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still_one

(91,937 posts)
Tue May 16, 2017, 10:22 PM May 2017

If rump is impeached, which probably won't happen, and Pence became President, would that mean that

if Pence wanted to keep trump's appointments to various departments, could it be argued that they should go through confirmation hearings again in light of the circumstances? I would hope so, especially in regard to Sessions, but 90% of them have conflicts of interest



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unblock

(51,974 posts)
2. no one would automatically lose their job, but it would not be unreasonable
Tue May 16, 2017, 10:26 PM
May 2017

for pence to ask for everyone's resignation and staff up himself, possibly including some of the same people.

nixon famously asked for everyone's resignation when he won his second term just to get a fresh start.

still_one

(91,937 posts)
5. So if he keeps them they would not have to go through reconfirmation which is unfortunately what I
Tue May 16, 2017, 10:30 PM
May 2017

thought. I also believe Pence was instrumental in those appointments

 

DefenseLawyer

(11,101 posts)
4. I cannot overstate just how incredibly stupid Mike Pence is.
Tue May 16, 2017, 10:30 PM
May 2017

He'll do whatever the Koch Brothers tell him to do.

 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
11. I have a hard time figuring out...
Wed May 17, 2017, 09:19 AM
May 2017

...whether he is actually as stupid as he appears, or whether he carefully maintains a studied and willful ignorance of just about everything.

ProfessorGAC

(64,413 posts)
12. I'm Going With One From Column A. . .
Wed May 17, 2017, 09:27 AM
May 2017

. . .and one from column B. He's not really that smart, but just enough to know what he doesn't know, and then is proud of that ignorance. No effort made to close the knowledge gap, just enough ego to decide that not knowing it doesn't matter.

 

DefenseLawyer

(11,101 posts)
13. I live in his hometown
Wed May 17, 2017, 10:15 AM
May 2017

And I know a lot of people that have known him his whole life. Most people here that know him say he's always been stupid. Even people that like him. I'm not saying he is illiterate, like the President, he's just a dim bulb. Not capable of abstract thought. He lives in simple, static, black and white terms.

mucifer

(23,371 posts)
6. I think he was involved in hiring a lot of them. He's pretty damn nuts, too.
Tue May 16, 2017, 10:31 PM
May 2017

Probably just not impeachable nuts but evil nuts.

cheyanne

(733 posts)
10. Pence can be impeached as well as "civil officers" of the govrnment.
Tue May 16, 2017, 11:53 PM
May 2017

I think that includes justices and those who were confirmed by the Senate . . .Watergate sent 40 some people were indicted or went to jail besides the President's direct reports.

Hello, President Ryan

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