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"Yes. She would have won the Vice Presidency, as Trump became President." And what, exactly, would that have changed?
by MrZongle2 9y ago
"Yes. She would have won the Vice Presidency, as Trump became President."
And what, exactly, would that have changed?
- dragontamer 9y agoFor one, Ms. Clinton would be the tiebreaking vote in the Senate. Which means every "close call" vote in the Senate (including the Supreme Court Justice vote, various laws that have been passed this year, etc. etc.) would have only passed at the Pleasure of Ms. Clinton. For another: Mr. Trump delegates a lot of tasks to the Vice President. The Vice President has a lot of power when it comes to implementing the President's policies.
- MrZongle2 9y agoGorsuch was approved by the Senate by a 54-45, non-party-line vote. As for the remaining tiebreakers, one was the approval of DeVos as Education Secretary, two involve HHS items, and one was to push forward AHCA. So far, none of the above have been groundbreaking. As for your last point: the idea that Trump would delegate anything to VP Clinton in the same manner he delegates items to Pence is utterly absurd.
- dang 9y agoIt looks like you've been using HN primarily for political and/or ideological battle. That's not a legit use of this site, and we ban accounts that do it. (We have to, because it's destructive of what HN is for.) Would you kindly (re)-read https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and fix this?