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President Pelosi? Third in line - Trump and Pence on trouble...
dem4decades
(11,269 posts)safeinOhio
(32,632 posts)csziggy
(34,131 posts)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_line_of_succession
Why do you think the Republicans are trying to smear Nancy Pelosi about every little thing? They want to de-legitimize her before their "chosen one" and his subjugant Pence get thrown out of office. Then Moscow Mitch could be president - the only way he'd ever get that office.
Left-face
(59 posts)They could both have massive heart attacks at the same time or even better, both could swallow arcenic which would cause extremely painful cardiac arrest..Same thing really..
Now I know it's unlikely at best, but an old man can still dream.. Heck, one would think it would be a real patriots patriotic duty to their nation and way of life to administer the poison or find another lethal solution, but I'm too old to run around stalking politicians.
RockRaven
(14,886 posts)At best they will remove one of them, then refuse to do so on the second one unless a new VP is confirmed first.
Kablooie
(18,605 posts)To keep the base happy.
Wounded Bear
(58,584 posts)at least in the Federal gov't.
Kablooie
(18,605 posts)The system is designed that way but it seems odd to allow the instigator of an impeachment to personally benefit from it if only one more person is knocked out of the way.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Here's something that's really "odd": The Vice President's role in both impeachment and 25th amendment removals. Especially powerful in the latter, but the VP would break a tie vote in a senate trial also.
in·sti·gate
/ˈinstəˌɡāt/
* bring about or initiate (an action or event).
"they instigated a reign of terror"
* incite someone to do something, especially something bad.
"instigating men to refuse allegiance to the civil powers"
elleng
(130,713 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,584 posts)if she's too enthusiastic, it looks like a coup and energizes the rubes.
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,938 posts)lisa58
(5,755 posts)hunter
(38,301 posts)An innocuous Vice President will be appointed (innocuous compared to Trump...) who will pardon Trump when he resigns.
It will be an echo of Ford and Nixon.
There's some really bad shit in Pence's closet, otherwise he wouldn't be Vice President.
If Trump has the slightest suspicion that Pence is plotting against him, true or not, Pence will be gone.