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karin_sj

(808 posts)
Tue Nov 6, 2018, 11:51 PM Nov 2018

Who knows, maybe Nancy Pelosi will be our first woman president!

Call me a cockeyed optimist, but... If Mueller's investigation unearths evidence of absolute criminal behavior from Trump AND if Pence is also compromised and they have to leave office, isn't Speaker of the House the third in the line of succession?

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Lotusflower70

(3,077 posts)
1. Hell to the yeah
Tue Nov 6, 2018, 11:53 PM
Nov 2018

I would absolutely love that. She has faced so much adversity and misogyny and yet she gets back up and keeps on swinging.

 

Wintryjade

(814 posts)
2. There is that, too. Yes. Before handing the gavel over, we need to see what plays out
Tue Nov 6, 2018, 11:53 PM
Nov 2018

for a bit. For sure. I could go with a Pelosi Presidency.

RHMerriman

(1,376 posts)
3. Yup.
Tue Nov 6, 2018, 11:53 PM
Nov 2018

Yup.

If you go by the Agnew-Nixon-Ford precedent, Pence could go first, Trump could nominate and the Senate could confirm a caretake (Mattis?), and then Trump resigns...


RockRaven

(14,958 posts)
5. No. GOP Senate will not remove POTUS *&* VP without confirming new GOP VP, nor will they both resign
Tue Nov 6, 2018, 11:55 PM
Nov 2018

Pipe. Dream.

Don't waste your time fantasizing about it.

 

Bfd

(1,406 posts)
7. Pence is up to his eyeballs corrupt in this thing as Trump is
Tue Nov 6, 2018, 11:56 PM
Nov 2018

Manafort talked & that involved Pence.

Well, things could take an amazing turn & I don't foresee it stalling as long as it has so far.

Ha! Would the Repubs shit if Pelosi ended up in the Oval Office.
Love it.

 

Bfd

(1,406 posts)
11. We're talking about a chain of command scenario. Not an election.
Wed Nov 7, 2018, 12:01 AM
Nov 2018

A what if & sure it could happen.

Its justice.

KentuckyWoman

(6,679 posts)
12. Yeah I caught that after I posted..... sorry about that
Wed Nov 7, 2018, 12:03 AM
Nov 2018

A long day. Driving old ladies to the polls since 6:30am. Missed dinner. Should have my butt in bed. This old bod can't keep teenager hrs anymore.

 

Bfd

(1,406 posts)
13. I did the same thing today! I actually had a pretty good time.
Wed Nov 7, 2018, 12:07 AM
Nov 2018

But yes, I haven't even moved in the last hour.

We'll be doing this same thing in just 2 short years.

Yawn..

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