(The Guardian) House Democrat: Harris is 'obvious choice' to replace Biden in race if he steps aside
Another Democratic legislator has suggested that Kamala Harris could replace Biden as the Democratic presidential nominee amid growing discontent following Biden’s poor debate performance.
House Democrat Summer Lee of Pennsylvania said Harris was the “obvious choice” in a scenario where Biden decides not to run, CBS News reported.
During a radio interview, Lee warned that “time is not on our side” when it comes to possibly selecting a new Democratic presidential candidate. Lee added that Harris has the “name recognition” after serving as vice-president and has been campaigning.
Lee also noted that forgoing Harris, a Black woman, would not be ideal optics.
Read Lee’s full comments here, from CBS’s Scott MacFarlane. -- Maybe folks don’t want to hear, but we have timing that is running out. Time is not on our side. We have a few months to do a monumental task. It’s not cheap and it’s not easy. 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. The vice president is the obvious choice. She’s sitting right there. She’s already been in the White House. And has the name recognition. And has been on the trail … and the optics of pushing aside a Black woman … it’s not good
Another Democratic legislator has suggested that Kamala Harris could replace Biden as the Democratic presidential nominee amid growing discontent following Biden’s poor debate performance.
House Democrat Summer Lee of Pennsylvania said Harris was the “obvious choice” in a scenario where Biden decides not to run, CBS News reported.
During a radio interview, Lee warned that “time is not on our side” when it comes to possibly selecting a new Democratic presidential candidate. Lee added that Harris has the “name recognition” after serving as vice-president and has been campaigning.
Lee also noted that forgoing Harris, a Black woman, would not be ideal optics.
Read Lee’s full comments here, from CBS’s Scott MacFarlane. -- Maybe folks don’t want to hear, but we have timing that is running out. Time is not on our side. We have a few months to do a monumental task. It’s not cheap and it’s not easy. 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. The vice president is the obvious choice. She’s sitting right there. She’s already been in the White House. And has the name recognition. And has been on the trail … and the optics of pushing aside a Black woman … it’s not good
