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BREAKING: Joe Biden endorses Kamala Harris for president

JUST IN: Biden told to install Kamala Harris as U.S. first female president

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Ediri Oyibo
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A CNN political commentator, Jamal Simmons has suggested that U.S. President Joe Biden should resign and allow Vice President Kamala Harris to become the first female president of the United States.

TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Simmons, who previously served as Communications Director for Harris, made the surprising suggestion on Sunday.

“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. It’d turn tables on Trump, keep Kamala from presiding over Jan 6  make it easier for next woman to run,” Simmons wrote via X (formerly Twitter).

TNG reports Simmons also reiterated this position while featuring on CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday.

“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.  He could resign the presidency in the next 30 days, and make Kamala Harris President of the United States,” he said.

The suggestion is coming after Harris lost the November 5 U.S. presidential election to President-elect Donald Trump.

Meanwhile, the Twenty-Fifth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States has clearly clarified what happens when a U.S. president resigns.

According to Section 1, “In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President”.

Section 2 reads: “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”.

Section 3 reads: “Whenever the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that he is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, and until he transmits to them a written declaration to the contrary, such powers and duties shall be discharged by the Vice President as Acting President”.

Section 4 reads: “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.

“Thereafter, when the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that no inability exists, he shall resume the powers and duties of his office unless the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive department or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit within four days 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.

“Thereupon Congress shall decide the issue, assembling within forty-eight hours for that purpose if not in session. If the Congress, within twenty-one days after receipt of the latter written declaration, or, if Congress is not in session, within twenty-one days after Congress is required to assemble, determines by two-thirds vote of both Houses that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall continue to discharge the same as Acting President; otherwise, the President shall resume the powers and duties of his office”.