A growing chorus of House Democrats are getting behind Vice President Kamala Harris as President Biden’s successor as questions mount about whether he’ll drop out.
Nearly a week after President Biden’s disastrous performance in a presidential debate, multiple current and former House Democrats are signaling they would back Vice President Kamala Harris as his successor if the 81-year-old leader chooses to step aside.
Rep. Summer Lee, D-Pa., a member of the House’s progressive “Squad”, joined radio show “Mornings with Zerlina” Wednesday, warning Democrats — and likely, by extension, President Biden — they are running out of time to decide whether to change course.
“If our president decides this is not a pathway forward for him, we have to move very quickly. There’s not going to be time for a primary. That time is past”, Lee said. “The vice president is the obvious choice. She’s sitting right there.”
Lee also warned of the political ramifications of side-stepping Harris while pointing out the high voter turnout rates among Black women.
“We’re so willingly going to push aside an entire demographic, and I think that it would be very dangerous to do that, personally”, she warned.
