[Dr. Sivana]

Going back a bit further, in 1963 LBJ got the Presidency. In 1974 Gerald Ford got the Presidency without being elected as VP or Prez.

Very true. However, I was addressing the likelihood of an elected VP later being elected president (which is why I dropped Rockefeller from the list).

However, you address a larger point: things sometimes happen to presidents. Go back a few more years, and you get a couple more assassinated presidents, and plenty die in office, some from stupidity (William Henry Harrison). Trump is healthy, but he could die, and now is NOT the time to be stuck with Tulsi Gabbard to carry the MAGA mantle.

An elected VP has as much claim to the leadership of a movement as anyone else who isn't an elected president.

[napscoordinator]

That would be a disaster if tulsi ended up president. Holy cow. Yes she has a few good attributes, but not even half on the issues.