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AP reporting he will be in the hospital for a couple days.. Might have to cede power to Pence..
Pence 2021!!!
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From July:
In an unfortunate scenario in which the president were to contract COVID-19 and need therapies such
as a ventilator and/or the use of other therapies that would impair his cognitive abilities and/or abilities
to communicate, there are a few procedures in place to deal with that situation. If the president is given
notice that he is to be administered therapies that will impair his ability to perform the duties of office—
for functional reasons, cognitive reasons, or both—under Section 3 of the 25th Amendment to the Constitution,
the president can transmit to the House and Senate “his written declaration that he is unable to discharge
the powers and duties of his office.”
The invocation of Section 3 of the 25th Amendment has happened multiple times. President Reagan did so
in 1985 and President George W. Bush did so twice in 2002 and 2007. Each time was for medical procedures
in which anesthesia or heavy sedation was used. President Clinton likely should have invoked Section 3 during
a 1997 knee surgery, but opted not to, claiming he was never put under general anesthesia. When Section 3
is invoked, the vice president becomes “acting president” until the president notifies the House and Senate that
he is able to perform his duties once again.
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2020/07/08/what-happens-if-president-trump-contracts-covid-19/?preview_id=905925&fbclid=IwAR0jDGf5k8hFM4wnc5NRutBVuTQMk2ucKMMZ47vitYNAXcvgzO_SVEbLt7M
