Presidency, Government
Should President Biden Make Kamala Harris President?
America’s first woman president would break the glass ceiling.
Over the weekend, I read a story that President Biden had difficulty walking through the sand at his Delaware home in Rehoboth Beach. The implication was that the 81-year-old president's decline is continuing. I disagree. The incident may have nothing to do with the President’s ability to complete his term. Biden, however, should step aside anyway—not because he is unable to serve as president but to finally get a woman in the White House, albeit if only for a month or two.
As I thought about the scenario, I stumbled on an article in Politico reporting that former Harris Communications Director Jamel Simmons had already made the proposal. Simmons said:
Joe Biden has been a phenomenal president; he’s lived up to so many of the promises that he’s made. There is one promise left that he can fulfill: Being a transitional figure he could resign the presidency in the next 30 days, make Kamala Harris the president of the United States. He could absolve her…
