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Hakeem Jeffries: “I believe in my reading of the Twenty-Second Amendment, Barack Obama is constitutionally prohibited from even running…”

On the recordMarch 18, 2013
I believe in my reading of the Twenty-Second Amendment, Barack Obama is constitutionally prohibited from even running for office again
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Hakeem Jeffries
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Jeffries asserts Obama's constitutional limits on running for office in the context of political discussions.

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