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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

I would like a Trump and DeSantis ticket. Then that would set up DeSantis to run for president in 2028.


9 posted on 03/16/2022 1:52:05 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Exactly.


22 posted on 03/16/2022 2:08:33 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the U S of A, and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
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To: Dilbert San Diego
A Trump and DeSantis ticket is prohibited by the wording of the Constitution, as stated in Article II of the Constitution and modified by the Twelfth Amendment. [The Electors shall meet in their respective States, and vote by ballot for two persons, of whom one at least shall not be an inhabitant of the same State with themselves.]

Nearly identical language is reiterated in the Twelfth Amendment, altered as follows: "The Electors shall meet in their respective States, and vote by ballot for President and Vice President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves...."

The way this has been interpreted, is that the President and Vice President cannot be voted upon by the Electors of any one state should both the President and Vice President candidates be inhabitants of the same state as the Electors of that state. Since both DeSantis and Trump are inhabitants of Florida, that would deny the right for Florida to have its electoral votes counted, and therefore violate the equal protection of law under the Constitution.

This is a rather convoluted interpretation, but all entirely within the wording of the Constitution.

38 posted on 03/16/2022 2:20:06 PM PDT by alloysteel (There are folks running the government who shouldn't be allowed to play with matches - Will Rogers)
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To: Dilbert San Diego
I would like a Trump and DeSantis ticket. Then that would set up DeSantis to run for president in 2028.

And would make Trump the first presidential candidate to run for the office three times from three different states - New York, Florida, and TBD, maybe New Jersey,

41 posted on 03/16/2022 2:23:22 PM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: Dilbert San Diego

DeSantis needs to stop pronouncing his name DEE-SAN-tis. Too confusing. Once he makes that change, though—Bam, good to go. LOL


48 posted on 03/16/2022 2:45:37 PM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: Dilbert San Diego

“I would like a Trump and DeSantis ticket. Then that would set up DeSantis to run for president in 2028.”

That is how I see it.


63 posted on 03/16/2022 3:57:43 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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