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blueseas

(11,575 posts)
Fri May 19, 2017, 01:54 PM May 2017

A primer on the long list of successors if a president is removed

1. Vice President of the United States-Mike Pence
2. Speaker of the House-Paul Ryan
3. President pro tempore of the Senate-Orrin Hatch
4. Secretary of State-Rex Tillerson
5. Secretary of the Treasury-Steven Mnuchin
6. Secretary of Defense-Jim Mattis
7. Attorney General-Jeff Sessions
8. Secretary of the Interior-Ryan Zinke
9. Secretary of Agriculture-Sonny Perdue
10. Secretary of Labor-Alexander Acosta
11. Secretary of Health and Human Services-Tom Price
12. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development-Ben Carson
13. Secretary of Transportation-Elaine Chao
14. Secretary of Energy-Rick Perry
15. Secretary of Education-Betsy DeVos
16. Secretary of Veterans Affairs-David Shulkin
17. Secretary of Homeland Security-John Kelly
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A primer on the long list of successors if a president is removed (Original Post) blueseas May 2017 OP
not one of them worth a damn niyad May 2017 #1
In any case, best to toss them all out in 2020... Rollo May 2017 #2
Man we're doomed with this list. But wait.. mhw May 2017 #3
ALL OF THEM MFM008 May 2017 #4
The election was stolen by on the ground russian agents and gop operatives. Eliot Rosewater May 2017 #5
Orrin Hatch is better than all those above him. Duppers May 2017 #6
 

mhw

(678 posts)
3. Man we're doomed with this list. But wait..
Fri May 19, 2017, 02:02 PM
May 2017

Aren't they all on the collusion list in some way?

Who'd be #18?
Just in case

Duppers

(28,120 posts)
6. Orrin Hatch is better than all those above him.
Fri May 19, 2017, 06:19 PM
May 2017

I know they have enough on Pence IF they'd go there. But is there enough dirt on Ryan? Someone tell me there is, please.

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