‘Dumbest Thing I’ve Ever Heard’: CNN Guest Stirs Up Reactions from Donald Trump’s Base After Calling for Joe Biden to Resign So Kamala Harris Could Become the First Female President

In an unprecedented suggestion, a former communications director for Vice President Kamala Harris proposed that President Joe Biden should step down before the end of his term to allow her to serve briefly as the 47th president of the United States before Donald Trump assumes office in January. Jamal Simmons laid out the controversial strategy days after Harris lost the election to Trump, saying Biden had the opportunity to grant Harris and women a historic first, with the potential to symbolize a watershed moment of progress in American history, Simmons said on CNN’s “State of the Union,” where he regularly appears as a panelist. “Joe Biden has been a phenomenal president. He’s lived up to so many of the promises that he’s made. There is one promise left that he can fulfill: Being a transitional figure,” Simmons said during the segment. “He could resign from the presidency in the next 30 days, making Kamala Harris the president of the United States. He could absolve her from having to oversee the January 6 transition of her own defeat.” Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at the American Federation of Teachers’ 88th National Convention on July 25, 2024 in Houston, Texas. The American...