*What they can do is replace Kamala Harris with a new VP*
She’ll play. A SCOTUS appointment this summer is her one way out-save face.
And if she doesn’t play?
The stupid-ass republicans have gotta start saying she’s the problem not Biden. Starts with Trump at the debate-his disturb the excrement statement.
A SCOTUS appointment has several problems:
1. Harris is dumber than a bag of rocks. Would she trade the ever-more-likely chance to become the first female President for a career that relies on and displays her intellectual capacity? The sharpest I have ever seen her was during Barrett’s confirmation, when she adopted the air of a sniveling angry-principal, reading pre-written questions and cutting her off. It’s different to be on the receiving end.
2. The Senate Judiciary Committee. Can you imagine the sitting VP subjecting herself to the likes of John Kennedy’s questioning... during the national election?
3. Although only a simple majority is needed, if enough procedural delays are made (unlikely though), the whole confirmation process could play out smack in the middle of the election.
3. Sotomayor and Kagan are unlikely to give up their seats with little margin for error.
That said, they could make her look like a victim from “witch hunt” Republicans on the JC. The media would happily go along.