GOP Senator Nails Why Kamala Harris Was Really Picked as Joe Biden's VP.. Matt Vespa

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GOP Senator Nails Why Kamala Harris Was Really Picked as Joe Biden's VP
Matt Vespa


This narrative has been floating around for years. For as long as Joe Biden has looked confused, misspoke, and showed signs of mental degeneration, there’s always been speculation regarding why Kamala Harris was picked as vice president. Sure, there’s the historical angle, but there’s always been a competing theory that it was to keep Joe safe from conniving Democrats at the national committee from replacing him.

If Joe goes, Kamala is in, which assures a Republican victory. With the release of the report about Joe Biden’s mishandling of classified information, where Special Counsel Robert Hur noted the president’s severe mental decline, some attention has been paid to Harris’ role in the administration. But it was Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) who decided to hurl the first grenade: Harris was picked as a 25th Amendment insurance policy:

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[LMAO]

I always shake my head and chuckle when posters believe they are going to replace Joe and Kamala before the convention. Sure, and martians are going to land in my back yard and hand me gold bars

If Joe steps down, she’s president. The Democrats have known for sometime that Biden is compromised and not just cognitively. But if he stepped down, they have a bigger problem with Harris

Any attempts to deny her what she craves will be challenged and met with charges of misogyny and racism. She’s so close to her right to be the first minority female president. Jesus himself couldn’t take that away without a fight

[Maj. Bill Martin]

I always shake my head and chuckle when posters believe they are going to replace Joe and Kamala before the convention. Sure, and martians are going to land in my back yard and hand me gold bars

If Joe steps down, she’s president. The Democrats have known for sometime that Biden is compromised and not just cognitively. But if he stepped down, they have a bigger problem with Harris

Any attempts to deny her what she craves will be challenged and met with charges of misogyny and racism. She’s so close to her right to be the first minority female president. Jesus himself couldn’t take that away without a fight

Agree completely.  There is no secret society that can magically replace Harris.

The theory in the original post is interesting, but I think it ultimately isn't correct because nobody would have predicted Harris would remain this incompetent and clueless for this long.  Most people would have expected her to become capable of being at least a caretaker, temporary President at some point. 

[Bigun]

Nothing is going to happen, short of death, with either Biden or Harris until the Democrat convention takes place later this year. When that comes along all bets are off.

[corbe]

   I disagree with you all.  The DNC has such a thing as Super-Delegates that can override all the other delegates combined.  They will do as they dam well please, black vote be damned. Where are they gonna go, vote for Trump?

[Bigun]

   I disagree with you all.  The DNC has such a thing as Super-Delegates that can override all the other delegates combined.  They will do as they dam well please, black vote be damned. Where are they gonna go, vote for Trump?

Yes @corbe but that all happens at their convention.

[LMAO]

   I disagree with you all.  The DNC has such a thing as Super-Delegates that can override all the other delegates combined.  They will do as they dam well please, black vote be damned. Where are they gonna go, vote for Trump?

No

But black urban voters may not come out in the 90 plus percent numbers to vote for the Democrat

[Maj. Bill Martin]

   I disagree with you all.  The DNC has such a thing as Super-Delegates that can override all the other delegates combined.

No, they can't.  Under their own rules, there are only 739 super delegates versus 3933 pledged delegates, and the super delegates aren't even permitted to vote on the first ballot.  So even once they're permitted to vote, they're still massively out numbered.   There used to be more, and they used to be able to vote on the first ballot.  But that was changed after 2016.

https://ballotpedia.org/Democratic_delegate_rules,_2024

What that means is that Biden would have to withdraw voluntarily after winning the first ballot.  Don't see him doing that.

[Free Vulcan]

I always shake my head and chuckle when posters believe they are going to replace Joe and Kamala before the convention. Sure, and martians are going to land in my back yard and hand me gold bars

If Joe steps down, she’s president. The Democrats have known for sometime that Biden is compromised and not just cognitively. But if he stepped down, they have a bigger problem with Harris

Any attempts to deny her what she craves will be challenged and met with charges of misogyny and racism. She’s so close to her right to be the first minority female president. Jesus himself couldn’t take that away without a fight

Yep, President and full ability to campaign. Big Mike may, emphasize may, be able to make inroads against her, I don't think Newsome can.

[PeteS in CA]

If Kammie was at least partly 25th Amendment insurance - she also is a woman and identifies as black (1/64th? 1/128th? 1/256th?) - she has become a quagmire. If Joe is untenable, then who?

Kammie? Unpopular, but if rejected Race Cards will fly.

RFK Jr.? I don't think his brand of fruitcakery will sell.

Marianne Williamson? More fruitcakery.

Goobernor Noisome? I don't think he plays well outside of California Dem circles.

Mooch-chelle? I'm not sure she can hide her hatred for white people, and her hand full of Race Cards may play poorly.

Of course, my views plus a tenner will get you a 600-calorie coffee drink and change at Dutch Bros.

[corbe]

No, they can't.  Under their own rules, there are only 739 super delegates versus 3933 pledged delegates, and the super delegates aren't even permitted to vote on the first ballot.  So even once they're permitted to vote, they're still massively out numbered.   There used to be more, and they used to be able to vote on the first ballot.  But that was changed after 2016.

https://ballotpedia.org/Democratic_delegate_rules,_2024

What that means is that Biden would have to withdraw voluntarily after winning the first ballot.  Don't see him doing that.

   I was unaware of the rule changes in 2016.  Thanks for straightening me out @Maj. Bill Martin and @Bigun

[DefiantMassRINO]

My first thought was Kamala was window-dressing to draw more black voter turnout for the Dems.

If I am playing 3 dimensional chess, Kamala is a poison pill of a Vice President to keep the 25th Amendment off the table.

The RNC and DNC conventions are wild-cards.  If they can't be rigged, they'd be cancelled.  If they can be rigged, they'll be made-for-TV coronation ceremonies.  The last thing Trump or Biden wants is a challenge from the convention floor or for delegates to vote for someone else.

 

To save American democracy, the party conventions need to be less democratic.  Stalin would approve

[Maj. Bill Martin]

My first thought was Kamala was window-dressing to draw more black voter turnout for the Dems.

If I am playing 3 dimensional chess, Kamala is a poison pill of a Vice President to keep the 25th Amendment off the table.

The RNC and DNC conventions are wild-cards.  If they can't be rigged, they'd be cancelled.  If they can be rigged, they'll be made-for-TV coronation ceremonies.  The last thing Trump or Biden wants is a challenge from the convention floor or for delegates to vote for someone else.

 

To save American democracy, the party conventions need to be less democratic.  Stalin would approve

They don't really have to be "rigged" at this point.  Both candidates will have enough delegates bound to them on the first ballot that they are guaranteed to win.

The truth is - at least in the GOP - voters had the opportunity to vote for someone else, and didn't.  I am kind of curious to see if those No Labels goobers put forth a candidate, though.  That could get interesting simply as a protest vote for a lot of people, even if that candidate is someone they dislike.