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Who would run the US empire until the new President is elected and sworn in?

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[–] FumpyAer@hexbear.net 7 points 3 months ago

I mean officially speaking, the vice president is the acting president when the president is incapacitated (doesn't have to be dead). Mike Pence did that several times when Trump was in surgery under general anesthesia, iirc.