• ClimateChangeAnxiety [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
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    19 days ago

    I mean it is at least partially his fault, but also it’s a fault that Harris can and should completely eliminate if she wanted to win

    Why is he still president??? Fucking 25th amendment the man and you don’t have to worry about that anymore. And continuing to allow him to rule is an incredible failure of her basic responsibilities in her current job.

    But she won’t do that because she supports all of his worst policies and opposes only his best, so if she got rid of him the ability to blame someone else goes away and it becomes obvious how bad she sucks.

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        19 days ago

        Yeah she can, term limit doesn’t apply for people who took the position more than 2 years into a term. LBJ, for example, was allowed to run for a thirs time, but opted not to because of how unpopular Vietnam war made him.

        Edit: exact text:

        No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once.

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        19 days ago

        I think the real reason, originally at least, was plausible deniability.

        There was a ton of “look she’s only the vice president, you can’t blame her for Biden’s unwavering support for genocide,” early on.

        At this point she’s made it clear that Biden is governing exactly how she would anyways, so I don’t know why they still keep up the charade, maybe inertia? Election is less than a month out anyways.