{"id":88800,"date":"2021-11-20T03:36:36","date_gmt":"2021-11-20T02:36:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=88800"},"modified":"2021-11-20T03:36:36","modified_gmt":"2021-11-20T02:36:36","slug":"kamala-harris-to-be-first-woman-to-hold-us-presidential-power-as-biden-undergoes-colonoscopy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/kamala-harris-to-be-first-woman-to-hold-us-presidential-power-as-biden-undergoes-colonoscopy\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamala Harris To Be First Woman To Hold US Presidential Power As Biden Undergoes\u00a0colonoscopy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m20416\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">US President Joe Biden will transfer power briefly to Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday while he is under anesthesia for a routine colonoscopy, making her the first woman to hold presidential power in U.S. history.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal  \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nBiden is undergoing his annual physical at the Walter Reed military hospital outside of Washington.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Harris is the first woman to serve as vice president of the United States; no woman has ever been president in the country\u2019s nearly 250-year history.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cFollowing the process set out in the Constitution, President Biden will transfer power to the Vice President for the brief period of time when he is under anesthesia,\u201d White House spokesperson Jen Psaki said in a statement.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Vice President will work from her office in the West Wing during this time,\u201d Psaki said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Presidential power has been transferred to the vice president before, when President George W. Bush had colonoscopies in 2002 and 2007.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Biden, who turns 79 on Saturday, is the oldest person to take office as U.S. president. Although speculation has persisted about whether he will run for re-election in 2024, he has said he expects to seek a second four-year term alongside Harris.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Biden has pledged to be more transparent about his health than predecessor Donald Trump. 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