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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

Note to Deep State: Nominate Trump and you might get out of this with your skins intact.


41 posted on 08/24/2021 4:13:41 PM PDT by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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To: Yo-Yo

Easier said than done. You are assuming that XiJinBiden will LAST until mid-terms, that the mid-term voting will actually be FAIR, and that you can get 2/3 to ACTUALLY REMOVE both XiJinBiden and Kamaltoe from office. Remember, PDJT was impeached by the HoR but the socialists could not get 67 votes in the Senate.

Short of a miracle, I don’t see this happening, much as I would LOVE it to happen.


42 posted on 08/24/2021 4:13:52 PM PDT by A Formerly Proud Canadian (Ceterum autem censeo Justinius True-dope-us esse delendam)
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To: Getready

‘I am guessing Hillary instead’

OMG! She’s like bad breath. Wont go away.

Doesn’t really matter, Getready. The dems will lose.

IMO

PS: I’d like to know what you think has happened which will position hillary to this post.


43 posted on 08/24/2021 4:14:41 PM PDT by hoe_cake
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To: doug from upland

“Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the President shall nominate a Vice President who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress.”

I assume this means two majority votes. One in the house one in the senate.


44 posted on 08/24/2021 4:15:12 PM PDT by ifinnegan ( Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: Verginius Rufus
But she'll be running as an African-American and will need somebody who can't make that claim to balance the ticket.

That's similar to Obama, who didn't have family roots in the Black community (though his wife did, unlike Kamala's husband) but needed a running mate to win over the White or non-Black population.

What's different this time is that Democrats (and the rest of the country) don't want some Tim Kaine kind of White beta male, so Kamala will go with a woman (or with Buttigieg who may be a White beta male himself, but also has the gay thing going for him).

The center of gravity in the party has also shifted. The party's more reliant on women and women are more assertive. White men who vote Democrat, by contrast, don't much want one of their own on the ticket.

45 posted on 08/24/2021 4:16:07 PM PDT by x
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To: nascarnation
So Grand Caliph Baraq is not eligible to be Kamala’s VP.

Obama would not be standing for a 3rd election which is what the 22A prohibits. He would be chosen by a majority of both houses — see 25A. Kamala could then resign and then the VP becomes President.

46 posted on 08/24/2021 4:35:56 PM PDT by nonsporting (And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed … Galatians 3:29)
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To: Verginius Rufus
...but she has no connection to the history of African Americans.

Not true. Her family, on the father's side, used to own slaves.

47 posted on 08/24/2021 4:36:41 PM PDT by AlaskaErik (In time of peace, prepare for war.)
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To: doug from upland

So Gavin Newsom-Harris can be VP when Kammy takes over for Clueless Joe?

How long before they are dancing again?


48 posted on 08/24/2021 5:21:42 PM PDT by EC Washington
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To: ifinnegan

Yes, each body has to approve.


49 posted on 08/24/2021 5:33:41 PM PDT by doug from upland (Why the hell isn't Hillary Rodham Clinton in prison yet?)
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To: nascarnation
"Impeaching them is one thing. Getting a conviction is another."

Hell with impeachment. Biden, the CINC should be subject to Courts-Marshal.

50 posted on 08/24/2021 6:32:37 PM PDT by mosaicwolf
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To: mosaicwolf
Biden is a civilian, so he can't be court martialed.

A court martial of a president would look a lot like a military coup, so we don't do that, whatever foreign officers may think.

51 posted on 08/24/2021 6:38:19 PM PDT by x
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To: farmguy

Tell me how the Senate confirms anyone for the vacant VP spot in this Harris as president scenario.


52 posted on 08/24/2021 8:43:36 PM PDT by Az Joe (FREE CHAUVIN!)
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To: Az Joe

rinos


53 posted on 08/25/2021 6:14:38 AM PDT by farmguy
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To: Yo-Yo
Wait, I thought the plan was to retake the House and Senate in 2022, appoint Trump Speaker of the House, impeach both Creepy Joe and the Ho simultaneously, then Trump becomes President again.

Among other things there's the little matter of 67 votes to convict in the Senate standing between you and that fairytale ending.

54 posted on 08/25/2021 6:20:50 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: Az Joe
Tell me how the Senate confirms anyone for the vacant VP spot in this Harris as president scenario.

With Romney, Collins, Murkowski, and a couple more Republicans voting to approve.

55 posted on 08/25/2021 6:25:27 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: x
I think he can be Courts-Marshaled as the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces. If anybody in Washington had any guts they would create a military tribunal and prosecute him for many violations of his oath of office and the UCMJ while serving and actively executing military decisions as the CINC. Dereliction of Duty, Treason, come to mind but I am sure after some research he could be charged with many violations of the UCMJ. After that he could be tried for many obvious civilian offenses including bribery pertaining to the Ukraine debacle. If we continue to let these politicians get away with criminal acts we will have no country of laws but of crupt men and women. Then again, maybe we are already there.

Any former JAG Officers out there? Would like to here your take on this obvious controversial issue.

56 posted on 08/25/2021 7:10:03 AM PDT by mosaicwolf
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To: DoodleDawg

True maybe

Could stop a radical Leftist crazy from being confirmed though huh? It would have to be a “moderate” pick? (if there is such a thing anymore?)


57 posted on 08/25/2021 7:49:43 AM PDT by Az Joe (FREE CHAUVIN!)
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To: AlaskaErik
Kamala's father's family owned slaves in Jamaica, not in the US.

Obama's mother's ancestors, on the other hand, owned slaves in the United States.

58 posted on 08/25/2021 8:29:40 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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