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sheshe2

(91,952 posts) Wed Apr 23, 2025, 10:44 PM Apr 23

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Current order of succession 😱 [View all]

1 Vice President JD Vance Republican
2 Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson Republican
3 President pro tempore of the Senate Chuck Grassley Republican
4 Secretary of State Marco Rubio Republican
5 Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent Republican
6 Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth Republican
7 Attorney General Pam Bondi Republican
8 Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum Republican
9 Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins Republican
10 Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick Republican
11 Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer Republican
12 Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Independent
13 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Scott Turner Republican
14 Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy Republican
15 Secretary of Energy Chris Wright Republican
16 Secretary of Education Linda McMahon Republican
17 Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins Republican
18 Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_line_of_succession

They are all pretty frightening.

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Current order of succession 😱 [View all] sheshe2 Apr 23 OP

they are ALL disgusting Skittles Apr 23 #1

Evil, every last one is evil. sheshe2 Apr 23 #13

Pretty much DENVERPOPS Apr 24 #23

They're all terrible. Ocelot II Apr 23 #2

To name a few.. sheshe2 Apr 23 #6

Yeah, that begs the question,... LudwigPastorius Apr 23 #15

The worm is dead... sheshe2 Apr 23 #17

Incompetence bdamomma Apr 23 #3

Yeah, kinda gives pause to the whole wishing he would just die strategy... Wounded Bear Apr 23 #4

it wont solve much. mopinko Apr 23 #9

They're scarier than a Stephen King novel. greatauntoftriplets Apr 23 #5

He had a vision and wrote about them. sheshe2 Apr 23 #8

I'll start. sheshe2 Apr 24 #25

I have a confession. greatauntoftriplets Apr 24 #32

Ha... I have read most of them. sheshe2 Apr 24 #33

We've got work to do to change this .. gotta get em off the couch n vote 🗳️ Deuxcents Apr 23 #7

Damn. All losers, but I'm not sure they can be worse than trump (though they are close). As much as I despise them, Silent Type Apr 23 #10

Scott Bessent seems amazing Polybius Apr 23 #11

When you look at a list of that many names GaYellowDawg Apr 23 #12

Too many sociopaths and criminals... Jack Valentino Apr 23 #14

Whack-a-mole. dchill Apr 24 #22

Outside of a Tom Clancy novel or similar, the order of succession largely doesn't matter RockRaven Apr 23 #16

Remember when President Reagan was shot markodochartaigh Apr 24 #28

trump has to go. I don't care who's next. ecstatic Apr 23 #18

that is a list of idiots peacebuzzard Apr 24 #19

Glad noem is last Figarosmom Apr 24 #20

Yep, another part of the system that is fucked up crazy- which created a never ending MESS Meowmee Apr 24 #21

I didn't see Kiefer Sutherland? What happened? LT Barclay Apr 24 #24

Given the current quality of the script writing for our reality; markodochartaigh Apr 24 #26

I doubt that Whiskey Pete will last that long. sheshe2 Apr 24 #27

I think that Pickled Pete gets a bad rap. markodochartaigh Apr 24 #29

You made me laugh! sheshe2 Apr 24 #30

Change 2 and 3 in '26. Rhiagel Apr 24 #31

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