{"id":2272610,"date":"2024-06-20T13:52:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T17:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gen-flynn-warning-before-nov-dems-can-stick-us-with-unelected-potus-vp-technically-legal-extremely-troubling\/"},"modified":"2024-06-20T13:57:14","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T17:57:14","slug":"gen-flynn-warning-before-nov-dems-can-stick-us-with-unelected-potus-vp-technically-legal-extremely-troubling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gen-flynn-warning-before-nov-dems-can-stick-us-with-unelected-potus-vp-technically-legal-extremely-troubling\/","title":{"rendered":"Gen. Flynn Alert: Dems Could Appoint Unelected POTUS\/VP by November &#8211; Legally Possible, Highly Concerning"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgen-flynn-warning-before-nov-dems-can-stick-us-with-unelected-potus-vp-technically-legal-extremely-troubling%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2272610&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses\u200b perceived\u200b maneuvers \u2063within the Democratic Party related to President Joe Biden and\u2062 Vice President Kamala Harris, suggesting plans might be in motion to reconsider their roles due to various \u2063shortcomings. It delves into historical precedents\u2062 where political strategies have resulted in significant changes, such as during the Nixon administration when Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned, followed\u200c by \u200bPresident Nixon, leading to unanticipated leadership \u2063in the form of Gerald Ford\u200b and Nelson Rockefeller, neither of whom were\u200d elected. The article raises speculations about similar scenarios unfolding, potentially\u200c involving figures like Hillary Clinton or \u2064Gavin Newsom stepping into high positions without electoral backing. It discusses constitutional mechanisms \u200dlike the 25th Amendment that \u2063allow for such changes, provoking thoughts on the democratic implications of such moves and their historical instances.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section>\n<p>Mark Twain was said to have written: \u201cHistory does not repeat itself, but it rhymes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Today, we look back a half-century to see what precedents exist for how Democratic power brokers just might address the problem of keeping their party in power, without relying on either a mentally challenged president or an intellectually challenged <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: 'Pipeline' to Obama Admin Seen as 'Currency'\">vice president<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Make no mistake about it. There are powerful Democratic forces lurking behind Joe Biden\u2019s throne who even now are plotting ways to shove him to the side. His performance at the Group of Seven conference in Italy, where Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni had to take him by the arm after he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/saradorn\/2024\/06\/14\/biden-wanders-away-from-other-g7-leaders-and-controversy-ensues-the-video-explained\/\">wandered off<\/a> from his colleagues, might have been the final straw.<\/p>\n<div id=\"IC1-ad\" class=\"sponsor IC1\">\n<div class=\"ad-notice flipboard-remove\" fl:fl-noexcerpt=\"true\">Advertisement &#8211; story continues below<\/div>\n<div id=\"IC1\"> <script> \t\t\t\t\t\tif( 'IC1' !='REP' && FFADS.units.IC1 && FFADS.units.IC1.ad_type=='custom' && FFADS.units.IC1.custom_ads && ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById( 'IC1' ).innerHTML=FFADS.units.IC1.custom_ads[0].code; \t\t\t\t\t\t\tif( ! 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Spiro Agnew as his running mate for his win in 1968. Agnew turned out to be a forerunner of former President Donald Trump, aided by the rhetorical skills of Pat Buchanan, in attacking the press as \u201cnattering nabobs of negativism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite the flack he took for being Nixon\u2019s hatchet man, Nixon stuck with him again for his landslide victory in 1972 \u2014 carrying every state but Massachusetts.<\/p>\n<p>However, in less than a year, Agnew came under investigation by the U.S. attorney for Maryland, pleaded no contest to a single felony charge of tax evasion and resigned from office.<\/p>\n<p>To fill the vice presidency, in October 1973, Nixon appointed House Minority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/flashback-gerald-fords-eerie-prediction-soon-come-true-kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gerald Ford<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It had been only six years since the states had ratified the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/united-states-constitution\/25th-amendment\">25th\u00a0Amendment<\/a>, which provided a new method to fill a vacancy in the vice presidency. Under that Amendment, the president nominates a new vice president who takes office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress.<\/p>\n<p>There are no restrictions on who the president may nominate \u2014 it need not be a person who has ever been in elected or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shall-never-be-infringed-texas-gov-greg-abbott-signs-law-banning-government-from-closing-places-of-worship\/\" title=\"\u2018Shall Never Be Infringed\u2019: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Signs Law Banning Government From Closing Places Of Worship\">appointed office<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"IC3-ad\" class=\"sponsor IC3\">\n<div class=\"ad-notice flipboard-remove\" fl:fl-noexcerpt=\"true\">Advertisement &#8211; story continues below<\/div>\n<div id=\"IC3\"> <script> \t\t\t\t\t\tif( 'IC3' !='REP' && FFADS.units.IC3 && FFADS.units.IC3.ad_type=='custom' && FFADS.units.IC3.custom_ads && ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById( 'IC3' ).innerHTML=FFADS.units.IC3.custom_ads[0].code; \t\t\t\t\t\t\tif( ! 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Nelson Rockefeller as vice president. He too saw swift Senate and House confirmation and was sworn in on Dec. 19, 1974.<\/p>\n<p>At that point, the nation had not only an unelected president but also an unelected vice president. And all those changes had occurred only 25 months after Nixon-Agnew took the election by storm, winning 49 states and over 60 percent of the popular vote.<\/p>\n<div id=\"IC4-ad\" class=\"sponsor IC4\">\n<div class=\"ad-notice flipboard-remove\" fl:fl-noexcerpt=\"true\">Advertisement &#8211; story continues below<\/div>\n<div id=\"IC4\"> <script> \t\t\t\t\t\tif( 'IC4' !='REP' && FFADS.units.IC4 && FFADS.units.IC4.ad_type=='custom' && FFADS.units.IC4.custom_ads && ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById( 'IC4' ).innerHTML=FFADS.units.IC4.custom_ads[0].code; \t\t\t\t\t\t\tif( ! 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She is 69 years old and says she has diabetes, and Democrats could appeal to her to resign so her replacement could be chosen by Biden.<\/p>\n<p>A resignation would avoid the risk of a vacancy occurring during a second Trump administration. (No Democrat wants to repeat the scenario where Ruth Bader Ginsburg hung on until after President Barack Obama left office, resulting in Trump nominating Amy Coney Barrett.)<\/p>\n<p>Just who is there who might be able to fill what is now considered both a \u201cfemale\u201d and \u201cminority\u201d seat on the high court? Well, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-complicated-history-four-times-joe-biden-and-kamala-harris-have-gone-head-to-head\/\" title=\"\u00a0A Complicated History: Four Times Joe Biden and Kamala Harris Have Gone Head To Head\">minority female<\/a> might be a good choice for a Democratic president. And, after every recent Supreme Court decision that does not go Biden\u2019s way, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-trump-drops-hammer-kamala-harris-strikes-brutal-reminder-loathed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kamala Harris<\/a> seems to launch an attack on the justices, indicating she would have done better.<\/p>\n<p>Sounds like the vice president might welcome an appointment where her clerks could write her opinions and she would not be called on to deliver \u201cword salad\u201d speeches.<\/p>\n<p>That moves her out of the way.<\/p>\n<p>At that point, Biden could use that 25th Amendment to appoint someone. Who might that be? Could it be Hillary Clinton? 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Presto chango: As the Republicans did in the 1970s, the Democrats could do in the coming weeks, giving us an unelected president and vice president on the general election ballot.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s look back a half-century to see how that worked out for the Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>With President Ford facing a tough nomination challenge from Ronald Reagan, Rockefeller (despised by supporters of Barry Goldwater) offered to step aside, and Ford eventually agreed.<\/p>\n<p>At the 1976 Republican National Convention, the delegates selected Kansas Sen. Bob Dole as Ford\u2019s running mate.<\/p>\n<p>Four years after having trusted Nixon-Agnew and having both candidates disappoint, the voters decided not to trust Ford-Dole. The ticket was defeated by Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale, 297 to 240 in the Electoral College and 40.8 million to 39.1 million in the popular vote.<\/p>\n<p>Rather than Joe Biden-Kamala Harris, could the Democrats\u2019 fall ticket be Hillary Clinton-Gavin Newsom? 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