Mr Insecurity said
If Trump is removed from office before his term is completed, his Vice-President immediately becomes president.
The only way to prevent this is for Pence to either be removed or resign before Trump does. Pence may then lose the election next November, but he'd still be president (for a very short term--like Gerald Ford).
The article in the OP confuses me. If Donald Trump is removed from office tomorrow, Mike Pence is president until Jan 20, 2021 (at least).
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The 25th amendment makes it even more explicit:
Section 1 of the 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution said
In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President.
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It's that simple. If anyone attempted to keep Pence from a*suming the office (as long as he's still vice-president) would violate the constitution.
Also, re-reading the article in the OP, the article is misstating the position.
The article listed in the OP said
The Kentucky lawmaker, though, believes that Pence would have a popularity problem with Republican voters. He continued, “If we remove him from office, I will guarantee you the Republican Party would not nominate Mike Pence to succeed him."
Yarmuth then explained, “They would nominate someone like [former UN ambassador] Nikki Haley who would be much more difficult for a Democrat to defeat. But again, I don’t think this is about politics and I don’t think we should consider politics. I just think it could be bad politics.”
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Rep. Yarmuth is not saying that Pence won't become president if Trump is removed, he's saying that he won't be able to retain the office in an election.