The Telegraph is reporting this morning — via a thread promoted by Twitter, no less — that team Biden is considering replacing Vice President Kamala Harris by naming her to the Supreme Court for a seat that’s not even vacant yet:
With Kamala Harris looking unelectable, the Democrats are considering the nuclear option.
Whispers in Washington suggest Joe Biden's camp has a plan to find a more popular replacement ahead of the 2024 battle#Thread 👇
📸Evelyn Hockstein/ Reutershttps://t.co/Gjp2GSg0pY pic.twitter.com/QYiZtuNdkf
— Telegraph World News (@TelegraphWorld) November 29, 2021
LOL. Maybe they call it the “nuclear option” because it will never be used?
🇺🇸Democrats desperately scrambling to find a potential successor to Joe Biden in 2024 are whispering about a potential nuclear option that could see Kamala Harris nominated to the Supreme Court
— Telegraph World News (@TelegraphWorld) November 29, 2021
Good luck, Dems. You break it, you bought it:
While the scenario is highly improbable, and perhaps a reflection of a Washington rumour mill in overdrive, the fact it has come up at all shows the depths of the predicament the Biden administration currently finds itself in
— Telegraph World News (@TelegraphWorld) November 29, 2021
This part is true, though. President Biden is failing and everyone sees it:
It comes amid:
❌Rising inflation
❌A stalled domestic agenda
❌Foreign policy disasters— Telegraph World News (@TelegraphWorld) November 29, 2021
Sorry, Dems!
Polls are now regularly showing Mr Biden's approval rating below 40 per cent.
Panic set in at the White House after a recent poll put Kamala Harris at an unelectable 28 per cent pic.twitter.com/2I2KmRm0IZ
— Telegraph World News (@TelegraphWorld) November 29, 2021
And according to this report, some Dems are even preparing for a contested primary:
Behind-the-scenes discussion of how Democrats could arrive at a third option for the next election are under way.
Operatives are preparing for the possibility of a contested presidential primary pic.twitter.com/s9jxDkDaSi
— Telegraph World News (@TelegraphWorld) November 29, 2021
Deep down in the thread,
we get to the meat of the rumor, and there really isn’t anything here:
🔴No precedent, but no impediment
The idea of a Supreme Court nomination for Ms Harris was first reported by CNN which, while calling it an "Aaron Sorkin-style rumour" said the "chatter has already reached top levels of the Biden orbit"
— Telegraph World News (@TelegraphWorld) November 29, 2021
Meh.
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