Why Joe Biden can't resign, or be removed, or die

Discussion in 'Politics' started by Scataphagos, Sep 12, 2021.

  1. Very Interesting!

    >>>>>> Why Joe Biden can't resign,
    >>>>>> or be removed — or die
    >>>>>> By Clayton Spann
    >>>>>> American Thinker
    >>>>>> August 20, 2021
    >>>>>>
    >>>>>> In the wake of the Afghanistan debacle, demands have arisen in Congress for President Biden to resign or to be removed via the 25th Amendment. Elements of the formerly pro-Biden media have joined in the condemnation.

    >>>>>> Many silent Democrat officeholders likely want Biden out, as they fear that the systemic incompetence of his administration will bring them down come 2022.

    >>>>>> But Joe cannot resign or be fired. The Democrat high command will not let either happen, no matter the short-term political cost.

    >>>>>> On the surface, that makes little sense. Joe's resignation or removal would not alter Democrat control of the presidency and Congress. If Joe leaves, Kamala Harris becomes president. She is incompetent, too, but no more so than Joe, and is on board with the administration's radical agenda.

    >>>>>> So. Why can't Joe quit the office or be removed?

    >>>>>> Article I, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution states: "The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no Vote, unless they be equally divided." The current Senate is equally divided with 50 Democrats and 50 Republicans.

    >>>>>> As soon as Kamala Harris takes the presidential oath, the vice presidency is left vacant. In that case, a tie vote means that the legislation, resolution, or confirmation under consideration fails.

    >>>>>> A Senate chamber without a vice president puts Mitch McConnell in the catbird seat. He can kill all Democrat initiatives, including any nomination to refill the vice presidency.

    >>>>>> The Democrat agenda goes up in smoke. The 3.5-trillion-dollar budget reconciliation bill is blocked. The For the People bill is blocked. The Green New Deal is blocked. Packing the Supreme Court is dead. As is any attempt to scuttle the filibuster or grab guns.

    >>>>>> Therefore, the Democrats will keep Joe in office. Even if he's reduced to talking gibberish and eating Jell-O. Kamala also stays where she is, and the Democrat dream of fundamental transformation remains alive.

    >>>>>> OK. But what if Joe Biden dies? This 78-year-old man is certainly at risk. When Joe was three decades younger, in 1988, he suffered two brain aneurysms. Doctors at the time gave him a 50-50 chance of surviving.

    >>>>>> "He's not a healthy guy," said Dr. David Scheiner in 2020. Dr. Scheiner was concerned about Biden's potential for a stroke. Biden receives treatment for an irregular heartbeat and high cholesterol. Joe has also undergone surgeries for gallbladder and partial prostate removal, and on his sinus and nasal passages to treat sleep apnea.

    >>>>>> If Joe dies, Kamala automatically vacates the vice presidency. The Democrats again face the throttling of their agenda. Mitch again rules.

    >>>>>> The Democrat high command are not stupid. Indeed, as they proved during the last presidential election, they are quite willing to do whatever needs to be done. We must assume they have contingency plans in place.

    >>>>>> If Joe were to expire while addressing the United Nations or during a live press conference, that would be one thing. His death must be acknowledged and the consequences accepted.

    >>>>>> If Joe passes while out of sight of the public, that is something else. The something else would probably go like this:

    >>>>>> His body is secretly transported to Camp David or the family compound in Delaware. His sudden disappearance is explained by announcing that an assassination plot (by Islamic terrorists, or better, by white supremacists) has just been discovered. The president will remain at an undisclosed location until the threat is neutralized.

    >>>>>> Biden's existence and whereabouts can be easily faked, so the pretense could be kept up a while. Also remember that a president need not actually sign a bill for it to become law (if Congress remains in session ten days after passage).

    >>>>>> With Joe presumably alive and Kamala able to break Senate tie votes, the Democrats have a window of about sixteen months to enact their agenda. Only recalcitrants Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema stand in the way. The party that plays the hardest ball ever seen will go to work hard on those two.

    >>>>>> The window ends Jan. 3, 2023, when the new Congress convenes. Almost certainly the GOP will control the next House, and the Republicans stand an increasingly good chance to take back the Senate. If not passed, the Democrat agenda is truly dead as of that date.

    >>>>>> While the window remains open, Joseph Robinette Biden must remain president. Whether he serves honorably or dishonorably, whether coherently or incoherently, whether alive or dead.

    >>>>>>

    >>>> Joe Nazarian
     
  2. Mercor

    Mercor

    Extremely interesting post
    Mitch will control the vote for new VP
    Section 2. 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.

    A Trump angle
    Instead of spending his political seed on the presidency this early out, Trump would be wiser to follow Steve Bannon’s proposal and run for a safe House seat in 2022, with the objective of being elected Speaker by an incoming Republican majority. Crazy as it sounds,he wouldn’t actually have to run to become Speaker because the Constitution doesn’t stipulate that the Speaker must be a member of Congress. In this scenario, if Trump got the gavel, he could monkey-wrench the Biden presidency with impeachment hearings. If he got extremely lucky and took out Kamala Harris, too, the order of succession would mean he could return to the White House again.
     
  3. Yeh, I dunno. The vice presidency would/could remain vacant in theory but highly doubtful in practice. If the dems - for example- hatched a plan to remove Joe through the 25th, they would also have a plan to replace the vice president when she moved up. The constitution requires the new president to choose a new vice president who is then to be approved or not by Congress.

    We have seen a version of this once already in history, whereby- believe it or not- we ended out with a president that no person had ever voted for as a president candidate or as a v.p. candidate. A true creature of the Beltway- Gerald Ford.

    Agnew was Nixon's vp. Agnew had to resign because he was caught being a crook. So Nixon selected Ford as vp. Good so far. Then Nixon had to resign because he was also caught being a crook. Then Ford moved up to become President.

    Whatever Joe's departure scenario ends out being will be crazy too. The Grand Scheme by the dems to get Joe elected as a transitional figure and then have Kamala really be the one in charge has fallen apart for them too. No one likes her and she could not run a hot dog stand. She might be able to make Willy's hot dog stand but that is another matter.
     
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  4. Especially interesting... if Biden dies, but not in public view. They could try to conceal his death until the next election... sort of like in the movie "Dave".
     
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  5. Jill could become the next Imelda Marcos. You know, she kept Ferdinand's body there embalmed at her house for years. Or kept somewhere.
     
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  6. Bugenhagen

    Bugenhagen

    When did you die Scatty?