The following is an edited transcript of Ben Shapiro’s latest episode of “Facts: What Happens If Biden Resigns?“
Joe Biden stepping down from the Democratic nomination but remaining president is the worst case scenario for the Democrats politically. This decision leaves the next nominee carrying Biden’s baggage without ever assuming the power of the presidency.
How exactly can that happen?
First, there is no real mechanism to have forced Joe Biden off the ticket if he didn’t want to go. The so-called fateful delegate rule was put in place by the Democratic National Committee in 1980 to prevent delegates pledged to then-President Jimmy Carter from defecting to Senator Ted Kennedy. Current Democratic National Committee language says, “Delegates elected to the national convention pledged to a presidential candidate shall in all good conscience reflect the sentiments of those…
