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I am sick to death of Wallace calling Biden vp- Pence is vp.


3,162 posted on 09/29/2020 7:36:47 PM PDT by Irenic (The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheelbarrow)
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I am sick to death of Wallace calling Biden vp- Pence is vp.

Agreed.

The left just doesn't want to admit that that Biden isn't VP still.

3,211 posted on 09/29/2020 7:38:39 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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It’s a popular usage, and didn’t start with Biden.

When Pence is no longer vice president (assuming he doesn’t next become President) reporters will refer to him as vice-president as well.

It used to be that a person retained the title of the last highest office they held - a retired Ambassador remains Ambassador So-and-So for the rest of his life - unless/until he attains a higher position.

The exception has traditionally been for offices which are only held by one person at a time - president/vice president. But the current popular usage is that Trump will always be ‘President Trump’, and Clinton ‘President Clinton’; Biden and Pence ‘Vice President’ - unless the latter two manage to become president, in which case they will be referred to thereafter as ‘President’.

This didn’t start with Biden.


3,436 posted on 09/29/2020 7:51:24 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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