{"id":1484450,"date":"2024-08-18T20:20:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T00:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1484450"},"modified":"2024-08-18T20:20:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T00:20:00","slug":"could-democrats-make-kamala-harris-president-before-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/could-democrats-make-kamala-harris-president-before-election\/1484450\/","title":{"rendered":"Could Democrats Make Kamala Harris President Before Election?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">Could Democrats Make Kamala Harris President Before Election?<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/modernity.news\/2024\/08\/18\/the-hill-democrats-could-make-kamala-harris-president-before-election\"><em>Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news,<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>An opinion piece in The Hill posits that Democrats could spring the ultimate October surprise by making Kamala Harris president before the election in November.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/BidenHarris.jpg?itok=wuShShhz\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Douglas MacKinnon notes that <strong>\u201cThis is already the most surreal presidential election of our lifetimes,\u201d and that it could get even more bizarre.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He adds, \u201cI 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, what then? How would the Democrats and the Harris campaign react to that?\u201d MacKinnon wonders.<\/p>\n<p>He suggests that <em><strong>\u201cAt some point, might it become politically expedient to the Democrats to elevate Harris to the presidency for the remainder of the campaign?\u201d adding \u201cIs anything off the table in this weird election cycle? I don\u2019t think so.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Democrats still might invoke the 25th Amendment to make Harris president&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheHillOpinion?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TheHillOpinion<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3dINPXUNy2\">https:\/\/t.co\/3dINPXUNy2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Hill (@thehill) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thehill\/status\/1824857744764989663?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 17, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As is well documented, Democrats could invoke the 25th Amendment to remove Biden from office. But at this point, it would be clearly a political move. Biden has not been running anything for three years anyway.<\/p>\n<p>MacKinnon suggests the 25th may not even be needed, noting that Biden could even enter the Democratic National Convention and say \u201cI\u2019ve had it. I\u2019m done. I am resigning from my office and going back to Delaware.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a bit far fetched, but who knows with the state of this election cycle.<\/p>\n<p>I was assured that Joe was just fine, that he just wasn&#8217;t up to serving four more years. Was that not true?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Richard DeCamp (@richdecamp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/richdecamp\/status\/1824861358254661964?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 17, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is the October Surprise, but doubt it will work as intended.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Usually Right (@normouspenis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/normouspenis\/status\/1824859247290778070?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 17, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s always about them and their insane need to keep power.<br \/>\nJoe has dementia It&#8217;s not about the safety of the US and its citizens.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s about making Kamala look good for the election.<br \/>\nThese people are heartless obtuse monsters.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Miss Patriot (@MissPatriot17) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MissPatriot17\/status\/1824871472801931301?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 17, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s more likely sooner than later.<\/p>\n<p>Incumbent presidency.<\/p>\n<p>Great tool and great ads.<\/p>\n<p>Re-(s)elect President Kackle.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ken Herzberg (@HerzbergKen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HerzbergKen\/status\/1824871713269518351?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 17, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The coup is just not finished.<br \/>\nThey have to fully disgrace themselves.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u2618\ufe0fERIC\u264e8\ufe0f\u20e3 (@starside8) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/starside8\/status\/1824929154883862743?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 17, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<p>*\u00a0 *\u00a0 *<\/p>\n<p><em>Your support is crucial in helping us defeat mass censorship. 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Follow us on X\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/modernitynews\">@ModernityNews<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>      <span class=\"field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden\"><a title=\"View user profile.\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/users\/tyler-durden\" class=\"username\">Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden\">Sun, 08\/18\/2024 &#8211; 16:20<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/could-democrats-make-kamala-harris-president-election\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/could-democrats-make-kamala-harris-president-election<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Could Democrats Make Kamala Harris President Before Election? Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, An opinion piece in The Hill posits that Democrats could spring&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1484451,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1484450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1484450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1484450"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1484450\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1484451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1484450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1484450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1484450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}