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Biden should step down and let Harris be president if only for one day [1]
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Date: 2025-01-03
President Biden should step down and allow Kamala Harris to be president, even if it’s for one day. The obvious reason is that it would help to break the glass ceiling and make it more likely that a woman could be elected president in the future.
The less obvious reason and really important, is that it could potentially protect her life in the future. A president has Secret Service protection for 10 years. A vice president and her spouse has Secret Service protection for 6 months.
Congress passed legislation (H.R. 5938); the “Former Vice President Protection Act of 2008,” which authorized Secret Service protection for former Vice Presidents, their spouses and their children less than 16 years of age for up to six months after the Vice President’s term in office has ended.
Congress enacted legislation requiring that Presidents in office prior to
January 1, 1997, will continue to receive Secret Service protection for their lifetime. Presidents elected to office after that time will receive protection for 10 years after leaving office. (Public Law 103-329)
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