Comment on If Biden died tomorrow and Harris took over? and she won the election also. Could she work full two terms or would it count as one when Biden died?

• chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  If you are just going to go that route, you don’t need to wait the 25 months. Just keep getting picked for vp, ice them immediately and take over. Don’t run for reelection, just get the vp nod on the next ticket, rinse and repeat. If you think that sounds preposterous, remember we are on the cusp of re-electing a racist rapist with a spray tan.

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• BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Boss doesn’t need to die, just resign. You could literally just have a sham person be elected as the “president” and then resign on Day 1 each time to keep someone as president indefinitely.

  Assuming voters played along with that of course.

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  • azimir@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You don’t need the voters. You need the states.

    We’re about to find out what happens when states refuse to recognize the winner of the Electoral College. Georgia, Arizona, and likely other states are going to fuck the state votes and refuse to certify.

    If you can get enough state reps and congressional reps to vote for you each cycle (as VP), then take over from the sham president, you could effectively be president forever.

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    • BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Technically the state reps and congressional reps need to be voted in too, so the voters have some power, even if gerrymandering makes it less than it should be.

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• snooggums@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  SCOTUS approved comment

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• Moobythegoldensock@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Ah, the Putin maneuver.

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