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Last edited Thu Jun 22, 2017, 07:51 AM - Edit history (1)
Besides being a religious zealot/Dominionist, Pence could constitutionally serve the remainder of Trump's term and be allowed two four-year terms of his own with the assistance of Russian hacking or other circumstances.
We're talking about nearly 12 years of Pence.
Our situation is really a dilemma as far as what is less onerous.
See my follow-up post below. I WAS WRONG.
secondwind
(16,903 posts)HopeAgain
(4,407 posts)They are getting what they want and where they are not, it's due to splits in Congress. I don't think they will care about his shenanigans unless they believe it directly threatens individual legislators ability to get re-elected. So far they haven't been shown that.
uncle ray
(3,157 posts)nocalflea
(1,387 posts)NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)Very important distinction. Yes, Republicans are allowed to run for President.
Orrex
(63,224 posts)Set 'em up, knock 'em down. We'll take them one at a time.
Rhiannon12866
(206,016 posts)Pence has his own issues which we can deal with - in turn...
DefenseLawyer
(11,101 posts)It takes a special kind of incompetence for a Republican to lose in Indiana. I don't know where people get the idea that he is some master politician. He's a buffoon.
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)But I believe the demented fool has to be run out of office. Then, we take on the next problem.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,198 posts)If he ascends to office before the halfway mark of Trump's four year term he can only serve the remainder of that term and be elected to one additional term.
no_hypocrisy
(46,191 posts)except he opted not to because of the War.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,198 posts)unblock
(52,326 posts)He can't be elected twice if he serves more than 2 years of donnie's term.
nikibatts
(2,198 posts)no_hypocrisy
(46,191 posts)The 22nd Amendment specifically addresses this issue.
No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once.
If a Vice President becomes President upon the death, resignation or impeachment and conviction of the sitting president, he or she can run for two full terms in their own right if and only if they have served less than two full years of the term of the president they replaced. If they have served even a day over two years of a previous president's term, then they are limited to one additional term of their own.
This means that the longest someone can technically serve as president is 10 years; two four-year terms of their own after serving EXACTLY two years of a previous president's term.
Chickensoup
(650 posts)we get to it.
One battle at a time insures Victory.
Demsrule86
(68,685 posts)DaleFromWPB
(76 posts)If Trump is removed, Pence can nominate Romney for VP.
He is popular enough to get confirmed easily
In 2020 Pence decides not to run and the field is clear for Romney
I'm not sure we have anyone charismatic enough to beat him this time.