Posted on 10/01/2020 3:40:40 PM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
Speaker Nancy Pelosi raised the possibility that she might become acting president if neither President Trump nor Democratic nominee Joe Biden wins enough electoral votes to declare victory in the election on or after Nov. 3.
Pelosi, a California Democrat, told reporters Thursday that she is preparing House Democrats for a potential role in determining the winner with a vote by each state delegation.
But if a majority still does not emerge for either Trump or Biden, Pelosi said, “then it goes into another range where the speaker becomes the [president]. It’s complicated after that.”
It is rare for the House to play a role in determining the outcome of a presidential election, and it hasn’t happened in 150 years. But Pelosi is girding party lawmakers to play a role if the election is so close that neither Trump nor Biden is the electoral winner.
In such a scenario, each House state delegation would cast one vote for president, depending on the majority party in each delegation.
Pelosi said she is aiming for Democrats to be able to cast at least 26 votes, a bare majority, which would hand the White House to Biden.
The Senate, meanwhile, would be empowered with voting to determine the vice president.
But if the House delegation results in a 25-25 tie and the Senate can’t agree on a vice presidential winner, Pelosi would become acting president, according to the 1947 Presidential Succession Act.
Republicans currently have the advantage in state delegations, and last month, Pelosi wrote to Democrats and urged the party to focus on flipping seats with Nov. 3 wins in Alaska and Montana, which now have GOP majorities. Additionally, Pennsylvania's delegation is split 9-9, so picking up a seat in November could give the Democrats an edge.
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she can dream all she wants, it’s not going to happen.
Each state only gets one vote in the house. Now the Republicans have more states therefore more votes and we win again.
Not possuble according to the constitution.
Republicans currently have the advantage in state delegations, that will prevent Pelosi if it’s sustained.
Why not “becoming acting president”.
She’s been acting like she was sane for decades.
....”That’s been the plan all along” ...
Their plan has been to win the Presidency after the election....which is why Biden nor Harris is really campaigning much.
So close she can almost taste it.
Like her father, Satan, who will always taste dust in the mouth, so shall it be for San Fran Nan. Nothing but dust in the mouth.
Pelosi and the leftists will find various parliament tactics to delay the votes indefinitely, thus making her President.
I see no way other than a Trump blowout of this ending peacefully...
She doesn’t know the constitution
Wow. What was that???
Yes. Looney Tunes.
Or she’s reading everything she says and they messed up with their TelePrompTer feed.
Pelosi is ardently hoping it happens. That would be a hell of a way to get our first Woman President. Harris-Biden seems to be the Left’s preferred way of getting there. They really believe they have the election sewn up by vote manipulation and manufacture so that Biden will “win” and Harris will, after a decent interval, perhaps a year or a month, become the Woman President.
I think the polls will be lined up for Trump as never before because people aren’t relying on these mail in votes. However no doubt the Dems are using mail-ins to cheat.
She is mentally incompetent.
I have said repeatedly that much of this farce is because Pelosi wants to be the first woman president.
i am talking about the president pro tempore of the senate who currently is charles grassley. since it is grassley, it can’t be pence. the president pro tempore of the senate is in the 1947 succession act.
87 year old Grassley? He could barely read his question to Comey yesterday. Lovely.
If the Senate has to vote on a VP, then it should vote in Trump.
This tired old trope again?
Won’t happen.
She is as whacked as sleepy Joe.
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