If he is THIRD in line of th U.S. Presidency, after Mike Pence, they need to really look at this from a different perspective. He could have been a future President of the USA.
???? Huh? He is not 3rd in line to the presidential succession, he is not in the official succession at all. Where did you get that idea?
1 Vice President Mike Pence (R)
2 Speaker of the House of Representatives Paul Ryan (R)
3 President pro tempore of the Senate Orrin Hatch (R)
4 Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (R)
5 Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin (R)
6 Secretary of Defense James Mattis (I)
7 Attorney General Jeff Sessions (R)
8 Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke (R)
9 Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue (R)
10 Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross (R)
11 Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta (R)
12 Secretary of Health and Human Services Eric Hargan (R)
Acting
13 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson (R)
– Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao (R)[b]
14 Secretary of Energy Rick Perry (R)
15 Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos (R)
16 Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin (I)
17 Secretary of Homeland Security Elaine Duke (I)
Acting
That’s Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House, not Rand Paul.
You’re thinking of Paul Ryan; the Speaker of the House.
The person attacked is Senator Rand Paul, not Speaker of the House Paul Ryan. Ryan is second in line behind the Vice President, who is first in line.
The only senator in the presidential line of succession is the one who serves as President pro tempore of the Senate. Currently that is Orrin Hatch, and he is third in line. The Secretary of State is fourth in line.