For the first time in nearly a year, President Biden had a cabinet meeting on Friday. He offered a two-minute scripted statement and then gave the floor to First Lady Jill Biden. Jill offered remarks on progress regarding women's health, which took about 5 minutes. Joe answered a couple of questions before the press was ushered out. The cabinet secretaries cannot be blind to the obvious decline in President Biden. Literally everyone knows that President Biden is not up to the task. He has taken more vacation time than any president in American history because he is not really the president. He's a figurehead and every cabinet member and Vice President Harris are entirely aware of that.
Section 4. Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President.
25th Amendment to the Constitution
Why has this not been invoked long since? Everyone at that cabinet meeting and VP Harris know who is calling the shots and, so far, are happy to go along rather than remove President Biden.
However, this oddly timed and broadcast cabinet meeting does make one suspicious. The ridiculously early June debate resulted in Joe Biden ending his re-election campaign. Will this cabinet meeting provide similar basis for invoking the 25th Amendment and handing the presidency to VP Harris before the election? Wow, that would be something. Would a few weeks as President Kamala Harris improve her electoral chances? This would be an unprecedented October Surprise.
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