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ExciteBike66

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27. True we should not get our hopes up

Fri Mar 31, 2017, 08:07 AM

Mar 2017

but at least whoever takes over would be viewed as even less legitimate than the current officeholder...

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Presidential Line of Succession [View all] pnwmom Mar 2017 OP

I'll take Orrin Hatch for 200 Alex. erinlough Mar 2017 #1

I hope at 83 his health is okay. nt pnwmom Mar 2017 #2

Take back the house and senate Buzz cook Mar 2017 #3

Where do we start? dchill Mar 2017 #4

Oh yeah! roamer65 Mar 2017 #5

So we should wait to impeach him till January 2019, with a Democratic Congress. pnwmom Mar 2017 #19

No, he needs to go as soon it is obvious he colluded with the Russians. Demsrule86 Mar 2017 #23

not a question of waiting. not going to happen when there is a repub majority onenote Mar 2017 #38

Trump and Pence will not be simultaneously impeached. MichMary Mar 2017 #31

If you remember the appointment of Ford and Rockefeller Buzz cook Apr 2017 #49

Irrelevant. There is ZERO possibility of Pence and Trump being removed simultaneously. KittyWampus Mar 2017 #6

Pence will choose Cruz for VP as a "booby-trap" or "dead-man-switch" to discourage ... NurseJackie Mar 2017 #25

Doesn't a nominated VP require Congressional approval? (n/t) PJMcK Mar 2017 #28

I found this... NurseJackie Mar 2017 #30

The 25th Amendment PJMcK Mar 2017 #36

Thanks for the info. NurseJackie Mar 2017 #41

Gerald Ford did have to get congressional approval csziggy Mar 2017 #43

Not if all of them are complicit... pbmus Mar 2017 #7

Never thought I would ever say Orrin Hatch was the most sane Elwood P Dowd Mar 2017 #8

How to select the next VP should be included in that discussion. L. Coyote Mar 2017 #9

It's in the 25th Amendment (n/t) PJMcK Mar 2017 #37

That succession list defacto7 Mar 2017 #10

They might not give either DT or Pence time to appoint a new VP. pnwmom Mar 2017 #12

"Nobody knows what could happen" defacto7 Mar 2017 #48

I still say when Trump goes LibraLiz1973 Mar 2017 #11

Truer words have not been spoken sarah FAILIN Mar 2017 #34

I suspect deals will be struck. Whiskeytide Mar 2017 #42

Well... mzteaze Mar 2017 #13

If tRumP was elected through collusion with Russia, that should completely ecstatic Mar 2017 #14

If the gravity justifies it, election nullification will happen. L. Coyote Mar 2017 #45

General Mattis would be 5th in line OliverQ Mar 2017 #15

According to Wikipedia he's #6. pnwmom Mar 2017 #18

Interesting, thought Mattis was next OliverQ Mar 2017 #47

You left out General Matthis, who is 4th or 5th, saner than most on this list. Liberty Belle Mar 2017 #16

I didn't leave him out -- I just stopped at #5. He's # 6. pnwmom Mar 2017 #17

Which one of these was Gerald Ford? Sancho Mar 2017 #20

He was VP. If DT and/or Pence resigned and was replaced, I wouldn't expect pnwmom Mar 2017 #21

Exactly, he was named when Agnew resigned. If facing jail (both Trump and Pence).... Sancho Mar 2017 #22

the senate would have to confirm the new veep in case of a vacancy. unblock Mar 2017 #29

Now that's one scary list. Vinca Mar 2017 #24

I wonder if Jared and Ivanka think they get to stay SticksnStones Mar 2017 #26

True we should not get our hopes up ExciteBike66 Mar 2017 #27

A veritable smorgasboard of MAGA, Mc Mike Mar 2017 #32

Paul Ryan will take over Johnny2X2X Mar 2017 #33

Pence will pick a VP, then his new VP will pick one when Pence goes... NightWatcher Mar 2017 #35

Paul Ryan. Vinca Mar 2017 #40

Geez lillypaddle Mar 2017 #39

The Line of Succession is moot and invalid, in my opinion. Fantastic Anarchist Mar 2017 #44

The only one I see not caught up in the scandal is Hatch. JTFrog Mar 2017 #46