• PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S [he/him]
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    731 month ago

    … no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected…

    So having previously served two years exactly is allowed.

    • @[email protected]
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      1 month ago

      If we’re being pedantic, Harris already served as acting president for 1h25m on November 19, 2021 while Biden underwent a colonoscopy. If hypothetically Biden had died or resigned exactly 2 years into his term (January 20, 2023 12pm ET), and Harris assumed the presidency for the remaining two years, her total time would be over 2 years and she would be ineligible for a second term.

      • PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S [he/him]
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        1 month ago

        Yeah I actually brought that up in my top-level reply. But does the two years count the time spent as Acting President?

        I don’t know. It does count, it’s part of my top-level comment but I have the shittiest memory in the universe.

        If we’re being pedantic

        I’m always pedantic, except when I’m not 😂

        • @[email protected]
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          51 month ago

          I’m always pedantic, except when I’m not 😂

          So you are not always pedantic. So you are not really pedantic if you said you are always but are not… unless you were pedantic about saying you are not always pedantic?

        • @kn33
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          31 month ago

          In that case, could she have her new VP take over for a few hours to negate that time she accumulated previously?

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      51 month ago

      New conspiracy theory: The reason the US has only incredibly old presidential candidates is because the VPs are pulling all the strings.