I don't think that's really how it works.Rafe wrote: ↑Thu Jan 14, 2021 12:04 pmYeah; that's the sad reality. Not just the political posturing part. But to think that after January 20 the order of Presidential succession will be, if Joe is incapacitated: 1) Kamala Harris; 2) Nancy Pelosi; 3) a to-be-selected Senate president pro tem (and I wouldn't bet against Schumer with Harris sitting as tiebreaker); 4) Antony Blinken; and then, 5) Janet Yellen.
It is my understanding that if Joe is out (illness, death, 25th'd, impeached, etc.), then Kamala becomes President, nominates a new VP (who has to get approved by both houses of Congress). Pelosi stays right where she is. The only way Pelosi (or any Speaker of the House) becomes President is if something happens to both POTUS and VPOTUS at the same time.