If President Biden wants to make good on his vow to be a “transitional figure,” he should resign from the presidency now and let Kamala Harris lead the United States until Donald Trump is sworn in. That’s the belief voiced by former Harris communications director Jamal Simmons on CNN’s “State of the Union” Sunday.
The move would benefit the party in several ways, he added. “It would absolve her from having to oversee the January 6th transition, right, of her own defeat.