{"id":2404861,"date":"2025-02-20T18:21:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T23:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cpac-touts-trumps-return-amid-unconstitutional-third-term-push-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-20T18:22:41","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T23:22:41","slug":"cpac-touts-trumps-return-amid-unconstitutional-third-term-push-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cpac-touts-trumps-return-amid-unconstitutional-third-term-push-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"CPAC touts Trump&#8217;s return amid unconstitutional third term push &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcpac-touts-trumps-return-amid-unconstitutional-third-term-push-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2404861&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>At \u200cthe Conservative \u2064Political Action Conference\u200d (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">attendees\u200c expressed strong support<\/a> for Donald Trump\u2019s presidency and discussed the formation of a &#8220;Third Term Project.&#8221; This initiative aims too amend\u2062 the Constitution to allow Trump to run for a third term in 2028. The project, championed by Rep.Andy Ogles, seeks to change \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vargas-llosa-backs-arch-foe-fujimoris-daughter-in-peruvian-cliffhanger\/\" title=\"Vargas Llosa Backs Arch-Foe Fujimori&#039;s Daughter in Peruvian Cliffhanger\">presidential term limits<\/a> established by the 22nd Amendment. Campaign lead Shane Trejo emphasized Trump&#8217;s challenges against the &#8220;deep state&#8221;\u2064 and \u2062advocated for a third term to secure policies for future generations.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2064 atmosphere at the conference was celebratory, with attendees praising Trump&#8217;s\u200d swift executive actions and expressing excitement for his policies, which include topics like\u200d immigration reform and\u2063 handling the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Several attendees called trump&#8217;s first \u2063month back in office &#8220;remarkable&#8221; and filled with hope for the future.<\/p>\n<p>Former British Prime Minister liz Truss\u2063 and other conservative figures from Europe \u2063shared their support, linking\u200c Trump&#8217;s victory to a\u200b broader desire for change in \u2062global politics. CPAC served as a rallying point for Trump supporters, \u200dwho conveyed optimism about the\u200c direction of the Republican Party\u200b and the possibility \u200bof Trump&#8217;s prolonged influence in \u200cAmerican politics.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">CPAC relishes in Trump&rsquo;s power amid push for unconstitutional third term<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1999299\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland<\/strong> <strong>&mdash;<\/strong> Attendees at the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/cpac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Conservative Political Action Conference<\/a>&nbsp;celebrated President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a>&lsquo;s whirlwind return to power, with some mulling a plan to keep the Republican in the White House beyond a second term.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s enthusiastic support among attendees included a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/press-secy-psaki-admits-biden-doesnt-actually-write-his-own-publicly-released-written-statements\/\" title=\"Press Secy. Psaki admits Biden doesn\u2019t actually write his own publicly released written statements\">scheduled press conference<\/a> on Thursday from the Third Term Project, which is pushing to reform presidential term limits to allow Trump to run a third time in 2028.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We and the team at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/delegates4trump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@delegates4trump<\/a> will be hosting our first press conference outside of CPAC DC! The proposal set forth by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepOgles?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepOgles<\/a> is what we need to secure an America-First future. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fEDpFgUBiM\">pic.twitter.com\/fEDpFgUBiM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Third Term Project (@3rdTermProject) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/3rdTermProject\/status\/1890274364798763261?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 14, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Shane Trejo, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reports-president-trump-is-traveling-to-gettysburg-to-meet-with-gop-lawmakers\/\" title=\"Reports: ... Is Traveling to Gettysburg to Meet with GOP Lawmakers\">campaign lead<\/a> for the Third Term Project, pointed to Trump&rsquo;s struggles against the &ldquo;deep state&rdquo; as just one reason they are supporting Rep. Andy Ogles&rsquo;s (R-TN) resolution that would amend the Constitution to allow Trump and future presidents to serve a third term.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We need President Trump to have a third term to be able to finish the job and set policy that will last generations to come,&rdquo; Trejo told the <em>Washington Examiner.<\/em> &ldquo;After Trump has his third term, [Vice President] JD [Vance] will be able to come in and take it from there. We need Trump as the wrecking ball.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Ogles&rsquo;s resolution would permit Trump to serve another four years in the White House but would not allow another term if a president has served two consecutive terms, which would disqualify most living presidents, except for Joe Biden, who ended his run for a second term last summer.<\/p>\n<p>The Third Term Project is in its infancy, laying the groundwork to target Republican lawmakers, particularly those in the House Freedom Caucus.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The start is an action campaign to get more sponsors behind the measure. Right now, no other co-sponsors have come to support the measure, so we want to get more Republicans on the record in support of this,&rdquo; said Trejo.<\/p>\n<p>The 22nd Amendment states that &ldquo;no person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice,&rdquo; but Trejo claims that the founding fathers didn&rsquo;t bar presidents from two terms.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If you look at, you know, constitutional changes, the original intent of the Constitution, they had no term limits for executives,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;That was put into the Constitution later in the 20th century. So if we&rsquo;re talking original intent of the Constitution and what the founding fathers want, which is generally what conservatives support, then you know, presidential term limits is not a part of it. So we reject the constitutional argument.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The details of when Trump will speak at the conference have not yet been released, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vance<\/a> touted the administration&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3324807\/jd-vance-champions-trump-first-month-cpac-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">breakneck actions<\/a> during his CPAC address Thursday, exactly one month after the inauguration.<\/p>\n<p>The president is likely to tout his work to replace or cancel out several of Biden&rsquo;s legislative actions, including cracking down on illegal immigration or working to bring an end to the Russia-Ukraine war during his speech.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of Trump&rsquo;s speech, attendees championed Trump&rsquo;s avalanche of executive orders, including declaring a national emergency at the southern border, banning transgender athletes from women&rsquo;s sports, and his speed at reshaping the federal government.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re excited for the future. We love events like this because it&rsquo;s like-minded individuals. We build reciprocal relationships,&rdquo; said Nick Passino, 37, a crypto leader from upstate New York. &ldquo;We have four years to turn this nation around. Every day matters.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Passino also called Trump&rsquo;s one-month tenure &ldquo;extraordinary&rdquo; and &ldquo;historic.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a very exciting vibe,&rdquo; said Jane Stewart, a retired senior from Florida. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve been coming to CPAC five years now, and the vibe this CPAC is just so full of hope and good things for this country.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>During last year&rsquo;s CPAC, Sonja Harper, a 60-year-old retired dental hygienist from southeast Texas, was concerned about the future of the nation as Trump sought the presidency for a third time.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We weren&rsquo;t sure what was going to happen in our country. And now we are just, it&rsquo;s amazing the energy that we have,&rdquo; said Harper, who adorned herself in Statue of Liberty attire. &ldquo;The hope that we have, you know, I mean, God has ignited the flame of freedom.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Attendees praised Trump&rsquo;s pace of action. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think he came out faster than I thought he would, with how quick he&rsquo;s moving with the executive orders and now with the confirmations of Tulsi and RFK,&rdquo; said Maurice LaPointe, co-creator of the Patriots Career Network. <\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s dominance of the GOP in the House and Senate has led to some of his most controversial Cabinet members getting confirmed with little pushback. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a former Democrat, is now health and human services secretary despite past vaccine skepticism, and Tulsi Gabbard, another former Democrat, is now director of national intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s going to be tough to stop the momentum that we have right now, so might as well keep our foot on the gas pedal,&rdquo; added LaPointe, who made his own headdress to wear at CPAC.<\/p>\n<p>Pam Roehl, a Chicago native who spends part of her time in Nashville, Tennessee, cited Trump&rsquo;s leadership abilities in surrounding himself with capable leaders such as tech billionaire Elon Musk and Vance.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m excited. Just the team that he&rsquo;s bringing,&rdquo; Roehl said. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s just like brought in a team of some of the best people, and Elon&rsquo;s not my personality, but I do like X, and it&rsquo;s like my favorite social media source.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Even American allies across the pond were giddy over Trump&rsquo;s return to power, with former British Prime Minister Liz Truss stressing her support in an interview with the <em>Washington Examiner. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It was really important for us, people who are conservatives in Europe, that President Trump has won because it just looked like everything in the world was going in the wrong direction,&rdquo; Truss said. &ldquo;We see Trump being elected as the first domino in the other direction.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We think it is a sign that people do want change,&rdquo; she added, &ldquo;that they are prepared to vote for the bold type of measures that President Trump is putting forward in his executive orders.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1999299\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1999299\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CPAC celebrates Trump&#8217;s influence amid push for third term<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3019,"featured_media":2404862,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Donald_Trump_331.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[19858,50676,3634,5803],"class_list":["post-2404861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-cpac","tag-third-term-2","tag-trump","tag-unconstitutional"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Donald_Trump_331.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3019"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2404861"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404861\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2404865,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404861\/revisions\/2404865"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2404862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2404861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2404861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2404861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}