Comment on If Trump and Biden both died today, what would happen?

Sharpiemarker@startrek.website ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• meco03211@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Important to note that the speaker only takes over if the president and vp died together. If the president dies, the vp takes over and picks a new vp, who would then be first in the line of succession.

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  • Rhaedas@kbin.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    And the new President doesn't necessarily have to pick a VP, it's just expected to fill the vacancy.

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  • pizzazz@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The VP has to be confirmed by congress so the vacancy could be a long one.

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  • Sharpiemarker@startrek.website ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Thank you for the correction!

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• otp@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Neither have been elected yet.

  I’m pretty sure they’ve both been elected as president. Biden is even currently president, and I don’t think he was appointed or anything.

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  • Sharpiemarker@startrek.website ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You have a fair point there.

    Since in OPs hypothetical they specified the Jan 9 date and that Biden had been elected, I misspoke.

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    • otp@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      tbf I didn’t read the OP beyond the title! Haha

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      • Sharpiemarker@startrek.website ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Cheers!

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    • ABCDE@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I think they meant elected as candidates or the next president.

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