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How a U.S. Vice Presidential Vacancy Is Filled
how stuff works ^ | 2021

Posted on 08/24/2021 2:53:14 PM PDT by doug from upland

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To: doug from upland

How would Harris get out of this mess with all the same Advisers ?


21 posted on 08/24/2021 3:14:13 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: farmguy

If she picks Hillary she better resign before she ends up committing suicide.


22 posted on 08/24/2021 3:14:22 PM PDT by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
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To: hoe_cake
We were just talking about this. Kamala gets the President seat, and then it would go to Pelosi, with Kamala’s approval. Whatever, we are f’d.

Not necessarily. Kamala only gets to nominate a new VP. The nominee has to get confirmed by a majority of both Houses, and the Dems don't have a Senate Majority.

23 posted on 08/24/2021 3:20:02 PM PDT by Bruce Campbells Chin
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To: Yo-Yo

That would be hw it worked if both the president and vp were gone.


24 posted on 08/24/2021 3:20:23 PM PDT by McGavin999 (biden is not my president )
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To: doug from upland

What happened with Ford? IIRC he “nominated” Rockefeller and he was confirmed by the House and/or the Senate.


25 posted on 08/24/2021 3:28:47 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Covid Is All About Mail In Balloting)
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To: farmguy

How about Michelle?


26 posted on 08/24/2021 3:37:56 PM PDT by nuconvert ( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
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To: Gay State Conservative

1. Spiro Agnew resigns in disgrace as VP
2. Nixon names Ford as replacement; he is confirmed
3. Nixon makes deal with Ford for pardon and resigns
4. Ford names Rockefeller as VP and he is confirmed


27 posted on 08/24/2021 3:39:07 PM PDT by doug from upland (Why the hell isn't Hillary Rodham Clinton in prison yet?)
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To: doug from upland
Rockefeller won approval easy.

It's a toss-up between Cankles and Romney -- who is the better foil against Trump 2024.

If #Karamela picks Mayor/Sec'y F@g, Trump/DeSantis will beat them like a red-headed stepchild IF the Georgia GOP stakeholders are told to get in line or else.

28 posted on 08/24/2021 3:39:52 PM PDT by StAnDeliver (Each of you have at least ONE of these in your 401k: Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson)
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About 10 years ago I saw a remarkable video. I had a private meeting with a guy who was some kind of producer and he showed it to me at his home. He had the video of Nixon practicing his resignation speech. A one of a kind piece of history.


29 posted on 08/24/2021 3:41:33 PM PDT by doug from upland (Why the hell isn't Hillary Rodham Clinton in prison yet?)
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To: StAnDeliver

who is the better foil against Trump 2024


Dominion ...


30 posted on 08/24/2021 3:47:45 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: nuconvert

My money is on buttgig. By the time it comes into play, we will have already had an incompetent black male and an incompetent black female. hillary probably wouldn’t want it to be handed to her by another female. It would be time to have an incompetent lgbtqxyz type of person.

Think of how many times they could have him, on tv, kissing on that other guy that lives with him.


31 posted on 08/24/2021 3:56:16 PM PDT by farmguy
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To: nascarnation

Kamalalala is not eligible and Obama was not eligible the first time.

The Constitution is irrelevant.


32 posted on 08/24/2021 3:59:00 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents)(Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: doug from upland

And even if you could get 67 with R jerseys, half or more are Assistant Democrats.


33 posted on 08/24/2021 4:00:20 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents)(Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: hoe_cake

I am guessing Hillary instead. She is compulsive delusional power seeker. Will not stop at anything to achieve goals. There are many other scenarios which are possible...but her behaviour and other democrats and msm behaviour suggest something calculating and nefarious. IMHO. Do not take my opinion to the bank...but so many bizarre events last two years seem way too much for coincidence..


34 posted on 08/24/2021 4:00:27 PM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and diamonds, and harder to find.)
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To: doug from upland
The 25th Amendment was the first time the Constitution explicitly stated that when the President died, resigned or was removed from office, the Vice President became President. Ever since Tyler took over after William Henry Harrison's death and insisted that he was now the President, that was the de facto practice, but some thought that Tyler was just "Acting President."

If Harris takes over and dies before a new VP is confirmed, Pelosi would be in charge--but as "Acting President." Would she have the power to name a new VP? I think there is some ambiguity in the Constitution.

35 posted on 08/24/2021 4:01:29 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: farmguy
Hillary is too old, and her day has come and gone. People who voted for her because they wanted a woman president won't care about her if another woman becomes president.

Harris has a problem like Biden had. She can't pick a straight White male, and she isn't going to pick an African-American. So that leaves a White woman or a gay guy: Warren, Gillibrand, Klobuchar, Buttigieg or maybe somebody else.

36 posted on 08/24/2021 4:02:06 PM PDT by x
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To: Getready

I don’t think Kamala would pick Hillary. She doesn’t have a death wish.


37 posted on 08/24/2021 4:02:21 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: x

Wouldn’t Cory Booker be a two-fer?


38 posted on 08/24/2021 4:03:06 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: x

Harris isn’t African-American. Her father is a mixed-race Jamaican so she has a little African ancestry, but she has no connection to the history of African Americans.


39 posted on 08/24/2021 4:05:09 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: doug from upland

5. Rockefeller retires as Vice President, replaced by Walter Mondale. Rocky dies a few months later, ostensibly while reading the Wall Street Journal while standing on his head. Megan Marshack…


40 posted on 08/24/2021 4:11:51 PM PDT by Laslo Fripp (The Sybil of Free Republic)
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