{"id":4382,"date":"2019-05-06T11:19:36","date_gmt":"2019-05-06T16:19:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/?p=4382"},"modified":"2019-05-06T09:53:17","modified_gmt":"2019-05-06T14:53:17","slug":"trump-suggests-hes-owed-more-time-in-office-pelosi-worries-about-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/politics\/trump-suggests-hes-owed-more-time-in-office-pelosi-worries-about-2020-20190506","title":{"rendered":"Trump Suggests He&#8217;s Owed More Time in Office- Pelosi Worries About 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2020 presidential elections are slowly drawing closer and with that comes the competitive nature between all of the parties but especially between the Democrats and Republicans. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi didn&#8217;t come out and say that President Trump is a power hungry man who won&#8217;t give up the presidential office if he loses in 2020 but she did say in an interview with New York Times that &#8220;he\u2019s not going to respect the election,\u201d and \u201cHe would poison the public mind.&#8221; <a class=\"simple-footnote\" title=\"&#8220;Pelosi worries Trump &#8216;would poison the public mind&#8217; if he narrowly loses reelection bid.&#8221; 6 May. 2019, news.yahoo.com\/pelosi-worries-trump-would-poison-the-public-mind-if-he-narrowly-loses-reelection-bid-152712788.html.\" id=\"return-note-4382-1\" href=\"#note-4382-1\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a> This was said shortly before Trump retweeted MAGA supporter Jerry Falwells tweet which stated that Trump should get two extra years in office as recompense for his time lost to the Mueller investigation.<\/p>\n<h2>Tremendous Success<\/h2>\n<p>President Trump is known for making bold statements to reporters and posting controversial tweets on his twitter, which is why most legal experts didn&#8217;t give a chain of his recent tweets a second thought. &#8220;They have stolen two years of my (our) Presidency (Collusion Delusion) that we will never be able to get back&#8230;..&#8221; Trump stated after retweeting Falwell&#8217;s idea of extending Trump&#8217;s time in office.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">After the best week ever for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@realDonaldTrump<\/a> &#8211; no obstruction, no collusion, NYT admits <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BarackObama?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BarackObama<\/a> did spy on his campaign, &amp; the economy is soaring. I now support reparations-Trump should have 2 yrs added to his 1st term as pay back for time stolen by this corrupt failed coup<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jerry Falwell (@JerryFalwellJr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JerryFalwellJr\/status\/1124841332747460608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 5, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Despite the tremendous success that I have had as President, including perhaps the greatest ECONOMY and most successful first two years of any President in history, they have stolen two years of my (our) Presidency (Collusion Delusion) that we will never be able to get back&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1125235130002489345?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 6, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#8230;..The Witch Hunt is over but we will never forget. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1125235131759960064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 6, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Its a Joke<\/h2>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t the first time he&#8217;s offhandedly remarked about his term limits, just last month he made a joke about a six-year term, \u201cI promise at the end of six years, I\u2019ll be very happy.\u201d Although some believe that Trump means nothing when he refers to an increased term limit \u201cHe doesn\u2019t mean anything by it,\u201d said Michael W. McConnell, a former federal judge who now directs the Stanford Constitutional Law Center, Michael Cohen does not, \u201cI fear that if he loses the election in 2020, that there will never be a peaceful transition of power,\u201d Cohen said. \u201cAnd this is why I agreed to appear before you today.\u201d <a class=\"simple-footnote\" title=\"Stanley-Becker, Isaac. &#8220;Claiming two years of his presidency were \u2018stolen,\u2019 Trump suggests he\u2019s owed overtime.&#8221; Washington Post, 6 May. 2019, www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2019\/05\/06\/claiming-two-years-his-presidency-were-stolen-trump-suggests-hes-owed-overtime.\" id=\"return-note-4382-2\" href=\"#note-4382-2\"><sup>[2]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we win by four seats, by a thousand votes each, he\u2019s not going to respect the election,\u201d even House Speaker Pelosi has taken action, warning fellow Democrats to vote center-left and not far left so that they&#8217;ll be more likely to win big in 2020. \u201cOwn the center-left, own the mainstream,\u201d she said. <a class=\"simple-footnote\" title=\"Thrush, Glenn. &#8220;Pelosi Warns Democrats: Stay in the Center or Trump May Contest Election Results.&#8221; N. Y. Times, 4 May. 2019, www.nytimes.com\/2019\/05\/04\/us\/politics\/nancy-pelosi.html.\" id=\"return-note-4382-3\" href=\"#note-4382-3\"><sup>[3]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 2020 election is just getting started.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/><div class=\"simple-footnotes\"><h4 class=\"notes\">Notes:<\/h4><ol><li id=\"note-4382-1\" class=\"simple-footnote\"><a class=\"tjfootnotes\" href=\"#return-note-4382-1\">&#94;<\/a>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/pelosi-worries-trump-would-poison-the-public-mind-if-he-narrowly-loses-reelection-bid-152712788.html\">Pelosi worries Trump &#8216;would poison the public mind&#8217; if he narrowly loses <\/a>reelection bid.&#8221; 6 May. 2019, news.yahoo.com\/pelosi-worries-trump-would-poison-the-public-mind-if-he-narrowly-loses-reelection-bid-152712788.html. <a href=\"#return-note-4382-1\">&#40;go back &nbsp;&#8617;&#41;<\/a><\/li><li id=\"note-4382-2\" class=\"simple-footnote\"><a class=\"tjfootnotes\" href=\"#return-note-4382-2\">&#94;<\/a>Stanley-Becker, Isaac. &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2019\/05\/06\/claiming-two-years-his-presidency-were-stolen-trump-suggests-hes-owed-overtime\">Claiming two years of his presidency were \u2018stolen,\u2019 Trump suggests he\u2019s owed overtime<\/a>.&#8221; Washington Post, 6 May. 2019, www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2019\/05\/06\/claiming-two-years-his-presidency-were-stolen-trump-suggests-hes-owed-overtime. <a href=\"#return-note-4382-2\">&#40;go back &nbsp;&#8617;&#41;<\/a><\/li><li id=\"note-4382-3\" class=\"simple-footnote\"><a class=\"tjfootnotes\" href=\"#return-note-4382-3\">&#94;<\/a>Thrush, Glenn. &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/05\/04\/us\/politics\/nancy-pelosi.html\">Pelosi Warns Democrats: Stay in the Center or Trump May Contest Election Results<\/a>.&#8221; N. Y. Times, 4 May. 2019, www.nytimes.com\/2019\/05\/04\/us\/politics\/nancy-pelosi.html. <a href=\"#return-note-4382-3\">&#40;go back &nbsp;&#8617;&#41;<\/a><\/li><\/ol><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2020 presidential elections are slowly drawing closer and with that comes the competitive nature between all of the parties but especially between the Democrats and Republicans. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3450,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[128],"tags":[244,203],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4382"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4382"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4388,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4382\/revisions\/4388"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}