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sheshe2

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Thu May 14, 2020, 10:25 PM May 2020

Donald Trump Promises Caution For His, Pence's Health So Nancy Pelosi Doesn't Serve As President [View all]

Donald Trump has reportedly implemented some additional precautions in the White House, including asking staffers to start wearing masks. Now he says that he and Vice President Mike Pence will take extra care not to catch the virus, after seeing a tweet explaining that Nancy Pelosi would be third in line to serve as President in the event that COVID-19 (or anything else) forced a succession.

A Just The News piece tweeted Monday afternoon garnered a response from President Trump. The article lays out the lines of presidential succession under current law. In short, if Trump and Pence were both rendered unable to serve, the next person in line to fill the role until a new election would be Nancy Pelosi. Trump is no fan of Pelosi, who he has called crazy and nervous, saying “there’s something wrong with her upstairs”, accusing her of staging impeachment as a hoax, and generally implying she’s anti-American, incompetent, and engaging in dirty politics.

A tweet of the article explaining how presidential succession works must have caught Trump’s eye Tuesday morning, because he retweeted it, along with a response promising to protect his health to avoid an eventuality in which Pelosi held presidential power.

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The amount of activity at the White House makes transmission a high risk, if precautions aren’t being taken. Though everyone who comes into contact with Trump is tested for SARS-CoV-2, the rapid tests that give results in minutes instead of days have a high rate of false negatives. With implementation of masks, Trump appears to be taking more care regarding the health of White House occupants. With Nancy Pelosi’s hypothetical occupation of the White House dangled before him, though, he’s now offered a public promise to be very careful indeed.

Read More: https://hillreporter.com/donald-trump-promises-caution-his-pences-health-so-nancy-pelosi-doesnt-serve-as-president-67584

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Methinks the Donald is scared 'spitless'. He's scared!

Nancy!






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Ah, Newest Reality May 2020 #1
Who would have thought that older grandmothers from Baltimore Vogon_Glory May 2020 #2
MAGA, MAGA, TEKEL, UPHARSIN nt smb May 2020 #10
If he speaks it, you know it's already an obsessing thought in his rotting brain. Budi May 2020 #3
Almost 3 &1/2 years in office and the moron didn't know? Solly Mack May 2020 #4
I'd rather he have a different nightmare Vogon_Glory May 2020 #6
That works Solly Mack May 2020 #7
He just realized he can't just delegate it to Jarad captain queeg May 2020 #23
I have no doubt about that. He thought he could appoint Solly Mack May 2020 #24
Yeah, but he's even full of shit with this boast -- he won't wear a mask RockRaven May 2020 #5
He was at another factory making N95's today. sheshe2 May 2020 #9
I know the businesses/executives are scared of his petty vengefullness, but I cannot RockRaven May 2020 #13
Let me understand this PJMcK May 2020 #8
"How fucked up is that?" A HERETIC I AM May 2020 #14
I thought that immediately tavernier May 2020 #17
He obviously thought Junior or Ivanka would take over. NYC Liberal May 2020 #22
LOL smb May 2020 #11
No shite! sheshe2 May 2020 #12
Also implying that there's something wrong with her upstairs. Major projection there. SammyWinstonJack May 2020 #25
5 4 3 2 1 mahina May 2020 #15
The author doesn't know much more about it than Trumpolini. hedda_foil May 2020 #16
he and Vice President Mike Pence will take extra care not to catch the virus, after seeing a tweet babylonsister May 2020 #18
Ya..... sheshe2 May 2020 #19
Hah - shake in your socks, SHITLER!1 UTUSN May 2020 #20
Trump just learned the line of succession. What a dope. TeamPooka May 2020 #21
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