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Will George Washington run for President in 2024?
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Resolves YES if a major media corporation reports that George Washington is campaigning for re-election in 2024, NO on Election Day or if multiple media sources confirm his death.

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This was an April Fool's market. George Washington died in 1799, and apparently he's ineligible for re-election by the 20th amendment.

predictedNO

@NcyRocks Just out of curiousity, would you have waited to resolve it until someone had provided multiple media sources confirming his death, or were you planning on resolving it soon after April Fools Day ended regardless?

@JoshuaB I probably would have looked for media sources myself and posted them before resolving. I was delighted to see that you found some first 😆

Does the term limit rule apply to Washington? I know Truman was grandfathered out, but is it "anyone until Truman" or just Truman specifically?

@ShakedKoplewitz

Section 1. No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once. But this Article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President when this Article was proposed by the Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the term within which this Article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting as President during the remainder of such term.

I thought it only applied to future elections, but you’re right; by my reading, the only exempt president is Truman. Seems like a pretty transparent case of collusion between the Democrats and Republicans to keep the Federalists out of power 😡

Per the Massachusetts Federal

Per the Norwich Packet

George Washington is dead as reported by multiple media sources. I’m so sorry to be the one to break this to you

@JoshuaB Holy shit, John Adams confirms it? Wow, RIP. Will resolve shortly

Who’s the George Washington yer referring to?

@JoshuaB The 1st President of the United States, from 1789-1797.

@NcyRocks George Washington was the greatest president America's ever had, it's about time he finally comes back to the White House!

(obviously this is a joke, the White House wasn't constructed when Washington was in office)

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