Rep. Bennie Thompson said not choosing Vice President Kamala Harris as President Biden's replacement would be the Democratic Party's 'kiss of death.'
Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., said if President Biden steps down, not choosing Vice President Kamala Harris as the new nominee would be 'the kiss of death' for Democrats. The first presidential debate sparked growing calls for Biden to drop out of the race to allow a new candidate to step in, and several candidates other than the vice president have been floated as potential replacements.
will support her if he were to step aside,' Clyburn said. 'But I’m going to support her going forward and sometime in the future. I want this ticket to continue to be Biden-Harris. And then we will see what happens after the next election.' Rep. Summer Lee, D-Pa., a member of the progressive 'Squad,' said Harris is the 'obvious' replacement for Biden. 'If our president decides this is not a pathway forward for him, we have to move very quickly.
Amid speculation over who would be the best fit to replace Biden on the 2024 ticket, a new CNN poll found Harris performed better than Biden in a hypothetical matchup against Trump.
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