What Rep. Jennifer McClellan (D-VA04) said!
“I think a world in which Joe Biden or Kamala Harris are not on the ballot is fantasy. I think given how close we are to when early voting starts in some states, in September, how close we are to when we have to certify who the nominee of the Democratic Party is, the idea that we’re going to have some sort of mini primary is a fantasy. 15 million people voted in open primaries and we don’t have time – and no one’s even explained how it’s going to work – if the president steps aside, that we go with anybody other than Kamala Harris, and to do so would be a mistake. She has been a partner by his side from day one, working very closely with this Administration. We have a succession plan if, god forbid, something happens to the president, she’s ready to step in because she’s already been doing the job as vice president.
But again, we need to be spending the next 110 days talking about the fact that Donald Trump said he would be a dictator on day one (he wasn’t kidding), that he now has a playbook of very extreme policies that the Republican Party is trying to implement right now. And the only thing standing in their way is a Democratic Senate and President Biden and Vice President Harris. Tthat’s what we need to be talking about.”
UPDATED 2:06 pm: President Biden announces he’s stepping aside!
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