Following President Joe Biden’s decision to end his re-election bid and endorse Vice President Kamala Harris, CBS’s Krstine Johnson welcomed journalist Ed Gordon of fellow Paramount property Black Entertainment Television. Gordon wasted no time playing the race card in defense of Harris while hyping her “brilliant” record on abortion. Johnson asked, “I know you are close to the vice president. You mentioned earlier that you said, 'Is the nation ready to elect its first female black president?' Is Kamala Harris, in your opinion, ready for the road that's ahead of her?”     Gordon, who interviewed Biden just last week, was not a fan of the question, “Yeah, I think, and I’m bothered sometimes by that question. I think African-Americans in these positions get that question far more than we give others.” Apparently, no vice president has ever been asked if they were ready to assume the duties of president before Harris. As it was, Gordon went on to give Harris a long and gushy endorsement, “I think, you know, three-and-a-half years in the White House has certainly readied her more than any other person on the Democratic side. She is a bright woman. She's been in politics for a long time. She certainly, I believe, has the ambition now. She stood stalwart next to Joe Biden, but someone in her position would certainly, I think, rise to this occasion, and I think she's ready, able, and willing to say ‘I want to take this task on.’" Johnson then put the ball on the tee, “What are some of those personal qualities that you know about her that you feel will help in the road ahead?” Gordon hyped Harris’s record on abortion, urging viewers to forget about the border chaos because that wasn’t really her fault: Well, I think what we've seen her do at the outset when she was given the idea of handling reproductive rights, a lot of people have suggested, you know, that she stumbled and failed on the border issue, but I think that that's one of those issues that everyone who's been front and center of that, and I'm talking about presidents who were seated in office have had the opportunity to use the bully pulpit, but haven't been able to get their arms around the best way to handle that, but she, as many people have suggested, found her footing around reproductive rights.  Confusing making a scene at Senate hearings in order to go viral with being substantive, Gordon continued, “She's a brilliant woman, a great orator, and the energy that she's going to bring to this if, in fact, she becomes the nominee is extraordinary. We've seen her in debates before. We've seen her during Senate hearings. She's quick on her feet. I think she'll be a formidable opponent.” With press coverage like that, who needs a communications team? Here is a transcript for the July 21 coverage: CBS News Special 7/21/2024 2:41 PM ET KRISTINE JOHNSON: Well, he did put the word out that he is, in fact, endorsing his vice president. So, I do wonder if that was meant for everyone in the Democratic Party to hopefully just fall in line. I know you are close to the vice president. You mentioned earlier that you said “is the nation ready to elect its first female black president?” Is Kamala Harris, in your opinion, ready for the road that's ahead of her? ED GORDON: Yeah, I think, and I’m bothered sometimes by that question. I think African-Americans in these positions get that question far more than we give others. I think, you know, three-and-a-half years in the White House has certainly readied her more than any other person on the Democratic side.  She is a bright woman. She's been in politics for a long time. She certainly, I believe, has the ambition now. She stood stalwart next to Joe Biden, but someone in her position would certainly, I think, rise to this occasion, and I think she's ready, able, and willing to say "I want to take this task on." JOHNSON: What are some of those personal qualities that you know about her that you feel will help in the road ahead? GORDON: Well, I think what we've seen her do at the outset when she was given the idea of handling reproductive rights, a lot of people have suggested, you know, that she stumbled and failed on the border issue, but I think that that's one of those issues that everyone who's been front and center of that, and I'm talking about presidents who were seated in office have had the opportunity to use the bully pulpit, but haven't been able to get their arms around the best way to handle that, but she, as many people have suggested, found her footing around reproductive rights. She's a brilliant woman, a great orator, and the energy that she's going to bring to this if, in fact, she becomes the nominee is extraordinary. We've seen her in debates before. We've seen her during Senate hearings. She's quick on her feet. I think she'll be a formidable opponent.

As expected, President Joe Biden announced Sunday afternoon that while he would not resign from office, he would drop his bid for another term in the White House."I believe it is in the best interest of my party and the country for me to stand down and to focus on fulfilling my duties as President for the remainder of my term," his announcement read in part.Should the delegates choose someone other than Harris, they will have a major messaging problem on their hands. ... If the party delegates decide to pass on Harris, Democrat leaders will have a tough time explaining the decision to override the will of their own voters.The initial statement made no mention of endorsing a candidate, but a subsequent social media post from Biden revealed he has thrown his support behind his second in command, Vice President Kamala Harris.Biden's "full support and endorsement" of Harris puts her in the driver's seat for the Democratic nomination for president in the 2024 election, and many Democrats are likely to support the only female and just the second black official ever to become president or vice president.Still, her nomination is not necessarily a lock. For one thing, polling indicates that she would fare worse than Biden in a head-to-head matchup with former President Donald Trump. In a statement about Biden's withdrawal, Trump said he believes Harris "will be even easier to beat."Other names mentioned as possible replacements for Biden include Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan and Gov. Gavin Newsom of California, both of whom have previously stated they are not interested in running for president or vice president this election season.Should the delegates choose someone other than Harris, they will have a major messaging problem on their hands. In the past several months, more than 14 million Americans cast a primary vote for the Biden-Harris team. If the party delegates decide to pass on Harris, Democrat leaders will have a tough time explaining the decision to override the will of their own voters.To date, more than 4,000 Democratic delegates are already pledged to Biden. With Biden out of the race, the delegates are free to support another candidate of their choice.The Democratic Party had already promised to hold a "virtual roll call" in early August ahead of the Democratic National Convention. Should no one win a majority of those delegate votes, the 700 so-called superdelegates may then join the fray.Democrats will have to coalesce around a candidate soon. Their convention, the event during which candidates are formally certified, begins Aug.19.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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