{"id":5406,"date":"2023-09-08T13:46:07","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T18:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=5406"},"modified":"2023-09-08T13:46:08","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T18:46:08","slug":"video-vp-harris-ready-to-take-over-presidency-from-biden-she-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=5406","title":{"rendered":"Video: VP Harris ready to \u2018take over\u2019 presidency from Biden, she says"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-29.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-5407\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"833\" height=\"439\" src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-29.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-29.png 833w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-29-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-29-770x406.png 770w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-29-293x154.png 293w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-29-390x206.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 833px) 100vw, 833px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Vice President Kamala Harris said in an interview Wednesday that she is prepared to fulfill her \u201coath\u201d and \u201ctake over the job of being president\u201d if President Joe Biden is unable to complete a second term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Biden is currently 80 years old and will turn 81 in November. If elected in 2024, Biden would be over 82 years old prior to his second inauguration. With questions concerning the president\u2019s age and health continuing to overshadow the 2024 presidential race, Harris was asked whether she was prepared to step into the role of president if Biden reached the point where he was unable to carry out his duties as president.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response to the question, Harris\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealMacReport\/status\/1699434383537524974\" target=\"_blank\">insisted<\/a>\u00a0that the prospect of taking over Biden\u2019s role as president was merely \u201chypothetical\u201d and would not be necessary. However, she explained that she is prepared to fulfill her oath of office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kamala Harris says she&#39;s ready to step into role of president if Biden is unwell: &quot;May have to take over&quot;. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rCQlJIqA1q\">pic.twitter.com\/rCQlJIqA1q<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Real Mac Report (@RealMacReport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealMacReport\/status\/1699434383537524974?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 6, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cJoe Biden is going to be fine, so that is not going to come to fruition,\u201d Harris told The Associated Press during Wednesday\u2019s interview. \u201cBut let us also understand that every vice president \u2014 every vice president \u2014 understands that when they take the oath, they must be very clear about the responsibility they may have to take over the job of being president. I\u2019m no different.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite a recent AP\/NORC\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/apnorc.org\/projects\/bidens-age-is-a-significant-concern-for-voters\/\" target=\"_blank\">poll<\/a>\u00a0revealing that 77% of Americans, including 69% of Democrats, believe Biden is too old to serve a second term in the White House, Harris dismissed the concerns during Wednesday\u2019s interview with The Associated Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI see him every day,\u201d Harris said. \u201cA substantial amount of time we spend together is in the Oval Office, where I see how his ability to understand issues and weave through complex issues in a way that no one else can to make smart and important decisions on behalf of the American people have played out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Harris said that she believes the American people \u201cultimately want to know\u201d that the president of the United States can deliver results for them. She added, \u201cJoe Biden delivers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The vice president\u2019s comments come after an NBC News\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IAPolls2022\/status\/1673385947977621507\" target=\"_blank\">poll<\/a>\u00a0showed that Harris currently has the lowest vice presidential rating in the history of the poll, which showed that only 32% of voters have a \u201cpositive view\u201d of the vice president, while 49% of voters have a \u201cnegative view\u201d of Harris and 39% have a \u201cvery negative view.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Original Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmilitarynews.com\/2023\/09\/video-vp-harris-ready-to-take-over-presidency-from-biden-she-says\/\">https:\/\/americanmilitarynews.com\/2023\/09\/video-vp-harris-ready-to-take-over-presidency-from-biden-she-says\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vice President Kamala Harris said in an interview Wednesday that she is prepared to fulfill her \u201coath\u201d and \u201ctake over the job of being president\u201d if President Joe Biden is unable to complete a second term. Biden is currently 80 years old and will turn 81 in November. If elected in 2024, Biden would be over 82 years old prior to his second inauguration. With questions concerning the president\u2019s age and health continuing to overshadow the 2024 presidential race, Harris [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-president-biden"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5406"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5408,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5406\/revisions\/5408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}