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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPelosi could be POTUS before this is all over.
If Trump has to resign over Ukraine maybe Pence does also as he is very likely part of the coverup.
Towlie
(5,308 posts)Initech
(99,915 posts)lapfog_1
(29,166 posts)mikeysnot
(4,755 posts)would be a nice finish to the end of this sad story.
MrsCoffee
(5,801 posts)Cuz Hillary is the truly elected President.
heads would explode.
ScratchCat
(1,957 posts)Because the Senate GOP will never agree to force Trump out unless there is a guarantee that Pence will be there.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,280 posts)so they'd have to get him out before he could get that person approved by a majority of both houses of Congress (25th Amendment). I'm assuming the Democratic House could throw a spanner in the works and slow that down. Only then could the Speaker of the House become president.
StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)But since the House would refuse to confirm a VP. nominee, she'd spend the rest of the term breathing down the president's neck ...
njhoneybadger
(3,910 posts)leftieNanner
(14,998 posts)He will NEVER resign. For any reason. EVER! Because he will never admit that he isn't perfect, and because he fears prison. Figures the only way out of that is to stay in office. This is why he talks about third and fourth terms.
SleeplessinSoCal
(8,998 posts)So far he us being kept alive by more corruption. White House in the mix, of course.
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/elections/.premium-after-meeting-netanyahu-u-s-envoy-greenblatt-to-meet-benny-gantz-1.7867591
50 Shades Of Blue
(9,777 posts)Va Lefty
(6,252 posts)dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)Buckeyeblue
(5,491 posts)ElementaryPenguin
(7,800 posts)How can we just accept this?
We can't just accept Nancy Pelosi's House leadership - no matter what she doesn't to stop Trump - and anymore than we should just accept Trump!
This is supposed to be a frickin' democracy - for Chrissakes!!!
empedocles
(15,751 posts). . . . and, this election is ours to lose.
triron
(21,916 posts)brewens
(13,400 posts)for awhile, but we'll get through it.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,085 posts)Only slight chance of that happening is if Trump is re-elected but we take the Senate.
Even then youre assuming a joint impeachment trial of Trump and Pence, which I dont think would happen.
But no way does any Republican vote to remove both and cede the White House. Maybe Trump alone, but never both.
global1
(25,168 posts)global1
(25,168 posts)does she just serve out Trump's term? Does she get a whole 4 year term? How does that work?
StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)in2herbs
(2,942 posts)Pence will be gone, too, making her Pres. In that event the deplorables would place everyone's life at risk and she's not willing to risk the country.
That's not to say I don't want Trump impeached cuz I do.
onenote
(42,383 posts)Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)Will, I don't believe so.
brooklynite
(93,873 posts)First, Trump doesn't "have to resign". Second, even if he get Impeach and Convicted, it won't happen at the same instance as Pence. Pence would become President and would appoint a (Republican) VP who would replace him.
zackymilly
(2,375 posts)Cuthbert Allgood
(4,867 posts)It is going to be hard enough to get the POTUS or VP removed. Getting them both removed at the same time is NEVER going to happen.
themaguffin
(3,805 posts)any actual action that will take him.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)Again, I wish I had a dollar for every one of these hes done OPs.
former9thward
(31,805 posts)Trump won't resign, People love to throw Pence into everything even though no credible person has accused him of anything, Pence would pick a VP and it would not be Pelosi.
lame54
(35,141 posts)In fact he will beat this like everything else
pnwest
(3,265 posts)shes seemingly slow-walking impeachment so she doesnt seem to be - and the Rs cant accuse her of - being too eager to do so because she wants his seat? Of having nefarious motivation...
Maybe, the truth is so awful that it will bounce trump and pence both out of the WH, she knows this, and the possibility of her becoming Prez is actually real enough that shes taking every possible precaution, and appearing to be hesitant so that history can never accuse her of pushing him out so she can ascend.
What if the plan is to EITHER see him voted out in 2020, or begin impeachment proceedings the day after he wins re-election?
mcar
(42,210 posts)Mike Nelson
(9,903 posts)... it's likely. If Crooked Donald goes, Pence picks the VP. I think the Speaker is President if something happens to both the POTUS and VP - like they are in plane crash or something. If that happened, I hope Pelosi would pick Hillary as VP and resign - thus giving the vote to the candidate the people wanted in the first place.
elocs
(22,474 posts)If impeached the Senate will not vote to convict him because they are tied to Trump at the waist and his fate will be theirs.
The 25th Amendment? That's a fantasy of the Left which might make for a good tv show or novel but in reality it doesn't happen.
But fantasize away but in the meantime work hard to defeat Trump at the polls next year because that will be the only sure way to get both him and Pence out of office.
progressoid
(49,827 posts)Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)ffr
(22,649 posts)He's 100% both feet into this.
sarisataka
(18,220 posts)And then she will resign so Hillary becomes President
And then Hillary will nullify Trump's term by EO
And then she gets to fill the now open SCOTUS seats
And then add 4 more for good measure
And then SCOTUS rules we need to skip the 2020 election so she can serve a full term
And then Trump, his family and associates are jailed on Alcatraz
And then all Republicans resign from Congress in shame
And then the unicorns that have been hiding for thousands of years reveal themselves and cure all diseases with their magical powers so we won't even need universal health care
zackymilly
(2,375 posts)Kablooie
(18,571 posts)Which is highly unlikely.
berksdem
(594 posts)dont want to sound the negative alarm but it is not happening.
NotHardly
(1,062 posts)... although, with all the dithering and pearl clutching I've seen her do and then do nothing more, I am not as enthusiastic about such as I might once have been.
pbmus
(12,418 posts)bluestarone
(16,722 posts)zackymilly
(2,375 posts)Duppers
(28,094 posts)ancianita
(35,813 posts)Hamlette
(15,394 posts)Nixon only resigned when Republican leaders told him to or he'd be impeached.
Can't see it today.
Codeine
(25,586 posts)every civics class they ever took.