March 18, 2021
Contact: Scott Tillman, U.S. Term Limits
Phone: (321) 345-7455
stillman@termlimits.com
Lynda Blanchard Pledges to Support Term Limits on Congress
Washington D.C. – U.S. Term Limits (USTL), the leader in the non-partisan national movement to limit terms for elected officials, praises 2022 U.S. senate candidate for Alabama, Lynda Blanchard, for signing the pledge for an amendment to term limit Congress. Previously, current Senator Tommy Tuberville also signed the pledge.
U.S. Term Limits has the support of more than 90 pledge signers in Congress. USTL President Philip Blumel commented on Blanchard’s and Tuberville’s pledges saying, “Lynda’s and Tommy’s strong support of term limits shows that there are individuals who are willing to put self-interest aside to follow the will of the people. America needs a Congress that will be served by citizen legislators, not career politicians.”
Blanchard says, “I’m dedicated to the idea that Washington is corrupt, and the only way to fix it is for outsiders like us to take office and scrub it clean,” Blanchard said. “I plan to drain the D.C. swamp so much that you’ll hear the gurgling noise all the way down here, in Alabama. Our founding fathers never intended for our nation to be led by a permanent ruling class, but, instead, they envisioned citizen servants who would do their public duty for a few years and then step aside so others could lead,” Blanchard said. “By signing this term limit pledge, I am proud to embrace the principles of great patriots and statesmen like George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and, yes, President Donald Trump.”
The U.S. Term Limits amendment pledge is provided to every announced candidate for federal office. It reads, “I pledge that as a member of Congress, I will cosponsor and vote for the U.S. Term Limits amendment of three (3) House terms and two (2) Senate terms and no longer limit.” The U.S. Term Limits constitutional amendment has been introduced in both the U.S. Senate by Senator Ted Cruz and his colleagues (SJR3) and the U.S. House by Representative Ralph Norman (HJR12).
Blumel noted, “We have seen a dramatic increase in supporters wanting term limits on Congress. More than 79% of Americans have rejected the career politician model and want to replace it with citizen leadership. The way to achieve that goal is through congressional term limits.”
According to a 2019 nationwide poll on term limits conducted by McLaughlin & Associates, term limits enjoy wide bipartisan support. McLaughlin’s analysis states, “Support for term limits is broad and strong across all political, geographic and demographic groups. An overwhelming 79% of voters approve of a constitutional amendment that will place term limits on members of Congress.”
Blumel concluded, “America is in trouble. Our career politicians have let the people down. It is time to return control of our nation to the people. It is time for a constitutional amendment limiting congressional terms.”
The term limits amendment resolutions would require a two-thirds majority in the House and Senate, and ratification by 38 states, in order to become part of the U.S. Constitution.
View Blanchard’s signed pledge here
View Tuberville’s signed pledge here.
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U.S. Term Limits is the largest grassroots term limits advocacy group in the country. We connect term limits supporters with their legislators and work to pass term limits on all elected officials, particularly on the U.S. Congress. Find out more at termlimits.org.
