re: #340 Anymouse 🌹

If Orrin Hatch declined, the line of succession dictates next that the Secretary of State becomes President (Rexxon Tillerson). Then Secretary of the Treasury (Steve Mnuchin), then Secretary of Defense (James Mattis) and so on.

Hatch could also stay on just long enough to see a new VP made, then resign.

Or worse for the House (my extreme gaming scenario), Ryan is forced to resign or ousted as Speaker, and Nancy Pelosi gets put in.

I think Hatch would nominate Willard Romney as VP, then resign as soon as he is sworn in.