Jamal Simmons, a former communications director for Kamala Harris, made an unlikely suggestion on CNN’s “State of the Union” about how the vice president might still have a chance of becoming president in 2024. Simmons proposed that Biden could resign the presidency in the next 30 days, which would make Harris the president of the United States. Simmons argued that this move would keep Harris from having to oversee “her own defeat” when the presidential election is certified in the Senate, and “it would dominate the news at a point where Democrats have to learn” to grab the public’s attention. However, there is no evidence that Biden would consider leaving office before the end of his term. Others have joked about Biden clearing a potential path for Harris, such as a co-host of “Pod Save America” saying that Jimmy Carter, who has been in hospice care for over a year, had said he was hanging on to vote for Harris. Simmons said that this would be a moment “to change the entire perspective of how Democrats operate,” but not everyone on the panel was convinced, with one saying Simmons was “writing the new season of ‘House of Cards.’”

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      33 days ago

      Maybe they think she’ll try to do all the things Biden won’t do. Things like pack the court or somehow codify Roe v Wade, even if it’s far fetched. Show everyone what they missed out on, even if it gets reversed a month later.

      Unless that’s the plan, it would be a complete waste of time.

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      -103 days ago

      To get the first female president and show that a woman wouldn’t press the nuclear button within 30 seconds of taking office.

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        Because it’s so much better for women if the first female president ends up with a shorter term than Liz Truss, and only as a consolation prize. That’ll definitely help the case of the next female candidate.

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        I don’t think it really counts unless she’s voted in or there’s no choice. For the other… All of the sane people already know that, right?

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        Sounds like the perfect plan to have Trump change the law so no woman can hold a high office ever again. It’ll blend in nicely with their proposal to not let women vote ever again.

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          23 days ago

          Both elections he’s won have been against women. I think he will not ban women from office because he sees them as statistically weaker opponents against his successors.

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          Sounds like you’ve been rejected by women your entire life.