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

No, Trump cannot run two more times if the Senate does not captive him

Every bit the U.Due south. Senate continues the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, a meme is circulating claiming that if the Senate does not convict, Trump can run for president two more than times.

The grammatically challenged post reads:

"Want to blow a snowflakes mind? Remind them if Trump is impeached in the house & not senate, he can run ii more than times. The U.S. Constitution states that if a president is impeached by the Firm but not convicted by the Senate, that person'due south get-go term is nullified and they are eligible to run for office ii more times."

The post was flagged equally part of Facebook'south efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more virtually our partnership with Facebook.)

Dorsum in October, we rated a nearly identical claim Pants on Burn down.

This i is also going up in flames.

"It's totally false. Ludicrous. Wholly made up," said Harvard constabulary professor Laurence Tribe, co-author of "To End a Presidency: The Power of Impeachment."

Information technology's every bit simple as the kickoff of  Section one of the 22nd Amendment, Academy of Missouri law professor and impeachment practiced Frank Bowman told u.s.. It reads:

"No person shall exist elected to the office of the President more than than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted every bit President, for more than than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the part of the President more than one time."

No person can exist elected three times. Trump was elected in 2016, so he can just win election one more than fourth dimension. No impeachment exception.

Our ruling

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

Plain and simple, a person can exist elected to only two terms as president. No exceptions.

We rate the merits Pants on Fire.

Facebook, postal service, December. twenty, 2019

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

Cornell Law School, 22nd Amendment to the Constitution

Email, Frank Bowman, professor at the University of Missouri Schoolhouse of Law and author of "High Crimes and Misdemeanors: A History of Impeachment for the Age of Trump," Jan. 27, 2020

Email, Harvard law professor Laurence Tribe, co-author of "To End a Presidency: The Power of Impeachment," January. 27, 2020

Email, Vanderbilt University constitutional law professor Suzanna Sherry, Jan. 27, 2020

Electronic mail, Michael Gerhardt, University of North Carolina professor of constabulary and author of Impeachment: What Everyone Needs to Know, Jan. 27, 2020

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