[JNL]

The required oath is:

“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”

Do you see what the issue there is? According to Article II “so help me God” is not there.

So, it follows that pretty well all Presidents have incorrectly sworn the oath.

This is how dumb this argument actually is.

[Names Ash Housewares]

If something like this gets focused on too much, it becomes a mockery item. Nobody really cares. Time is better spent pointing out how effed up his policies are going to be.

[The Sons of Liberty]

After JFK was shot, even in the resulting turmoil, LBJ had a Federal Judge meet him at Air Force One to administer the oath.

The "So Help Me GOD" portion is after the prescribed verbiage and not really part of the oath, but always present, much like when everyone cheers after the National Anthem is sung at a ballgame.

[FewsOrange]

He also added “Barack Hussein Obama” between the “I” and the “do” (as other presidents have added their name).

[theknuckler_33]

This is how dumb this argument actually is.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks this.

[AuH2ORepublican]

The oath in the Constitution doesn’t include the person’s name, either. It doesn’t ruin the oath to add the person’s name, nor to add “so help me God” at the end (which every president since Washington has done). All I’m saying is that the Constitution requires presidents to take a particular oath, and flipping around its words is not taking the prescribed oath.