Democrats would love to be able to replace Joe Biden.
However there’s one huge problem stopping them from going forward.
And Michelle Obama just killed the Democrats last hope for the 2024 election.
Special counsel Robert Hur’s recent report, which concluded that President Biden is unable to recall important information, has Democrats considering whether they could move to replace Joe Biden.
Former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy recently spoke on the theory that Michelle Obama could very well replace Biden on the party ticket.
Ramaswamy told Fox News Digital on Saturday that it would solve Democrat’s “Kamala Harris problem.”
“The main obstacle stopping the Democratic Party is they have a Kamala Harris problem, which is to say that if they do sideline Biden, the natural person normally that would be the nominee, could be the vice president of that same sitting president. But that vice president is unable, I think, to effectively carry forward that job,” Ramaswamy said.
“She didn’t make it to the Iowa caucus in the year that she ran, right, even and within her own party, let alone an issue with broader popularity in the country.”
“If race and gender are your basis for selecting someone for a job, and the identity of your party is tied to that temple of identity politics, then they will risk looking hypocritical if they sideline her after they sideline Biden. And I do think Michelle Obama offers them a convenient path out of that problem, somebody who checks the boxes that they need to have checked per their own ideology, while also selecting an alternative to Biden that they may view as more palatable in a general election . . . it’s looking increasingly like it’s not going to be Biden as the nominee. And I think that it should not be shocking to see someone like Michelle Obama take the role of the nomination,” Ramaswamy said.
However, while it might solve the Democrats’ problems, multiple Democrats say there’s “no way in hell” that will happen according to the Washington Examiner on Monday.
“I’m sure there are some people in the party who wish Mrs. Obama would run for the presidency, but she’s made it very clear that she has no designs on seeking higher office herself,” one strategist familiar with Biden’s campaign told the Washington Examiner.
On Friday, Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas) told The New York Post that Democrats have confided in him their disappointment with Biden being nominee, but that it’s too late to make a switch.
“[Democrats] can’t stand the fact that he’s their nominee and that he’s going to drag the whole party down,” he said.
“They’re worried they’re going to lose House and Senate seats because people are either going to switch parties and vote for Republicans because they can’t deal with him being in office anymore — or they’re just not going to go out and vote.”
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