• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    I don’t know why they think this helps them at all. If he’s dead, there will be a massive wave of sympathy which will propel Harris into office.

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      3 months ago

      If he’s dead she’ll already be president, the incumbent, and Trump will have to reprint anything that says 47.

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        3 months ago

        Trump will have to reprint anything that says 47.

        Honestly, Biden should step down for this reason alone. The whinging would be glorious!

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        3 months ago

        Nowhere near as much. Not even close. Johnson only got elected because of sympathy about Kennedy. He got 61% of the popular vote. You don’t get that high a popular vote just for taking over for Kennedy for a year unless people feel really bad about the loss of Kennedy.

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      3 months ago

      Edit: It seems I may be wrong after all.

      Original post: Between this and Johnson saying Biden should resign as president, it makes me think they are trying to limit Harris to one term. If Biden were to die or resign then Harris would become president for a few months but that would still count as her first term, so she wouldn’t be able to run for reelection in 2028 if she won this time. That’s my theory anyway 🤷‍♀️