[meadsjn]

If VP moves up to POTUS, that doesn’t make the speaker the VP.

No. Agnew resigned. Nixon nominated Rockefeller. Then Nixon resigned.

If the VP moved up to President, then that president would nominate someone.

[greeneyes]

If VP moves up to POTUS, that doesn’t make the speaker the VP.
No. Agnew resigned. Nixon nominated Rockefeller. Then Nixon resigned.

If the VP moved up to President, then that president would nominate someone.
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I thought he nominated Ford.