A Trump/Rubio ticket could provoke a constitutional crisis!

[thewayne]

This is fascinating!

The 12th Amendment specifies how electors are supposed to cast their ballots. And one stipulation is they cannot vote for a President AND Veep from their same state!

Trump and Rubio are both residents of Florida...

Now, when Bush and Cheney announced, they had both been residents of Texas. Cheney changed his residency to Wyoming, where he'd spent a lot of years and represented them in Congress. No problem there. In this case, I can't see The Trumpster moving back to NYC.

Rubio could resign from the Senate, but he's only two years into his third term. He could move back to Las Vegas where he spent some time in his childhood, but again, he's the elected senator from FLORIDA, not NEVADA. "Little Marco", as a certain orange shitgibbon likes to call him, seems eager for the position of Veep, and is rumored to be on the short list.

Here's how a possible election could turn out, from the article:

"So let’s say the Trump-Rubio 2024 ticket wins somewhere between 270 and 300 electoral votes (which is entirely plausible; Trump won 304 in 2016 and Biden won 306 in 2020). Trump would become president, but if Rubio is denied 30 electoral votes, the vice-presidency would be determined by a vote in the Senate (as also provided by the 12th Amendment). Senators would get to choose between the top two electoral-vote winners, i.e., the Democratic and Republican vice-presidential nominees. If the Senate is still controlled by Democrats at that point, you could have Donald Trump taking the oath of office on January 20, 2025, alongside his vice-president, Kamala Harris. The mind reels."

Wouldn't that be the greatest! Prez Trump and Veep Harris?! His red face as his BP soars would be such a wonderful compliment to his orange hair!

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/trump-rubio-2024-ticket-could-spark-a-constitutional-crisis.html

Comments

[conuly]

The Founders had a lot of concerns that make no sense today, I see.

[thewayne]

The 12th Amendment was ratified in 1804.  I can see the point of it was to prevent a pair from the same state from holding too much power, even though the Veep is fairly powerless.  As a theoretical preventative measure, I can see it.  As a reality?  I don't know that it makes much of a difference.  Perhaps it was more important in the early 19th century when the formation and endurance of the country was still an on-going question - it was only eight years later that the War of 1812 happened and the Capitol was burned.

[disneydream06]

WOWZA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I, like most of the country did not know about that. :o :o :o
That would be a massive riot have her standing beside him. LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hugs, Jon

[acelightning73]

A potential new way to block The tax-evading, business-cheating, lecherous NARCISSIST. I think it gives me a bit of hope.

[thewayne]

A lot of people think he won't be on the ticket come the GOP convention.  Very hard to say how things will eventuate.

[acelightning73]

Three American Goddesses, guide and guard us!

[thewayne]

Yep!

[kaishin108]

That would be PRETTY WILD! LOL...

[thewayne]

It'd be absolutely hilarious!

[silveradept]

I can see why such a rule might be implemented in a time where the possibility of the head of the executive and the presiding officer of the Senate colluding together to enrich their own state at the expense of the others would be a concern. In our days, we realize that the major issues with collusion come from the legislature and the executive being part of the same political party.

Rubio would be the one to change his residency and resign his Senate seat, I'm sure, if he was selected as a Vice President. But I don't think that ticket would go. If Trump wanted someone from Florida with him, it'd be DeSantis, just for the humiliation factor.