The Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump urged Christians to vote for him in November this year and in four years they will no longer have to vote, with no explanation of what he meant by that.
On Friday, Trump was speaking at an event organised by conservative group Turning Point Action in West Palm Beach, Florida, when he told Christians that if they vote for him this November, they would no longer have to vote in four years. Trump’s campaign has not immediately responded to a request to clarify his comments.
The presidential race has sharply tightened since President Joe Biden’s decision to drop his re-election bid and after his Vice President Kamala Harris emerged as the presumptive Democratic nominee. According to various polls, Harris is performing better so far. Despite, Trump holds a slight but majority so far, leading in four key states.
In case of Trump winning the second term in the White House, he will only be able to serve another four years as president. Under the US Constitution, Presidents may serve no more than two terms in office, whether consecutive or not. The two-term limit went into effect immediately after the presidency of Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt, the only president to have been in office for more than two terms.
Speaking at a National Rifle Association meeting in May, Trump made a pointed remark about serving more than two terms as president. He referred specifically to Roosevelt’s presidency, saying “16 years – almost 16 years – he was four terms. I don’t know, are we going to be considered three-term? Or two-term?”
Christians, get out and vote, just this time. You won’t have to do it anymore. Four more years, you know what, it will be fixed, it will be fine, you won’t have to vote anymore, my beautiful Christians. (…) Get out, you gotta get out and vote. In four years, you don’t have to vote again, we’ll have it fixed so good you’re not going to have to vote.
