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Trump again invokes claim he has the ‘right’ to run for third term as president

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Donald Trump joked with rally-goers on Thursday evening that he had “the right to run again” for president, invoking a claim he has repeatedly made that he may seek a third term despite it being unconstitutional .

“I don’t know who is going to be your next president and I think the law said, I’m not 100% sure, but I think the law says I’m not allowed to run again,” Trump said in Sioux City, Iowa .

Trump went on to seemingly acknowledge that the 22nd amendment prohibits presidents from seeking a third term but then invoked his familiar false claims that Democrats “stole” the 2020 presidential election from him.

“Well, the one thing is different: they cheated us on the second one because we won it three times.…

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