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Home Front: Politix
If Biden resigns, The Democrats Can't Use the 25th Amendment
2021-08-18
[RedState] 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 Kámala Harris
Former Oakland mayor Willie Brown's former mistress, then a senatrix from California, and then a former 2020 Dem presidential hopeful. She dropped out because she was polling in negative numbers because of racism. Her father is a Marxist professor emeritus at Stanford and her mother is an Indian of the Hindoo tribe. She is reputedly the proud descendant of a long line of women. Joe Biden picked her for her skin tone, feeling she could also bring in the Native American, women's, and bimbo votes. She's an outstanding exemplar of the Peter Principle, proudly displaying her level of competence in her handling of the Biden Border Surge
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,
by candlelight every wench is handsome...
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.

In August of 1974, Gerald Ford became the President of the United States after Richard Nixon resigned. In order to get a Vice President, Congress had to approve Nelson Rockefeller.

"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," Section 2 of the amendment explains.

This last happened in 1974, when Vice President Gerald Ford — himself a replacement for Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, who resigned after being accused of tax evasion — replaced President Richard Nixon. Ford nominated Nelson Rockefeller to serve as his vice president, according to the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum.

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.
Posted by:trailing wife

#9  VP Kerry, then Kamala gets impeached for gross incompetence in a few months.
Posted by: KBK   2021-08-18 20:24  

#8  I bet the Democrats are looking far and wide for a Biden look-alike so they can play Dave with a pliant and predictable puppet.
Posted by: ruprecht   2021-08-18 12:50  

#7  
Think even a little deeper.
Uncle Joe is locked away in a kindergarten somewhere

Harris become Pres, and Nancy become VP.

Then the order Order of Presidential Succession is:

President Pro Tempore of the Senate.

Secretary of State.
(they bring back Hillary)

Secretary of the Treasury.

Secretary of Defense.

Attorney General.

Secretary of the Interior.

One thing is for sure.
No one wants to be President Pro Tempore Hillary in line with behind them.☺
Posted by: NN2N1   2021-08-18 08:31  

#6  The 25th doesn't create a vacancy.

The President remains in office. The VP gets to discharge the POTUS' "power and duties."

The 25th doesn't stipulate that the VP loses the powers of his office.
Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660   2021-08-18 07:11  

#5  GOP Senator Rick Scott wants Harris as president? How bizarre.
Posted by: Cleaque Hatrack2665   2021-08-18 06:15  

#4  My opinion? Removing him gives Queen Nancy too much power. The queen needs to somehow exit first.
Posted by: 3dc   2021-08-18 05:50  

#3  'Time to invoke the 25th Amendment?' GOP Senator Rick Scott suggests REMOVING Biden from office for mental incompetence after 'disastrous events in Afghanistan'
Posted by: Skidmark   2021-08-18 04:49  

#2  You are missing Antifa riots in the street attacking Republican Senators with the anti-US FBI doing not a damn thing.
Posted by: 3dc   2021-08-18 01:56  

#1  .....there is no way for the Democrats to break a tie in the Senate in order to confirm a replacement Vice President.

A "tie in the Senate" over a VP is a rather large assumptions, is it not? What am I missing ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2021-08-18 01:12  

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