He may have been, appointed, or selected to the ticket, but to get to the WH would have had to succeed in an election.
How in hell are they talking themselves around that ?
Only an elected official can succeed to the Presidency, which is why Speaker is number 3 in line.
Another D fantasy designed to skirt the rule of law, per usual.
“Only an elected official can succeed to the Presidency...”
Paging Gerald Ford.
While he had been elected to Congress, Nixon could have appointed anyone as his VP.
But he would not have been elected AS PRESIDENT. That’s the point this guy is making. And although the 12th amendment states that you can’t be elected as VP if you’re ineligible as president, his point is that Obama would NOT be ineligible since he could succeed to the Presidency under the 22nd amendment under his interpretation.
I don’t think the Supreme Court would uphold that interpretation though. Under his interpretation if he succeeded Hillary in the first two years of her term then he’d have to step down after two years because the provision states that he can’t be elected twice if he serves more than two years of someone else’s term but he has already been elected twice.
And you explain Gerald Ford how?
Yes, bring back O and Clinton so they can finish corrupting every agency in the USA while lining their pockets with millions in kickbacks from corrupt countries. Can’t wait. Both should be in jail. Still want to know how much they all got out of that pallet of cash they sent to Iran.
President Ford was not elected