Democratic Rep. Dan Goldman of New York is pushing back against any Republican efforts to allow former President Donald Trump to seek a third term, introducing a resolution on Thursday that reaffirms the 22nd Amendment’s two-term limit for U.S. presidents.
“Trump’s repeated hints about serving beyond his second term have now become GOP orthodoxy,” Goldman said in a statement. “One political party has chosen blind loyalty to a wannabe dictator over the Constitution.”
The move comes in response to Trump’s frequent musings about serving beyond two terms, including comments he made last month at the House GOP retreat in Doral, Fla. Additionally, Rep. Andy Ogles, a Republican from Tennessee, introduced a measure in January to amend the Constitution to allow Trump to run again.
Goldman also pointed to signs at this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference portraying Trump as a Roman emperor with banners reading “Trump 2028 … And Beyond!” He further cited the emergence of the “Republican Third Term Project,” a group seeking to generate grassroots support for the idea.
The resolution highlights several instances in which Trump has alluded to a third term, including a remark at a White House Black History Month event where he asked the crowd, “Should I run again? You tell me.”
The measure explicitly states that the 22nd Amendment limits the presidency to two terms in total, including for Trump.
Republicans have largely dismissed the concern, with House Speaker Mike Johnson telling reporters last month that Trump’s comments about a third term should be taken as “tongue in cheek.”
