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Zeets2 » 16 Jun 2022, 2:08 pm » wrote: ↑

16 Jun 2022, 2:08 pm

I think you're wrong.  I believe it would be eminently possible to get 2/3 of the Senate and the House to go along with it, especially after they see how badly the party gets trounced in November.  There's no question the Democrats do NOT want Biden to run again, but it would be difficult for them to keep the re-nomination away from him IF he lives up to his words and chooses to run again.  It would be far easier for them to also dump Harris if Biden isn't also standing in the way.

I'm sure the constitutional scholars will clarify the question for us within the next few months as November draws nearer.

Ok, so we agree on what the Constitution says and how it would work.  We simply disagree on whether the numbers would be sufficient to get a 2/3 majority of the Senate to remove Biden for incompetence. I don't think the Senate will have the numbers to take such an extraordinary measure.  Also, if it was nearly all Republican lead, the Dems would cry coup.  Further, what is gained by tossing Biden out.  No, the Republicans won't do it even if they have a 2/3rds majority.  If they have those kind of numbers in Congress, it would be far more effective and a better use of their time to simply start repealing and passing veto-proof laws.