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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDiscussion: I have a question that doesn't necessarily apply to current events.
When I read this I began to wonder:
"And Vice President Mike Pence, talking to reporters, echoed his boss."
In general, is the President really the Vice President's "boss"? Can the President fire the Vice President even though he/she was elected by the people? What could happen if the Vice President publicly dissociated himself/herself from the President?
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,079 posts)Vice President can only be removed via impeachment.
Now, assumedly I suppose a President can do all he can to marginalize his Vice President from his office--basically shut him out of all White House business. But he can't actually fire him.
Wounded Bear
(58,436 posts)the VP is also elected.
However, in the hierarchy of jobs in gov't, yeah the Pres is senior to the VP and can order him around.
Towlie
(5,307 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,436 posts)Otherwise, not much.
treestar
(82,383 posts)The VP is elected too. If the VP went rogue and openly opposed the President, the President can't do anything about that. That's why they need to pick their running mate intelligently. The VP still has freedom of speech.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)"President of the Senate" to someone who works closely with the President (Lyndon Johnson is
the VP probably most responsible for this change).
The Vice President could disassociate them-self from the President but would then
give up the ability to be as "in the loop" as they are now and would be relegated to
breaking ties in the Senate.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,145 posts)In a company, you may call your immediate manager your "boss", but they wouldn't have the authority to fire you on their own. They could recommend it to HR, the ultimate owner, or whoever is responsible. Since the VP is, these days, elected on the same ticket as the president and put on it by the president, and is a member of the Cabinet, I don't think think "boss" is an unreasonable usage.