(November 4, 2020 at 4:04 pm)Sandman Slim Wrote:(November 4, 2020 at 2:18 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Here’s an interesting, but highly unlikely, scenario:
Trump and Biden tie at 268 electoral votes each. The means that state delegations in the House get to pick the next president. After some backroom deal-making, enough Republican delegations (I think it would only take two, but I can’t be arsed to look it up)decide they’ve had it up to HERE with Trump’s antics, and side with the Democratic delegations and Hey Presto, Biden is your next President.
BUT...the Senate gets to pick the Vice President. If Republicans maintain control of the Senate (as looks increasingly likely), they’ll pick Pence.
A Democratic President and a Republican VP. How cool is THAT??
Boru
In this scenario, why would the Senate select Pence over Trump? Especially considering Biden may not live out his first term. To push the scenario to even more unlikely heights, Biden gets selected by the House, the Senate selects Trump as the VP, Biden dies shortly after Jan 20th 2022, leaving less than two years of his term to Trump and keeping a Trump re-election in 2024 viable. Everyone shuddered at the thought of 8 years of Trump. Can you imagine 10?!?
They certainly could pick Trump (they can pick anyone not disqualified from being President). But suppose Biden does die as you predict - what if Trump dies before picking a new VP (he’s close to Biden’s age and not in the best of health). In THAT scenario, Nancy Pelosi becomes President.
Boru
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