There is no possibility of this constitutional change. But the very suggestion that Republicans should allow Trump a chance at a third term should worry conservatives. It bothers me.
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Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn. , recommended a Constitutional amendment Thursday Will allow the president to serve three terms If his first two were uncontroversial. It essentially serves as a rule aimed at putting President Donald Trump in office for a third term.
To be clear, This resolution In fact, it is unlikely to become part of the Constitution. However, the suggestion that Republicans should allow Trump a chance at a third term, even in a farcical hypothetical that passes a constitutional amendment, should worry conservatives. It bothers me.
While a single insanity at home isn’t cause for alarm in itself, it should serve as a wake-up call to who’s in the GOP ranks at this point. There are people in office purely to serve Trump rather than any semblance of America or conservatism.
It’s a problem the Republican Party must solve
The current state of the GOP continues to attract individuals whose entire political message is loyalty to Trump. Naturally, it works, as voters in vast swathes of red states have become Trump worshipers rather than typical conservative voters. Representatives in particularly Trump-friendly districts need only pledge to him to win the Republican primary.
The GOP has enabled this behavior by basing its entire party platform around Trump’s wishes. Republicans have put all their eggs in one basket, and I’m not sure anyone has thought about what the Republican Party looks like without Trump at this point.
Those voters will have spent more than a decade knowing Trump only as a party figure, and the GOP will need their votes beyond his tenure.
The leadership has to figure out how to tie them in beyond the Trump era.
What should be the future of the Republican Party?
What’s more, mega-representatives in the House have become commonplace, and many have made entire careers out of being loyal to Trump.
Movements like the proposed constitutional amendment are only pathetic attempts at attention by those who know no other way to achieve it.
I hate to even air it, but there is a plague of lawmakers in the GOP who are only there to advance their own political careers at the expense of Trump and their constituents. The Republican Party doesn’t get value from this crowd, and we need to figure out how to add legitimate value to those seats.
They would rather see the 78-year-old Trump stay in office than take on a more qualified candidate, because his entire career rests on him. After this last term for Trump, the graft will be over for representatives like Ogles. Politicians who easily associate themselves with another political figure are often short-lived.
Conservatives should hope that beyond Trump, we’ll see the return of members of Congress who need to stand up for principles themselves.
Des Potas is an opinion columnist for USA Today and a graduate of DePaul University with a degree in political science.
