The biggest problem I have with the narrative going around about replacing Biden is this:
Even if we all manage to agree upon a candidate and agree to vote for the hypothetical replacement, the Heritage Foundation has openly made it clear that they intend to throw lawsuits to ensure that Biden’s name is on the ballot whether he’s running or not.
There are at least several articles on the matter, one from RollingStone, Newsweek, Mediaite, and this one image above from the Oversight Project:
RollingStone Article: Right-Wingers Plan to Make it Difficult for Democrats to Replace Biden
NewsWeek Images
Mediaite: Top Conservative Think Tank Vows to Make it ‘Extraordinarily Difficult’ for Dems to Replace Biden By Filing Swing State Lawsuits
“If the Biden family decides that President Biden will not run for re-election, the mechanisms for replacing him on ballots vary by state,” reads the memo. “There is the potential for pre-election litigation in some states that would make the process difficult and perhaps unsuccessful.”
The organization’s Oversight Project Executive Director Mike Howell said, in a statement to NOTUS, they would make the process for replacing Biden “extraordinarily difficult.”
“We’ve zeroed in on a few states that we think are the best case,” Howell told the news outlet without naming the specific states. The memo, however, identifies Nevada, Washington, and Georgia as the most likely states to use litigation to stop a new Democratic nominee from replacing Biden on the ballot.”
And there’s also the simple detail that if by some measure we DO manage to get it past, there’s a likelihood that they could push this to the very far-right leaning Supreme Court. A Supreme Court that has EVERY inclination to ensure that Biden loses to push forward their theocratic agenda.
Like it or not, we might not have a choice in the matter, because the Republicans have been busy ensuring there’s no miracle alternative solution, or even just a regular alternate solution.