The order in which government leaders are tasked with performing the duties of the president if the incumbent cannot carry out the office's responsibilities.
Last week, every House Republican agreed that “mild-mannered” Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) should be the man to replace Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) as Speaker of the House. Whether that party-line vote came from chaos fatigue (22 days without a leader) or the support of disgraced former president Trump is possibly a coin toss. After blackballing […]
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