Not too early to speculate about VPs if Pence becomes POTUS

[yellowcanine]

Democrats would not accept a Trumper; Republicans probably would not accept a Never Trumper, so who would it be?

[gab13by13]

1. What a horrible thought.

I'm out.

[empedocles]

2. Not too early to speculate about preventive measures

[berni_mccoy]

3. A VP can't be appointed in such a case.

There would be no VP if Pence success Trump via impeachment. At least until the next election.

[yellowcanine]

12. Not true. President nominates, Congress ratifies.

25th amendment i believe.

[berni_mccoy]

22. Requires majority vote of both houses of Congress

That won't happen.

No one filled LBJ's VP vacancy when he became POTUS after Kennedy was assassinated.

There already is built-in succession so it's not necessary.

[yellowcanine]

24. Kennedy assassination was before the 25th Amendment.

The better historical analogy is Nixon-Agnew-Ford-Rockefeller

After the Kennedy assassination there was concern about the danger of a VP vacancy, particularly during the tense times of the Cold War. So the 25th amendment was proposed and ratified. Then around the time of Watergate VP Agnew was forced to resign over bribe taking as Governor of Maryland. Nixon nominated Ford and he was ratified by a Democratically controlled Congress (House and Senate). Then when Nixon resigned and Ford became President, Ford nominated Rockefeller and he was confirmed by again, a Democratically controlled Congress. Ford of course pardoned Nixon, which weakened him in the 1976 election and made it a bit easier for Carter to win. The Reagan challenge of Ford also hurt him with Republican conservatives. Ford tried to mollify the conservatives by choosing Dole as a running mate rather than sticking with the liberal (for a Republican) Rockefeller but it didn't really work because Dole was seen as a somewhat abrasive "hatchet man" at the time.

[berni_mccoy]

29. You'll never get a majority vote in the House to support any Repub becoming VP

Won't happen.

[pnwmom]

38. They might support a Mitt Romney or a Lisa Murkowski,

depending on what happens in the upcoming months.

[mucifer]

4. I think pence might resign and trump might appoint another evil doer who is not

involved in Russia but just as dangerous as trump and pence. So when trump gets impeached we will struggle with a different right wing money grubbing a hole who would be our new president.

That's my prediction.

[get the red out]

5. Very possible IMO

Trump may have been contemplating removing Pence from the ticket in 2020 anyway.

[link:https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/09/is-trumps-long-suffering-vp-in-danger-of-getting-bounced|

[LiberalFighter]

7. He can't appoint without consent.

[ooky]

8. I believe both House and Senate majorities are required to approve a new VP nominee by

the President. 25th amendment.

[OliverQ]

14. He can't. Confirmation of a new VP

requires approval of both Houses of Congress. Pelosi will never allow an evil Trump pick to get approved.

[NewJeffCT]

21. Yes

I think that's how Nixon ended up with Ford - a moderate Republican acceptable to both parties.

[yellowcanine]

16. Pence will not resign unless someone has him by the nuts.

[badseedboy]

6. Is it just too outlandishly hopeful

to think that pence, too, will go down for complicity, leaving Pelosi next in line?

[OliverQ]

17. Yes it is.

It's still almost a zero percent chance that Republicans convict and remove Trump from office. They sure as heck will never in a million years convict Pence too knowing Pelosi would become President.

[LiberalFighter]

9. If Pence was smart (which he ain't) he would resign

so he wouldn't have the pardon hanging over his head to do for Trump.

[PJMcK]

23. Pence is drooling

I think since the day Manafort selected him to be the VP candidate, Pence has seen this as his chance to become president.

Like his boss, Pence is an idiot.

[exboyfil]

26. Why?

His political career is over either way. His best play is to continue to be the loyal VP without exposing himself too much legally. Or they may have a bargain regarding pardons for each other.

Either in December, 2020 or December, 2024 there will be the pardon express. I bet dozens of them floating to the principles.

[book_worm]

10. I think he would try and get Nikki Haley

1) so she doesn't challenge him
2) they know they need to appeal to female voters

[Gidney N Cloyd]

34. And Nikki Haley (or a Haley type) would be tough for the Democrats to reject.

I don't trust or like her but she's managed to keep her hands looking clean to average voters.

[StarfishSaver]

11. A VP nomination needs approval by both houses of Congress

That ain't gonna happen.

If Trump is impeached and removed, Nancy Pelosi will be first in line until a new president is elected.

[moondust]

13. Falwell Jr.?

The possibilities are endless now that you don't need any public service experience, brains, talent, or integrity to hold the highest office in the land. The only qualification is the willingness to lie your ass off on an hourly basis.

[maxsolomon]

15. Yes, it is.

find something else to speculate about.

[scheming daemons]

18. 99% chance he would ask Nikki Haley

[StarfishSaver]

19. And 100% chance the House wouldn't confirm her.

[scheming daemons]

20. Not so sure about that.

[yellowcanine]

25. Not sure Haley would accept. She might choose to run against Pence for the nomination.

[salin]

36. Or she is following the same news we are, and calculates that Pence has a pending impeachment in the

queue. Then she becomes president and gets to name a successor.

[hibbing]

27. Jerry Falwell Jr., Ivanka, or Don Jr. n/t

[madamesilverspurs]

28. Huckabee

Knowing full well he wouldn't be approved, but banking on that to provide "proof" that Democrats are "anti-Christian" (not to suggest that Huckabee is any kind of Christian)…


.

[Blue Owl]

30. OK I am not ready for a First Mother

[lettucebe]

31. Pence cannot become POTUS because he's going to be impeached

He's in this thing up to his neck. Same with Barr. It's going to be a blood bath, which is why the repugs are working so hard not to impeach Trump and get the ball rolling.

[yellowcanine]

32. I don't see Pence getting removed first which means he would become POTUS immediately if Trump is

removed. It sucks but that is the way it works.

[sarisataka]

33. Future impeachment does not

Prevent a VP from becoming President if the office becomes vacant. The VP would have to be impeached and then removed before the President.

[Vinca]

35. I don't see how Pence gets out of this unscathed.

If he happens to, I'd expect the ass licker Pompeo to be near the top of the list.

[madinmaryland]

37. Based on the McConnell Doctrine, there will be no VP approved during an election year.

Well, maybe Lee Mercer, Jr. would have a chance. Eye spy, National and international, all three.