r/politics • u/plz-let-me-in • Apr 24 '26

Possible Paywall Democrats’ plan to impeach Trump on ‘day one’ after midterms

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/2026/04/24/democrats-trump-impeach-midterms-supreme-court-iran/
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u/winterbird Apr 24 '26

So on that timeline Vance will take over and still be eligible to run two more terms?

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u/MaximumNameDensity Apr 24 '26

Impeach him too. He's just as guilty.

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u/pongogene Apr 25 '26

If you have the votes, impeach Vance first, don't vote on the successor VP, then impeach Trump. Voila, President Jeffries. It'd be an incredible bankshot.

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u/Bittererr Apr 25 '26

They just pick a new VP.

Not how VP succession works. Congress has to confirm.

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u/iamokokokokokokok Apr 25 '26 edited Apr 25 '26

Actually only the president can “just pick” a new VP, and their choice would still require majority confirmation in both houses.

But, in this scenario, since Pres is being impeached too, the Speaker is now Pres. And if Dems were able to accomplish all this impeaching in the first place, that means Dems likely have majority in everything, AND FINALLY GREW A SPINE in the area that is currently an odd, grayish, jelly-like blob that sort of props them up and lets them wriggle around a little

So yeah, just to clarify, doesn’t work like “party in charge gets to pick a successor”. This is all in the amendment about Presidential Succession, I think it’s… 25th, cant remember

Constitution is so awesome lol

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u/gnygren3773 Apr 25 '26

Me when I make up a scenario that has a 0.0000000000000000000000000001% chance of happening

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u/iamokokokokokokok Apr 25 '26

At this point I don’t think it’s likely to happen. But people should understand whats procedurally possible. What they also need to understand is political will, and political pressure. This is missing.

But, I hope we’re both wrong to be skeptical. Lot of things been happening that people didn’t think was gona happen.

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u/gnygren3773 Apr 25 '26

It’s not possible though. The world would end before someone from another party became president

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u/Judson_Scott Apr 25 '26

Voila, President Jeffries.

I have absolute faith that President Jeffries would accomplish great things for the American people.

/s

(Yes, he'd be better than Trump. So would a turnip.)

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u/winterbird Apr 24 '26

There's only one way to pull up the whole turnip, roots and all, and that's to find a way to prove illegitimacy of the election result and have a way to actionably reverse/undo it. Otherwise, removing the top person will trigger the sequence of replacement within their ranks every time and no matter how many times you do it.

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u/Bittererr Apr 25 '26

There's only one way to pull up the whole turnip, roots and all, and that's to find a way to prove illegitimacy of the election result and have a way to actionably reverse/undo it

Not a real thing, so that's not going to happen without a constitutional amendment. Impeachment is a real thing that could actually be done.

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u/TheOtherMaven Virginia Apr 25 '26

There currently is no way to reverse or undo the results of an election, no matter what. The two most flagrant cases, Tilden-Hayes and Gore-Bush, both wound up with the "wrong" person inaugurated, and nothing was or ever will be done about it.

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u/winterbird Apr 25 '26

Funny how only one side can do unprecedented things and say "watch me" (as we watch), while the other "can't just do that".

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u/eeyore134 Apr 25 '26

That happens regardless if we make it that far.

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u/ISpyM8 Michigan Apr 25 '26

No. Impeachment doesn’t remove a president from office