It’s time for another episode of Behind The Tweet. This time, another “rogue” account:
“GOP worried if they press Rus-Pres ties & impeach, possibility of new election could occur; smartest play for dems – promise no redo.” – @RogueSNRadvisor
If you still held any lingering doubts about whether these rogue accounts were fake, this should seal it for you.
Either it’s fake, or senior White House advisers are dumb as rocks, which would be even more alarming.
Hopefully I don’t have to explain why this made me laugh out loud, but in case you aren’t aware of how things work in the U. S., the Constitution, the Presidential Succession Act, and the 25th Amendment spells out quite clearly what happens when a president is impeached. Or more precisely, who takes over after a president stops serving.
There is no possibility of a new election. Until 2020.
Vice President Mike Pence will become president if Donald Trump is impeached. (It’s possible, but I think the chances are still slim at this point.)
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan will become president if both Donald Trump and Mike Pence are impeached simultaneously. (A very highly unlikely possibility.)
I’m not entirely sure how a new vice president is selected in either of those cases, but I’m sure it’s spelled out somewhere.
The point is: Whoever wrote that tweet is spreading lies and misinformation, essentially trolling liberals.
UPDATE 10/28/2017
Snopes looked into the “rogue” accounts. I trust Snopes more than random people on Twitter. @RogueSNRadvisor is, as expected, not on the list of trusted accounts. That account is still active and has 135k followers.
