Trump vs. Harris will seem compressed. But it’s the norm elsewhere.

As news broke that President Joe Biden would exit the 2024 presidential election, Republicans cried foul.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) criticized Biden’s decision to step down, claiming the Democrats might “run into legal impediments” if Biden isn’t at the top of the ticket. On ABC, he said: “It would be wrong, and I think unlawful, in accordance to some of these states’ rules, for a handful of people to go in a back room and switch it out because they don’t like the candidate any longer.