Biden White House steams over suggestion he’d ‘gift’ Harris an unearned presidency

Published November 12, 2024 5:02pm ET



President Joe Biden has just 10 weeks left to serve as commander in chief, but some in his own party think it might be a good idea for him to step aside ahead of Inauguration Day in January.

Jamal Simmons, Vice President Kamala Harris‘s former communications director, suggested over the weekend that Biden might be able to make for past mistakes and salvage his legacy to some degree by actually resigning and allowing the vice president to step into a new role as the nation’s first female president, at least for the next two months.

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