I don't understand the need for elaborate theories that Pelosi is wasting America's time with this wackadoo 25th Amendment stuff because she's setting up some elaborate plan to replace Biden with Harris after the election.
This is what Nancy Pelosi DOES. She thinks nothing of wasting the time and money of the American people on dingbat political stunts. Remember the impeachment farce, which Dems were pulling right when the coronavirus started flaring up? Not a second thought entered her head.
If Donald Trump had raised alarms about the Rona while Dems were picking your pocket to finance Impeachment Theater, Pelosi would have howled that Trump was fearmongering about a virus to distract from the sacred and solemn impeachment hearings.
You know, the impeachment hearings Dems completely forgot about and never mentioned again during the 2020 election season. The sacred hearings Pelosi wasted oceans of cash on that her party is now afraid to mention because it makes them look ridiculous and irresponsible.
Pelosi repeatedly held up coronavirus relief for the American people by stuffing the bills with insane left-wing bullshit and telling us that either she gets her wishlist or we get to eat cake. She has no conscience or remorse whatsoever about doing stuff like this.
And as the salon episode demonstrates, she's incredibly callous and arrogant about the hell normal people have been put through, knowing that her own perks and luxuries are protected. She doesn't give a damn about working people - you're her SERVANTS, not her masters.
So no, she doesn't need some big plan to swap Biden for Harris. The Dems wouldn't embarrass themselves that way. Biden will just say he's not feeling well and resign, or his family will do it for him, if he's no longer capable of bowing out himself. No 25A hijinks needed.
Pelosi is wasting America's time and money on this stupid stunt solely and entirely because she thinks it will embarrass Trump. She knows the same servile media that let her slide on the Royal Hair Salon garbage will carry her water and print the stories she wants. /end

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