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What happens to the race and the outcome if Pence replaces Trump? (Original Post)
Stinky The Clown
Oct 2016
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The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,836 posts)1. A clusterfuck.
Pence can't replace Trump unless the RNC reconvenes and nominates him. Then he'd have to appoint a running mate. Then he'd have to get on the ballots of 50 states, and that's impossible at this point. And people have already started voting.
vlyons
(10,252 posts)2. A lot of Trumpsters and regular republicans stay home
regnaD kciN
(26,045 posts)3. We'll have four weeks…
to paint Pence as something other than the smooth-voiced, "likeable" figure that "won" the VP debate.
asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)4. Here the FLIP - 25th amendment
http://www.vox.com/the-big-idea/2016/10/6/13184492/flip-ticket-trump-pence-constitution
Quick read..hope it helps some..
Quick read..hope it helps some..
Stinky The Clown
(67,818 posts)5. While possible, that would cost them the race. Period.
MFM008
(19,818 posts)6. People are already voting
Tough shit for them.