silence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoYou can stop asking where the mass opposition is. It's everywhere.www.motherjones.comexternal-linkmessage-square230fedilinkarrow-up11.29Karrow-down116
arrow-up11.28Karrow-down1external-linkYou can stop asking where the mass opposition is. It's everywhere.www.motherjones.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square230fedilink
minus-squareNABDad@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·16 hours agoAs it stands now leadership change in the US does not include the possibility of calling elections. If Trump steps down, Vance takes over. If Vance also steps down, it’s Mike Johnson, then Chuck Grassley, Marco Rubio, and so on. https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_line_of_succession For that to change, Congress would have to establish a new presidential succession process, which they could do. However, they won’t.
As it stands now leadership change in the US does not include the possibility of calling elections.
If Trump steps down, Vance takes over. If Vance also steps down, it’s Mike Johnson, then Chuck Grassley, Marco Rubio, and so on.
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_line_of_succession
For that to change, Congress would have to establish a new presidential succession process, which they could do. However, they won’t.