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What does it mean that the Vice President is “only a heartbeat away” from the presidency?
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What does it mean that the Vice President is “only a heartbeat away” from the presidency?

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At any moment if the president is impeached or dies the Vice President will be the next in line.
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it means that the vice president is really close to the presidency. meaning if anything happens to the president, the vice president, becomes president. they literally mean "a heartbeat away"
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