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EXCLUSIVE Could Kamala become president? As calls for Biden to step aside swirl after debate calamity, Democratic insiders hint that Harris could be even WORSE
Daily Mail ^ | 6/28/24 | Charlie Spiering

Posted on 06/30/2024 3:20:58 AM PDT by Libloather

Vice President Kamala Harris has never been closer to the presidency after Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance sent Democratic elites into a tailspin about their chances in the 2024 election.

As the vice president of the United States, Harris is the natural successor of the presidency if Biden steps down. But for years, Democrats have criticized Harris’ performance and feel she should not take over for Biden before the election.

One well-connected Democrat told DailyMail.com after the debate that the choice was between an ‘obviously broken Biden’ or Harris, describing the vice president as ‘extremely disliked’ and a ‘terrible’ politician.

‘I think I’d have a better shot with Biden,’ he said.

One Washington, DC political operative described to DailyMail.com the mood of Democrats on Friday morning.

‘Everybody’s going to try to resurrect Joe Biden today, but after that debate performance, Jesus Christ couldn’t be resurrected,’ he said.

He described the 'Kamala conundrum' as a result of Biden and Democrats playing the 'dangerous game' of identity politics to boost their numbers with the black community.

'She could be great for the base right?' he said. 'But you still need independent voters who just don't have confidence in her.'

Other Democrats conceded that Biden did not have a good night, but the party is not ready to replace him with Harris.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 25thamendment; biden; debate; democrats; harris; presidentialdebate; prezdebate; replacingbiden; twentyfifthamendment; worse
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To: Libloather

Well, the one thing the Democrat/Communist Party has with Harris is that should she begin to suffer from dementia it will be a while before people begin to notice a change in her cognitive ability.


41 posted on 06/30/2024 5:48:32 AM PDT by glennaro (2024: The Year of The Reckoning, lest our Republic succumb to the "progressive" disease of the Left)
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To: cgbg

There isn’t time to pull this off. Had the Democrats moved 6 months ago yes, but its too late now.


42 posted on 06/30/2024 5:50:43 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: FLT-bird

Agnew was gone in a matter of days.

RFK—well that took minutes (with maybe a couple of weeks of Deep State planning)

These folks can move fast if they want to...


43 posted on 06/30/2024 5:53:38 AM PDT by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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To: FLT-bird

Exactly! 4 states have very restrictive provisions on replacing a nominee unless it’s death. Those states like Wisconsin would mean a certain loss for any other candidate. I think the Democrats are boxed in. Not to mention, Joe can simply refuse to release his delegates, which is a distinct possibility. The Democrats are starting to wake up to the fact the President may lose here this year, like the Republicans in 1996 with Dole. They have to hold the Senate now.


44 posted on 06/30/2024 5:54:17 AM PDT by pburgh01
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To: null and void

Its about to be July. Biden has won the votes of millions of Democrats in all 50 states and is thus owed the nomination votes - the delegates are bound and MUST vote for him on the first ballot.

The rules committee is stacked with Biden loyalists so they’re not going to change the rules to favor anybody else.

Heels Up is the VP.

Remove Biden or Biden dies or quits? Heels Up is the president.

Campaign donations.....hundreds of millions made to the Biden-Harris ticket. They can only be spent by someone on the ticket....ie Biden or Heels Up if Biden is gone. They cannot parachute somebody else in and then spend those funds by federal campaign finance laws.

State ballot laws....Nevada, Georgia and Wisconsin are already too late to change the ballot. Get rid of both Biden and Heels UP and they automatically kiss those 3 states goodbye in the general election.

I’m just not buying the (waives hand) “Oh Democrats don’t follow rules so they can magically make all this go away in an instant” claims. I understand the feeling but the electoral machinery has gone too far down the track to be stopped without massive cost at this point.


45 posted on 06/30/2024 5:55:59 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: Libloather

BTTT


46 posted on 06/30/2024 5:56:41 AM PDT by nopardons
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To: Libloather

Didn’t Weird Al Yankovic produce an album called, “Even Worse”?


47 posted on 06/30/2024 5:58:23 AM PDT by Tom Tetroxide
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To: Libloather

Could be worse….could be raining.


48 posted on 06/30/2024 6:09:58 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: FLT-bird

My point was Agnew had to be removed before Nixon was.

We ended up with one of the most innocuous presidents we ever had, Gerald Ford, who was then the victim of not one, but TWO assassination attempts!


49 posted on 06/30/2024 6:16:38 AM PDT by null and void (The last war America actually won was WWII, because the CIA wasn't organized until after that war!)
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To: Churchillspirit
Glad someone pointed out that invoking the 25th. Amendment is not an easy process.

2/3 of both Houses of Congress, which means, even if every Republican voted to remove Biden, he stays, unless 70ish Democrat Representatives, and 18 Democrat Senators, also voted to remove him.

That is a very large number, especially given that, if the vote is at all close, it will be political suicide for many of those Democrats to join with all(?) Republicans to remove a Democrat POTUS.

If they were to try the 25th Amendment, I expect that they would have to plead some intervening event that suddenly, and sadly, compels loyal Democrats to vote Joe out. If we get a spate of stories that it has just been discovered that Joe has had a series of strokes recently, then the 25th Amendment is in play.

50 posted on 06/30/2024 6:19:09 AM PDT by Pilsner
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To: Libloather

Well, Kamala Harris did manage to garner 2% support during her last presidential run.

I think the Dems will let Trump win this one so they can clear the slate of Biden and Harris, concentrate on 2028 with a new slate of lefties.


51 posted on 06/30/2024 6:50:42 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolution?)
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To: Pilsner
Looks like we are stuck with Brandon.

So pleased that President Trump gave a pre-emptive warning to America's enemies not to try anything in the next few months.

52 posted on 06/30/2024 7:07:55 AM PDT by Churchillspirit (Pray for President Trump)
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To: Fish Speaker

Even if the 25th were invoked, Congress could slow walk it right up to the election.


53 posted on 06/30/2024 7:14:19 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (IThey intend to kill us. Plan to avoid this.)
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To: Pilsner
Will a 25th Amendment action provoke a Constitutional Crisis (based on the ineligibility of Kamala Harris to assume the Presidency)?

More details available via links at:

Kamala Harris Ineligible Website (downloadable PDF available via link)

Twitter Site (twitter login required to view)

54 posted on 06/30/2024 7:17:38 AM PDT by KamalaKancel
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To: Libloather

Would any of the alternatives be willing to be a puppet for the deep state?


55 posted on 06/30/2024 7:19:32 AM PDT by Churchillspirit (Pray for President Trump)
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To: Libloather

what hath the Democrats wrought?


56 posted on 06/30/2024 7:20:59 AM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God.)
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To: FLT-bird
But she is the VP. If he steps down or croaks or is taken out via the 25th amendment, she becomes president. There is no way to stop that.

There are plenty of ways to stop that.

We have ceased to be a nation under rule of law. The Democrats will do absolutely anything to retain power. If Kamala Harris is in the way, they will remove her.

Democrats intend to appoint the next President and vice-President. They want people who will do as they are told and make it look good. Neither Biden nor Harris can meet that requirement.

57 posted on 06/30/2024 7:23:24 AM PDT by flamberge (It seemed like a good idea at the time)
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To: Libloather

Picking Willy Brown’s whore to be VEEP was a genious move and one hell of an insurance policy for Brandon. The only smart thing he ever did.


58 posted on 06/30/2024 7:24:50 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: FLT-bird

Yes, there is. Remove both of them as nominees at the DNC convention. The DNC can run anyone they like.

It does not matter who is on any ballot. The DNC can print as many mailin ballots as needed.


59 posted on 06/30/2024 7:25:54 AM PDT by bobbo666 (Baizuo, )
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To: Libloather

There is no worse. He’s absolute zero of worst. Kamala would just be sh!t-frosting on a rancid-corpse flavored cake. She’d be an abject example of why the Dems must lose power. Her stupid laugh. Her stupider speaking style. Her utter cluelessness. All are a bill-board on the road to perdition.


60 posted on 06/30/2024 7:30:17 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David. Child in need of a CGM system. https://gofund.me/6452dbf1. )
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