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We\u2019ve been on a terrible timeline since the end of 2016. If we are going to be forced to live with this shitshow, I think it should start off with a bang to make me smile. Here is my proposal on how to start 2025 and survive the next four years.<\/p>\n
President Joe Biden gets drunk New Year\u2019s Eve, wakes up the next morning, says \u201cfuck it, I resign,\u201d making Kamala Harris the 47th president.<\/p>\n
Trump throws a temper tantrum all over the internet because now all his \u201c47\u201d merchandise is worthless. I laugh heartily as I read the headlines. He and his followers immediately start making \u201c48\u201d merchandise.<\/p>\n
Over in the House of Representatives, the republicans can\u2019t get a speaker voted in by noon on January 6, 2025, or by inauguration day on January 20, so the job falls<\/a> to the Senate president pro tempore \u2013 91-year-old Chuck Grassley, making him the 48th president. Trump again throws a temper tantrum and has to start making “49” merchandise. I laugh some more.<\/p>\n In case you aren\u2019t familiar with how this could actually work, here\u2019s the scoop<\/a>. Every congressional session begins on January 3. Members-elect of the House cannot be sworn in until a Speaker is elected. The House is technically dissolved until this occurs.<\/p>\n In this situation, there is no Speaker and no House members are sworn in, which means the electoral vote certification cannot happen. The electoral vote certification requires both houses of Congress \u2013 the House and the Senate \u2013 to hold a joint session. If noon on January 20, comes and goes, America would be without a president.<\/p>\n According to the U.S. Constitution, the President pro tempore<\/em><\/a> of the Senate is required to resign their seat and act as the President until the House gets off its ass and elects a Speaker. If the democrats had held the Senate, this would have resulted in our first female president \u2013 Patty Murray<\/a>. However, the republicans will hold a majority as of January 3, so we get 91-year-old Chuck Grassley<\/a>, a man who has been in Congress since 1980, when I was 10 years old.<\/p>\n I, for one, look forward to President Grassley. It would also be hilarious with the razor-thin margin the republicans have in the House, to have several republicans say \u201cfuck you\u201d to the party and vote House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries<\/a> to the position of Speaker.<\/p>\n Trump would have an aneurysm and I\u2019m all here for that. Remember, I grew up in New York. I\u2019ve known what grifters he and his family are. You\u2019re all about to experience that to the extreme because there are no more guard rails.<\/p>\n But, I digress. If Grassley becomes the president, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) will be forced into uncharted territory. This is because electors have continually voted for the stupidest people, who do not understand the basics of governing. These elected officials want to rule with an iron fist, not govern.<\/p>\n SCOTUS will have to answer questions, such as, if the election isn\u2019t certified, does it become nullified. Can those people elected just ignore the Constitution and seat themselves? Can Grassley then appoint his own Vice President. In normal circumstances, the President can appoint someone to that seat with approval of the Senate. This wouldn\u2019t be normal, so would President Grassley follow those rules or are there new ones to follow? Can he then appoint Trump and resign, making Trump president? Do we chuck out the current rules and have SCOTUS make new ones? How would that work? How long would it take?<\/p>\n All of what I have written is permissible under Section 3 of the 20th Amendment<\/a>, however, that section also says that \u201cIf a President shall not have been chosen before the time fixed for the beginning of his term, or if the President-elect shall have failed to qualify, then the Vice President-elect shall act as President until a President shall have qualified.\u201d It is listed before the scenario I want to see, but it doesn\u2019t not signify that list order is procedure order. So, we\u2019re back to SCOTUS and the kakistocracy<\/a> shitshow.<\/p>\n Regardless of how the next four years turns out, this scenario would be the most hilarious shitshow on the planet. I mean, if you\u2019re going to fuck over my country, I might as well be entertained while it happens. As I read on the internet the other day about the republicans, \u201cThis party\u2019s more fucked up than a soup sammich.\u201d I concur. <\/p>\n As always, \u201cDon\u2019t listen to what they say, watch what they do.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/79425a50a43df2eaf75dce5b0ffb8335cc0285ac64567b7857f9a687045de3a6.jpg\")
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