Lindsay Lohan is teasing a potential 2020 presidential run
Move over, Kanye West. The rapper isn't the only celebrity who's toying with the idea of a 2020 presidential run.
On Friday, actor Lindsay Lohan posted on Instagram a picture of herself at the 2012 White House Correspondents' Dinner with a caption that read, "In #2020 I may run for president. Through ups and downs #YESWECAN lets do this."
A photo posted by Lindsay Lohan (@lindsaylohan) on Oct 16, 2015 at 5:23pm PDT
In her next post, a picture of her with Kanye, she promised to take care of "all the children suffering in the world."
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But there's a bit of bad news, Mean Girls fans. Lohan won't be president, and you don't even need to have ESPN or something to predict that outcome: In 2020, the 29-year-old will fall just shy of being old enough to hold the office.
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Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.