In a somewhat unnerving report, CNN made the decision to brainstorm what would happen if President-elect Trump and Vice-President-elect Mike Pence were assassinated at Friday’s inauguration.
CNN concluded that a member of the Obama cabinet would be selected to take over.
The segment envisioned a scenario in which Speaker of the House Paul Ryan as well as President pro tempore of the US Senate, Orrin Hatch, perished along with Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence.
“But what if something happened to them at the inauguration, too?” he asked. “After that, it goes down the list of cabinet secretaries, starting with secretary of state. On the day of the inauguration, as a precaution, a cabinet secretary called the ‘designated presidential successor’ will not attend the inauguration, ready to step in if something happens.”
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“But it won’t be a Trump cabinet secretary, since none of them have been confirmed yet. It will be an Obama appointee,” Todd noted. “No word from the White House on who that will be on Friday.”
CNN’s segment drew criticism from the conservative news organization Breitbart, who accused the network of “dreaming up scenarios whereby the Obama administration can keep power.”
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