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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump and Pence are illegitimate and should be removed. HRC should be installed as Speaker and then
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POTUS.
dem4decades
(11,301 posts)We live by the Constitution.
That is it.
Squinch
(50,993 posts)the Speaker from within the House. And the Speaker is third in line.
The whole thing would be totally legit.
Control-Z
(15,682 posts)Would Democrats be so bold? We know damn well the repubs would.
912gdm
(959 posts)what-if's are cute in fantasy, but reality kind of gets ya in the balls.
Squinch
(50,993 posts)let us know how wrong we were.
912gdm
(959 posts)just idiotic and misguided with no reality.
but hey, Grumpy Cat can be POTUS if elected as house speaker.
Squinch
(50,993 posts)onenote
(42,748 posts)Squinch
(50,993 posts)You're an example to us all.
onenote
(42,748 posts)cynatnite
(31,011 posts)Pelosi will be the Speaker and then she would be POTUS if by some stretch of the imagination that both tRump and Pence are thrown out.
That is an elected seat and HRC is not in any electable office.
Yes, it's a nice fantasy, but that's all it is.
Squinch
(50,993 posts)to be selected from among the members of the House. They always have been, but there is no law and nothing in the Constitution that says they have to be.
It's a highly unlikely scenario, but it is a scenario that doesn't breach any laws and would be possible if the House decided to make her Speaker. They won't, but they could.
FreepFryer
(7,077 posts)roamer65
(36,747 posts)I like the sound of it.
MrGrieves
(315 posts)It isn't fantasy and it isn't ridiculous. It is possible by law. It may be unlikely that Dems would choose to go that route, but I don't think it is necessary to have all the snark and pointed responses that we have here.
Takket
(21,620 posts)KWR65
(1,098 posts)brooklynite
(94,713 posts)...some people are willing to cast her aside as a placedholder to get Hillary Clinton into the White House in the less than zero chance that they can get Trump and Pence Impeached and convicted at the exact same time.
Jim Lane
(11,175 posts)His claim to the office predates Hillary's.
President Gore can direct a thorough inquiry into all that went on in Ohio in 2004 -- Hillary might have to wait until after Kerry serves a term, too.