Jamal Simmons, a former communications director for Kamala Harris, said during an interview over the weekend that President Joe Biden should resign so that Vice President Kamala Harris can be president.
Simmons made the remarks during a Sunday interview on CNN’s “State of the Union” while discussing Harris’ loss to President-elect Donald Trump last week.
“Joe Biden’s been a phenomenal president,” he claimed. “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, make Kamala Harris the president of the United States.”
“It would absolve him from having to oversee the January 6 transition, right, of her own defeat,” he continued. “And it would make sure that — it would dominate the news at a point where Democrats have to learn drama…