We’d need to retake the house and have 2 successful assassinations in a short enough period that a VP can’t be confirmed, making the Speaker of the House POTUS.
It would be easier to just get a veto-proof majority in the 2026 elections, which is mathematically (if not realistically) possible in 2026, since 22 Republican senators are up for election.
Veto-proof majority would also be enough to remove Trump and Vance from office in January 2027.
The best we can realistically hope for is taking the House and Senate in 2026 and defunding anything Trump tries to do, followed by a massive recruitment drive in 2029 to rehire competent federal workers.
Long-term, we’ve established a need for a Constitutional Amendment to bring some level of plurality in the executive branch, with career secretaries and elected commissioners for each agency that are independent of and protected from the President.
Given his age and physical condition, Trump could plausibly keel over on his own before his term is up.
It’s also possible that the Dems could retake the House and/or Senate, and even without a veto proof majority, simply refuse to confirm any replacement VP nominee. Doesn’t even have to be related to some desire to see the line of succession get invoked again, there would almost certainly be ample grounds to object to any nominee that Trump or Vance would pick.
We’d need to retake the house and have 2 successful assassinations in a short enough period that a VP can’t be confirmed, making the Speaker of the House POTUS.
It would be easier to just get a veto-proof majority in the 2026 elections, which is mathematically (if not realistically) possible in 2026, since 22 Republican senators are up for election.
Veto-proof majority would also be enough to remove Trump and Vance from office in January 2027.
The best we can realistically hope for is taking the House and Senate in 2026 and defunding anything Trump tries to do, followed by a massive recruitment drive in 2029 to rehire competent federal workers.
Long-term, we’ve established a need for a Constitutional Amendment to bring some level of plurality in the executive branch, with career secretaries and elected commissioners for each agency that are independent of and protected from the President.
At that point we might as well give up on the union. There is no way the right won’t just double down. Might be for the best though
Given his age and physical condition, Trump could plausibly keel over on his own before his term is up.
It’s also possible that the Dems could retake the House and/or Senate, and even without a veto proof majority, simply refuse to confirm any replacement VP nominee. Doesn’t even have to be related to some desire to see the line of succession get invoked again, there would almost certainly be ample grounds to object to any nominee that Trump or Vance would pick.