The Pelosi film/video reveals a big hole in our Presidential line of succession. If the President

[allegorical oracle]

is refusing to act during an emergency, and the vice-president is in hiding for his life, there is no designation as to who is in charge.

In an "ordinary" crisis, if both top posts are vacated due to death or incapacitation, the Speaker of the House takes charge. But on Jan. 6, both the Prez and Veep were alive, but were unwilling or unable to react. Congress needs to get on this issue and re-write the line of succession protocol in case the worst happens in 2024.

[GenXer47]

1. the whole Constitution is predicated

on the assumption the elected leaders are actually NOT trying to destroy the country.
America elected a spy, an enemy, a destroyer. People STILL cannot wrap their heads around it and that's the real danger.

[tanyev]

3. Yep. The impeachment process does not work if the president's political party

is entirely complicit.

[Irish_Dem]

4. We found out the US gov't operates on the honor system.

When there is no honor, it all falls apart.

[brooklynite]

2. Why do you say Pence was "unwilling or unable to react"?

Pence — not Trump — asked Guard troops to help defend Capitol on Jan. 6, panel says

Members of the commission investigating the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, on Thursday asserted that President Donald Trump made no efforts to stop rioters even as Vice President Mike Pence attempted to order National Guard troops to quell the violence.
“Not only did President Trump refuse to tell the mob to leave the Capitol, he placed no call to any element of the United States government to instruct that the Capitol be defended,” said Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., during the panel’s wide-ranging Thursday night hearing on the event.

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2022/06/10/pence-not-trump-asked-guard-troops-to-help-defend-capitol-on-jan-6-panel-says/

[Irish_Dem]

5. Trump was a one man audit of the US gov't.

We failed the audit.