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If we get senators/ House seats figured out, yes. Pelosi would assume as Speaker of the House because she won't get kicked out of that job. If then entire Federal election is out and not working then all of the House is up on Jan 3rd and the on Jan 20th it's left to remaining Senators not in an election year. Copy and paste of earlier comment:
The entire House is up for relection every two years. It'd go to the Sentate, but not anyone up for reelection, meaning non-election year Senators. John McCain died and his seat is being filled, Isakson-R retired due to health reasons and his seat has an election, three Republican Senators are not seeking re-election and 23 have their seats up for grab.
For Democrats, one is not seeking re-election and 12 seats are up for reelection.
There will be 28 Republican Senators, 32 Democratic and 2 Independents that caucus Dem remaining. Sentate and House terms run Jan 3-Jan 3. If they don't get re-elected then they're out of office until an election can be held or finalized. So on Jan 20th when the presidential term ends the entire House would be out and only those Senators remain. No interims.
While Chuck Grassley is not up for reelection the Senate would reconvene to elect a new President Pro Tempore who would assume the position of President on the 20th as the most senior elected official.
Thus, it could fall to a higher ranking non-election year Dem Senator if we just nuke our federal elections process with this shit. We call out other countries and accuse of being dictators for trying to rig or cancel elections and he's admitting to it in advance.
I really hope a non-biased Justice Department takes a look at his presidency. Fair, open and honest review because from my spot all this crap looks like rigging elections.
There's nothing here!