In a message that raised eyebrows — and a few laughs — Vice President Kamala Harris’ former communications director, Jamal Simmons, suggested President Joe Biden should step down to give Harris a historic, albeit brief, stint as the first female U.S. president. Simmons, who served under Harris in 2022 and 2023, shared this “plan” on X and live on CNN, in the wake of Harris’ decisive defeat to President-elect Donald Trump.
“Joe Biden has been amazing but he should fulfill one last promise — to be transitional. Biden should resign and make Kamala Harris the first woman president,” Simmons posted.
His logic? It would “turn tables” on Trump and “make it easier for the next woman to run.”
“Joe Biden’s been a phenomenal president, he’s lived up to so many of the promises he’s made. There’s one promise left that he could fulfill, being a transitional figure,” Simmons said. “He could resign the presidency in the next 30 days, make Kamala Harris president of the United States — ”
“It would absolve her from having to oversee the January 6th transition, right, of her own defeat. And it would make sure, it would dominate the news, at a point where Democrats have to learn, drama and transparency and doing things the public want to see — this is the time, this is the moment for us to change the entire perspective of how Democrats operate.”
Simmons expanded on his thoughts, suggesting the Democratic Party should embrace “drama and transparency” to win back public favor. “This is the moment for us to change the entire perspective of how Democrats operate,” he declared, urging Democrats to prioritize theatrics as a means of engagement.
The timing of this dramatic suggestion is curious, considering that Biden has already handed Harris historic firsts: first female vice president, first black woman, and first Asian American vice president. Biden even stepped aside from his own bid in July, effectively making Harris the party’s nominee without winning a single primary — though her campaign ultimately fell short against Trump.
Adding a twist to Simmons’ pitch, Biden’s resignation would mean Harris, instead of certifying Trump’s victory on January 6, 2025, would have a brief chance to occupy the Oval Office herself.
In an additional post, Simmons, leaning into his own theatrical flair, said, “Dems have better policies but we must realize the old rules no longer apply. We’re in a mixed martial arts fight, and Americans respond to drama and excitement.”
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They are all a bunch of clowns. It’s scary that Harris and co. got 48% of the popular votes.
Wow, truly insane!! The “goals” they have! First it was super imprtant to have a “colored” person as President, then a woman. What’s next? I think we all know.
Please advise her to listen to the Coach Menachem cast.
Or whatever.
crooked joe cannot relinquish to this מכשפה as he has to be sure he is available to pardon hunter
This was already proposed in a joke I heard months ago – if she becomes the 47th president, Trump will be Trump 45 and Trump 48, just like Bobov!
Can’t win, so get it anyways as a gift?!
No way in heck Biden does that, unless he’s bribed an insane amount of money. He was not too happy being forced out and this is the only vindication he has.
Will it prevent her from having 2 terms in the future?
Will she only be able to run once?
Or is it just finishing his term…..
And it will actually make it HARDER for a woman to win in the future, because ppl will no longer need to vote just to witness history. So she will lose all the “identity” votes.
I want to this happen. It will erase the identity politics and allow ppl to vote based on policies in the future. Instead of gender/ race etc…..
We will be yotze the chiyuv of first
She was only off by two million votes maybe a computer mistake
She doesn’t need him to resign.
She can oust him using the 25th amendment.
Desperate much?
I don’t find this idea amusing at all. I do find it rather frightening. The circumstances rule out being able to propose legislation. But she would have the power of the pen, and her executive orders would be something that resembles the impact of a major terror attack. I daven that Biden should survive until after the inauguration, after which I haven’t a slightest care of his existence. The idea of a female president doesn’t interest me in the least. But Kamala is so incompetent and pushes such corrupt values that makes this idea truly alarming.
Reductio ad absurdum DEI.
Why doesn’t Trump just announce that he now identifies as a woman? This way we can have the “first woman” without all the drama and lunatics of the left.
Many Republicans have been calling on Biden to resign.
It would be a nice favor to Harris since she would get a much better pension (and since Biden is unlikely to collect pension for much time, he isn’t impacted).
Since gender and race are all that matter to Democrats, that would be a significant gesture. The rest of the country would say “I told you so” to better explain why they voted for Trump.
If she became president, she would have to pick a vice-president LOL
Why not gove some others a chance as well.
Biden should resign today, Harris should become president for a week, she should resign after a week and give the speaker of the house a chance to be president, he should resign a week later and so on and on. Giving 10 people the chance to become presidnet in the 10 weeks that are left. Or maybe they should do it per day, giving 70 people the chance to be president in the 70 dyas that are left.
The Dems reached the lowest level of logic a human could reach. How come CNN isn’t ashamed of themselvs to Interview this crooked fellow ????
With such a low class campaign manager no wonder Harris lost.
Biden did try it by installing her as the candidate instead of himself. It failed.