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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      I think she should do it to fuck with Trump since all his 47 branded merch would then be worthless.

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        Then he just gets to sell a whole new batch of 48 merch and get even more money… That would really show him?

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      Maybe she shouldn’t have sucked so hard that she lost to trump lmao 🤷‍♀️