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John Dunbar

Banned
Oct 25, 2017
6,229
out of curiosity, what's the rule if biden wins the election and trump dies sometime between the election and the inauguration? does pence get sworn in for couple months/weeks, or do they just wait for the next president?
 

Foffy

Banned
Oct 25, 2017
16,395
Guess that awful debate of Trump's is really all they'll have for November. Now, given how awful things have been this past four years you have to be a fucking idiot to not be on some side, so these debates don't really help anything, let alone the fact that Trump's campaign doesn't actually have a platform.

Don't feel bad about this at all. These people are at risk solely and explicitly because they have cultivated a culture where wearing masks is something "political" and a sign of weakness. All because a wannabe God King wants to create an image of strength. If he even has a moderate case of COVID his underlying issues are fucking serious.
 

PJV3

Member
Oct 25, 2017
25,676
London
This hoax virus is causing a lot of problems for something that only exists in the mind of bed wetting liberals.
 

Tamanon

Banned
Oct 25, 2017
19,729
Is this a good source on Pence quarantining, or is there a reporter that has the info?
 

ConfusingJazz

Not the Ron Paul Texas Fan.
Member
Oct 26, 2017
3,903
China
out of curiosity, what's the rule if biden wins the election and trump dies sometime between the election and the inauguration? does pence get sworn in for couple months/weeks, or do they just wait for the next president?

If Trump dies, Pence is president until the end of Trump's term on January 20.

The interesting question is what happens when a winning candidate dies between election day and the electoral college.

The 25th Amendment, passed in the wake of JFK's assassination and the Cuban Missile Crisis, specifies the order of succession: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-fifth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution

Here is the order of succession: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_line_of_succession

Up until the 25th Amendment, you could argue that the Vice President did not become president, only ACTING president, and that the power was total.
 

Future Gazer

â–˛ Legend â–˛
The Fallen
Oct 26, 2017
4,273
Motherfucker. I was so looking forward to Kamala tearing him a new one. :(
 

ChrisP8Three

Member
Oct 26, 2017
1,006
Leeds
We'll now I'm even more inclined to be cynical and think this is to avoid debate and claim the virus is nothing after a miraculous recovery, nobody is lucky enough for Karma to have hit the shitehouse
 

ArkhamFantasy

Member
Oct 25, 2017
13,550
Nancy Pelosi will become will take over if Trump and Pence become incapacitated

Fox News:

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Bentendo24

Member
Feb 20, 2020
5,360
So realistically if Trump dies, what happens to the ballots on November 4? Will you just be voting for pence?
 

Fat4all

Woke up, got a money tag, swears a lot
Member
Oct 25, 2017
93,010
here
So realistically if Trump dies, what happens to the ballots on November 4? Will you just be voting for pence?
people have already placed their vote, the ballot doesn't change (aka, no one can be added to the ballot)

Pence will be the president, and votes for the Trump/Pence will be votes for Pence as president
 

Bedlam

Banned
Oct 26, 2017
4,536
Well isn't that convient. Everyone was expecting him to receive a beating from Harris next week.
 

BobLablow

Member
Apr 18, 2018
2,497
Maybe if they had taken this a little more seriously instead of trying to make it political from the start, I would feel the tiniest bit of sympathy for them.

As it is, I feel like wearing Melania's "I really don't care do u?" jacket.
 

Bentendo24

Member
Feb 20, 2020
5,360
people have already placed their vote, the ballot doesn't change (aka, no one can be added to the ballot)

Pence will be the president, and votes for the Trump/Pence will be votes for Pence as president

So in other words Trump dying might bring the never trumpers on board for a pence ticket?
 

Yerffej

Prophet of Regret
Member
Oct 25, 2017
23,575
people have already placed their vote, the ballot doesn't change (aka, no one can be added to the ballot)

Pence will be the president, and votes for the Trump/Pence will be votes for Pence as president
So same for Kamala if Biden were to get this and unfortunately die?
 

shinobi602

Verified
Oct 24, 2017
8,374
Goddamnit, this worm wiggled his way out of an ass beating with Harris. Life just isn't fair sometimes.
 

LProtagonist

Avenger
Oct 27, 2017
7,594
It is possible he has tested negative for now but could test positive later, so he might still not do the debate.