shall be elected to the function 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 another person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more one time."

No person can be elected 3 times. Trump was elected in 2016, and then he can only win election one more than time. No impeachment exception.

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A Facebook post claims: "If Trump is impeached in the house & not senate, he can run 2 more than times."

Plain and elementary, a person can be elected to only two terms equally president. No exceptions.

We charge per unit the claim Pants on Fire.

Facebook, post, Dec. 20, 2019

PunditFact, "No, Donald Trump could not seek a third term if an impeachment trial failed," Oct. 2, 2019

Cornell Police School, 22nd Amendment to the Constitution

Email, Frank Bowman, professor at the Academy of Missouri School of Police force and author of "High Crimes and Misdemeanors: A History of Impeachment for the Historic period of Trump," January. 27, 2020

Email, Harvard constabulary professor Laurence Tribe, co-author of "To Terminate a Presidency: The Ability of Impeachment," Jan. 27, 2020

Email, Vanderbilt Academy constitutional constabulary professor Suzanna Sherry, January. 27, 2020

Email, Michael Gerhardt, University of N Carolina professor of law and author of Impeachment: What Everyone Needs to Know, Jan. 27, 2020

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