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A President Pelosi inches closer to happening. (Original Post) Yavin4 May 2020 OP
im ready! samnsara May 2020 #1
The stuff of Turbineguy May 2020 #2
This!👆 SheltieLover May 2020 #4
That would be the best thing to happen to our country. Callalily May 2020 #3
Sounds good to me. Solly Mack May 2020 #5
Yes, and the idea calms me. badseedboy May 2020 #6
There would be a certain irony unblock May 2020 #7
A badass one at that! Cracklin Charlie May 2020 #10
Whoo!!! hoo!!! Doreen May 2020 #8
Bring it on!! Grokenstein May 2020 #9
Can someone please explain the scenario being envisioned here? PoindexterOglethorpe May 2020 #11
Pence + Trump are positive. vrguy May 2020 #12
There's a virus outbreak in the Whitehouse Yavin4 May 2020 #13
Only if they die simultaneously, Ms. Toad May 2020 #15
Simultaneous or close enough together isn't exactly necessary. Pacifist Patriot May 2020 #17
I'm ahead of you The Blue Flower May 2020 #14
Possible For Sure colsohlibgal May 2020 #16
I'm not holding my breath Retrograde May 2020 #18
No because it won't happen... brooklynite May 2020 #19
Prophecy to counter prophecy. Seems sound LanternWaste May 2020 #20
Visualizing it right now Blue Owl May 2020 #21

unblock

(52,253 posts)
7. There would be a certain irony
Sun May 10, 2020, 06:25 PM
May 2020

If the sexists voted for Donnie to avoid a woman president, only to wind up with a woman president anyway....

Ms. Toad

(34,074 posts)
15. Only if they die simultaneously,
Sun May 10, 2020, 07:24 PM
May 2020

or close enough together so that Trump dies without a vice president.

Never going to happen (at least not from COVID 19).

Pacifist Patriot

(24,653 posts)
17. Simultaneous or close enough together isn't exactly necessary.
Sun May 10, 2020, 07:29 PM
May 2020

To fill the vacancy of the vice presidency requires confirmation by a majority vote of both houses of Congress.

Now I grant you it is extremely unlikely, and I honestly can't see it happening. But in the unlikely event they were to both get the disease and ultimately die of it, regardless of the order of their deaths or the time gap between the two deaths, the House could theoretically delay or deny confirmation to see what happens with the one who survives the other.

colsohlibgal

(5,275 posts)
16. Possible For Sure
Sun May 10, 2020, 07:24 PM
May 2020

Chitolini is overweight, lives on Cheeseburgers, etc, And is over 70. He might succumb to this Should he get it. Pence would seem to have a better chance to survive it but you never know.

Retrograde

(10,137 posts)
18. I'm not holding my breath
Sun May 10, 2020, 07:36 PM
May 2020

Barr, McConnell, and their cronies have demonstrated that the Constitution and rule of law mean nothing to them. If both Trump and Pence are incapacitated or worse expect to see Barr try to put Jarvanka or someone equally pliable in charge, despite what the succession laws say.

brooklynite

(94,594 posts)
19. No because it won't happen...
Sun May 10, 2020, 07:38 PM
May 2020

...and if it did happen, the benefit of having Pelosi as President would be offset by the massive reaction to the country losing both elected leaders.

Blue Owl

(50,414 posts)
21. Visualizing it right now
Sun May 10, 2020, 09:29 PM
May 2020

Also visualizing two slow and painful deaths that would lead up to such a scenario...

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