There is some speculation floating around social media (mostly, but not totally, from the right) that Democrats may try to pull the 25th Amendment card on Biden to push him aside and bring Kamala Harris forward in an effort to save face in this moment of geopolitical crisis. It is some of the same speculation you saw several times when the Left called for members of the Trump administration to turn on Trump and invoke the amendment.
However, the Democrats have put themselves into such a terrible position that they absolutely cannot get rid of Biden through this means, or else they give up the only chance they have to get anything through the Senate, and they would definitely hurt their electoral chances in 2022 and 2024.
Amendment XXV
Section 1
In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President.
Section 2
Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the President shall nominate a Vice President who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress.
This is a problem for the Democrats. Kamala Harris is currently the tie-breaking vote in the Senate, and Republicans are only crossing over if Mitch McConnell supports a bill or if he realizes the Republicans will lose the fight anyway. He has a very tight grip on his caucus, and he can get his 50 votes whipped if he wants to make a stand. So far, he hasn’t had to. But there is a lot of power to be had in a 50-50 Senate with no tie-breaking vote, and he will take advantage of it.
So, Kamala Harris becoming the President via the 25th Amendment means the Democrats lose their tie-breaking vote in the Senate, and without a 51st vote, there is no way for the Democrats to break a tie in the Senate in order to confirm a replacement Vice President. They are effectively stuck.
https://redstate.com/joesquire/2021/08/17/the-worst-part-the-democrats-cant-use-the-25th-amendment-n428007
Lol, they think Mitch and GOP Senators wouldn’t pass any dem, even Omar. For VP?
Stephen Miller @StephenM
Yet more proof the Biden border crisis is 100% intentional — the Admin has filed an emergency motion to…keep the border open.
Camilo Montoya-Galvez @camiloreports
The Biden administration filed an emergency motion last night in a bid to pause a court order that would require the U.S. to reinstate the Remain-in-Mexico border policy over the weekend.
Reviving the Trump-era policy in that timeframe is "nearly impossible," officials said.
David Shahoulian, a top DHS official overseeing border policy, said the recent court order would force the administration to implement Remain-in-Mexico "in perpetuity" since the U.S. government does not have the operational capacity to detain all migrants and asylum-seekers.
Top State Department official Ricardo Zuniga said the U.S. can't implement the Trump-era asylum policy unilaterally, noting it would be impossible to do so without the "support and material collaboration of Mexico."
He added that Mexico would need to care for returned migrants.
In another declaration, top immigration court official Daniel Weiss said the revival of the Remain-in-Mexico program would be logistically challenging and exacerbate the historic 1.3 million case backlog in the U.S. immigration court system.
6:53 AM · Aug 17, 2021