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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I voted for Biden and was happy he won.  Except for Border issue, he has done a great job so far.  But I am appalled to read that a second set of highly classified documents were located in Biden’s garage in his Delaware home.  In my opinion, Trump should be charged and prosecuted for his criminal behavior with classified documents.  Likewise, Biden should be investigated to get to the bottom of his mishandling of classified documents.  In the meantime, in my opinion, the honorable thing for Biden to do is to step aside and let Kamala Harris be acting POTUS.  Any ordinary citizen would have been in handcuffs by now[/quote]

Apologies if this has been pointed out and I missed it, but Harris wouldn’t be “acting POTUS” in this scenario.  She would be POTUS.  It’s hard to take the rest of this seriously as an informed post with such a significant misunderstanding.  [/quote]

Please see below Sections 3 and 4 of the Twenty Fifth Amendment:
SECTION 3. Whenever the President transmits to the Presi- dent pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that he is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, and until he transmits to them a written declaration to the contrary, such powers and duties shall be discharged by the Vice President as Acting President.
SECTION 4. Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President.
Thereafter, when the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that no inability exists, he shall resume the powers and duties of his office unless the[/quote]

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