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Will Democrats Use the 25th Amendment on Old Joe After All?
« on: August 18, 2024, 12:20:16 pm »
Will Democrats Use the 25th Amendment on Old Joe After All?
By Ward Clark | 3:15 PM on August 17, 2024The opinions expressed by contributors are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of RedState.com.
 
The Democrats already froze befuddled Joe Biden out of the presidential campaign, and one can hardly blame them; the Biden reelection effort looked like it was going to deliver the Democrats a catastrophic loss in November. Imagine things being so bad that Kamala Harris looks to be the better alternative! That's where they were, and invoking that big vaudevillian hook from stage left to yank old Joe out of the picture was, candidly, the smart thing to do.
 

Might they go the next step, though, and invoke the 25th Amendment to take the declining President Biden out of the picture altogether? Douglas MacKinnon, opinion contributor at The Hill, has some interesting thoughts, not least of which is that this invocation of the 25th may not be necessary.

MacKinnon writes:

This is already the most surreal presidential election of our lifetimes. I wrote several times in this space over the last two years that I never believed Biden would be the nominee, and I was proven right. I also honestly believe Trump will pull away from Harris come September and October.

So, what then? How would the Democrats and the Harris campaign react to that?

With panic and trepidation? Hopefully

https://redstate.com/wardclark/2024/08/17/will-democrats-25th-amendment-old-joe-after-all-n2178213#google_vignette
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Re: Will Democrats Use the 25th Amendment on Old Joe After All?
« Reply #1 on: August 18, 2024, 12:21:00 pm »
If so, it should have been done 4 years ago. 9999hair out0000
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Re: Will Democrats Use the 25th Amendment on Old Joe After All?
« Reply #2 on: August 18, 2024, 12:41:41 pm »
Does anybody know who the president is currently?
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Re: Will Democrats Use the 25th Amendment on Old Joe After All?
« Reply #3 on: August 18, 2024, 01:27:15 pm »
Quote from: LMAO on August 18, 2024, 12:41:41 pm
Does anybody know who the president is currently?
Under the Constitution, it is Joe Biden, who was sworn into office January 20, 2021.

I believe you are asking who is actually running the country's Executive branch.

It is not Biden

Biden’s Disappearing Act Reveals the Real Power in Washington
Jarrett Stepman | August 17, 2024

https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/08/17/bidens-disappearing-act-reveals-the-real-power-in-washington/
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Re: Will Democrats Use the 25th Amendment on Old Joe After All?
« Reply #4 on: August 18, 2024, 01:29:54 pm »
I don't know who is but I can tell you who isn't. :yowsa:
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Re: Will Democrats Use the 25th Amendment on Old Joe After All?
« Reply #5 on: August 18, 2024, 02:11:55 pm »
They don't want to now. That would make Shamala as President. She would have to come back to the real world, and could no longer hide behind froth, hype, and joy.
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Re: Will Democrats Use the 25th Amendment on Old Joe After All?
« Reply #6 on: August 18, 2024, 02:22:12 pm »
Quote from: Free Vulcan on August 18, 2024, 02:11:55 pm
They don't want to now. That would make Shamala as President. She would have to come back to the real world, and could no longer hide behind froth, hype, and joy.

 pointing-up  There's something to that - Bitem is the perfect scapegoat, providing Kameltoe can create a distance between them (she and he). She can bring forth the new Kamelot, and every dissent can be pointed right at Poor Ol Joe, sitting in his diaper, mumbling about pancakes. There is no downside.

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Re: Will Democrats Use the 25th Amendment on Old Joe After All?
« Reply #7 on: August 18, 2024, 02:33:52 pm »
Quote from: Free Vulcan on August 18, 2024, 02:11:55 pm
They don't want to now. That would make Shamala as President. She would have to come back to the real world, and could no longer hide behind froth, hype, and joy.


I agree with this. Having a chance to talk to people who are voting for Harris, and when I bring up things like the border to them, a common theme I hear is around the lines of as vice president, her power was limited. So what you said is probably why they’re not installing her in the presidency now

I don’t know if that’s the reason. But it’s entirely plausible

But after January 20, 2025, that argument will be gone
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