FLASHBACK: Biden being replaced on ticket was 'fantasy' dismissed by media

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Many members of the media were quick in the past to dismiss the notion that Vice President Kamala Harris, or anyone, would be replacing President Biden at the top of the Democratic Party's ticket.

"First of all, a vote for Joe Biden is a vote for Kamala Harris. You know that and I know that. There’s no way Joe Biden is going to finish his term. I think Kamala Harris would become the next president and that should send a chill up every American’s spine," former GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley told a skeptical George Stephanopoulos on ABC last August.

"Do you think he’s going to finish his term? Do you think that he’s actually going to finish what he started? We look at the decline he’s had over the last few years. You have to be honest with the American people, George. There’s no way Joe Biden’s going to finish out a next term," the then-GOP presidential candidate said.

"We can’t have an 81-year-old president. We have to have a new generational leader. The Senate has become the most privileged nursing home in the country. We have got to start making sure we have a new generation," Haley told Stephanopoulos, who demanded more evidence, and repeatedly asked Haley, "what is that based on?"

KAMALA HARRIS SPENT MONTHS SHOOTING DOWN CONCERNS OVER BIDEN'S MENTAL COMPETENCY AHEAD OF THE DEBATE

Prominent Democrats have quickly rallied behind Harris after Biden decided