When President Joe Biden underwent a routine colonoscopy Friday, he was put under anesthesia and his vice president was temporarily transferred his full presidential power. That is all standard procedure, but what made Friday’s events unique was that the Vice President Kamala Harris briefly became the first female to assume the duties of the president of the United States.
Political observers cheered the milestone online — especially because the procedural transfer took place on International Men’s Day.
“Well I’m gonna find some opportunities to tweet ‘Acting President Harris’ several times to day,” cheered Sherrilyn Ifill, president and diretor-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund.