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To: dsrtsage

It is only lame duck if he loses an election


Actually, President Trump will be a ‘lame duck’ if he wins re-election as well.


18 posted on 09/20/2020 8:06:50 AM PDT by hanamizu
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To: hanamizu

“Actually, President Trump will be a ‘lame duck’ if he wins re-election as well.”

The traditional definition of “lame duck” is a person or group who continues to hold office after a successor has been elected but has not yet been inaugurated. In recent years, this definition has been expanded to include anyone who cannot be reelected to an office, e.g. a second-term President.

I prefer the stricter definition, so President Trump, if reelected this year, will indeed become a lame duck, but not until after the election of November, 2024.


57 posted on 09/20/2020 9:07:24 AM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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