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Originally Posted by MoneyGuy
I’d bet money that the next president, whoever he is, will finish his term. Harris is capable. Whoever Trump chooses as his running mate (WTF is he taking so long) will be crazy like Trump.
I can’t find it now but tithe person who called Biden demented (or whatever word was used), watch this and tell me who’s crazy. I watched Biden’s entire speech. He was very good.
https://x.com/meidastouch/status/181...hcrClosx0_6RsA |
I was curious about the running mate thing, so I did some Googling.
Apparently it is not too uncommon to wait until August to pick a running mate, at least historically if not recently. It got me thinking though, after Pence foiled his plot to become dictator, maybe he doesn't even want a Vice President in the way this time.
Again, just from brief internet searches and I am definitely not an expert on American constitutional law, but it does sound like there is some legal ambiguity about whether he needs to have one. In the event a VP takes over if the president can't fulfill their duties, they do not need to appoint another VP after being sworn in, so it would seem that it isn't essential to have someone with that title in office.
Apparently some states say that the President and VP candidates need to be confirmed "x" number of days before the election (Texas being the most at 71 days), but other states don't stipulate a date or specify that a VP has to be on there at all, so it sounds like there could be some room for legal challenges if he wanted to test it. It actually used to be the case in the U.S. that presidents ran on their own and the second place candidate become the VP. Wouldn't that be funny? Trump wins and Biden becomes the VP, comedy ensues.
I doubt Trump would risk being left off the ballot in a state like Texas (if that is a possible repercussion), so he will likely appoint a really weak running mate or even a family member that he knows won't ever challenge him. He'll have to do it by mid-August though to avoid potential problems.