Posted on 06/20/2017 8:59:56 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The thick, thick irony of it all. The man who never wanted to take the relatively thankless and difficult job as Speaker of the House because he wanted to become President one day may yet become the 46th President of the United States of America afterall.
Allow me to explain. In short, there is a line of succession for the office of the President. First in line is the Vice-President - in this case Mike Pence. The thing is that Mike Pence has a few legal problems -like his boss President Trump. He’s hired outside legal counsel, but that really doesn’t protect him from impeachment because impeachment is really a political act of Congress. The true calculus being made by the Republicans is how damaged Trump and Pence will get throughout the course of this Special Counsel Investigation. Will they be able to withstand the eventual public disclosures into their actions during the 2016 campaign, and post-election actions regarding their handling of the numerous and varied FBI investigations into multiple members of their administration?
The catch here is in the irony of Representative Paul Ryan being Speaker of the House. Impeachment begins in the House of Representatives, and very broadly and generally speaking, the Speaker of the House controls what gets considered and what happens there. So, the guy who took the job of Speaker for the proverbial Republican team, now gets to pull the trigger on whether he takes a short trip down the road to occupy the Oval Office as the 46th President of the United States.....
(Excerpt) Read more at huffingtonpost.com ...
Y’all DO know about this meeting in Utah this month, right?
“Former Democratic Vice President Joe Biden, House Speaker Paul Ryan and Sens. John McCain and Lindsey Graham are among the high-profile officials attending...” with Mitt Romney.
Right?
Of course you do. Freepers keep their ears to the ground. They don’t just get their news from FR...they do a little work on their own, right?
What we need to know is the whole list of attendees. These are the Never Trumpers plotting to overthrow the administration...and rather interesting that Joe was there too.
This meeting hasn’t worried you?
Hello?
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jun/9/romney-hosts-annual-park-city-summit-of-donors-off/
If you and I know about it so does President Trump, Steve Bannon, Jared Kushner, Kellyanne Conway, Roger Stone and etc....
Ed
Liberals have lost what little brain cells they had left.
I have an air fern that has a higher IQ than Mr. Giacomo, Social Change Engineer. Frankly, I think the LOCOmotive he’s driving has no tracks.
Remember when Democrats put a KKK recruiter named Robert Sheets Byrd (D-KKK) in the line ascension to the presidency?
My girlfriend Kathy says looking at his photo makes it obvious there are no branches in his family tree.
Hmmm, I don’t think this kook even realizes that “impeachment” doesn’t actually remove the President, and there is still the little issue of a Senate trial and getting 67 Senators to agree (which would mean 19 Republicans). But why let facts get in the way of good liberal daydream?
Please go away silly liberal person you are embarrassing yourself and all of sillyliberalkind.
I see someone transcribed this guy’s drunken barroom bloviating and the Huff Post leapt to publish it.
I don't care who you are, that's funny right there! 'Social Change Engineer', is that like the Conductor of the Snowflake Train?
Yep, just as I thought, queer as $3 bill. Who ever cut his/her/it’s pic, left the node sticking out of it’s neck. Is that where they plug it in?
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