C-dub wrote: ↑Wed Aug 19, 2020 11:10 am
IF Biden did win.
IF he is declared incompetent or whatever.
IF Kamala a becomes president (vomit).
Just because the speaker is third in line of succession doesn’t mean she automatically is VP, right? Wouldn’t Kampala still have to pick her? The speaker is third and only automatically becomes POTUS if the first two are gone or unable, right?
I believe you are correct. That is how Gerald Ford ascended to the White House without every receiving a single vote. When Spiro Agnew resigned, Nixon appointed Ford as the new VP. When Nixon resigned, Ford became president without having ever won an election.
ETA: I'm not editorializing about Ford's effectiveness. I really don't remember enough of his tenure to know whether or not he was a "good" President. He was only in office 895 days. He ran for, and lost, the White House in the next election, but likely they way he came to the office in the first place shot him in the foot on re-election.