“According to AOC, Congress amended the Constitution to prevent FDR from being re-elected: ‘They had to amend the Constitution of the United States to make sure Roosevelt did not get reelected.’ (Reminder, FDR died in office in 1945)

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[–] [deleted] • 5 pts

AOC is the gift that keeps on giving. LOL. I just hope that her constituents don't remove her from office until after after Trump gets re-elected.

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[–] [deleted] • 3 pts

Lol Jesus, it is far too often that she does not know what she's talking about.

The reason the constitution was amended then was not to prevent FDR from being re-elected. In fact, he died in 1945 and the 22nd Amendment was approved by Congress in 1947 and ratified in 1951. It was to prevent the possibilities of having a president for life.

Also, I'm all for an amendment to limit the number of terms a member of Congress can serve.

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There is some truth to what she's saying, but not much. My friend who supports her also parroted this statement to me so I had some time to research it in rebuttal.

Almost every year since the United States was created some sort of "two-term" bill was proposed, but had been shut down. Every previous President had stepped down after their second term previous to FDR so no one saw the need for it. They didn't really truly consider the idea someone might not step down after their second term until FDR was elected three times in a row.

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