A bombshell new book and a revealing interview have pulled back the curtain on a bizarre contingency plan swirling inside the Biden administration—one that involved then–Vice President Kamala Harris preparing for the presidency with a spreadsheet… just in case Joe Biden didn’t make it.

During a recent appearance on The Glenn Beck Program, political journalist Amie Parnes discussed details from her New York Times bestselling exposé, Fight: Inside the Wildest Battle for the White House, co-authored with Jonathan Allen. The book chronicles the infighting, panic, and backdoor maneuvering that defined the Biden-Harris White House—culminating in a jaw-dropping account of how close top Democrats were to assuming Biden wouldn’t survive his term.

According to Parnes, Kamala Harris’ communications director carried a spreadsheet cataloging Republican judges who could be called upon to swear her in—an extraordinary move intended to lend legitimacy to her potential presidency.

“He felt almost like she had to be validated in that moment,” Parnes told Beck. “Only a Republican judge could really swear her in.”

That level of political calculation—especially in preparation for the president’s potential death—would be jarring in any administration. But for a White House already dodging persistent questions about Biden’s cognitive decline, it reads like something out of a dystopian screenplay.

Parnes says the contingency plan wasn’t just internal paranoia. The Democratic National Committee was also reportedly involved, coordinating with Harris’s team to ensure that, should Biden pass away, the transition would look as smooth—and as apolitical—as possible. Even if that meant breaking political norms and calling in GOP judicial figures to publicly validate a new president.

Beck, reacting in real time, was stunned. “I’ve never seen anything like this in American history. Have you?”

“It’s pretty remarkable; it’s really unprecedented,” Parnes replied.

Perhaps even more troubling than the spreadsheet itself is the admission that few within Biden’s circle appeared concerned about the constitutional implications of a mentally declining commander-in-chief. According to Parnes, silence was the rule—until after the fact.

“Was there no one that cared about the Constitution and cared about what could have happened with this guy in charge?” Beck asked.

“No,” Parnes responded flatly. “It’s only when they leave office that the floodgates open.”

The revelations now raise troubling questions: If Biden’s mental fitness was such an internal concern that even the DNC had a death contingency mapped out, who was actually running the country? And how far did Harris’s team go in preparing for a post-Biden administration without the public’s knowledge?

This is not the first time Biden’s cognitive abilities have come under fire. But it might be the most vivid glimpse yet into how seriously his own party took those concerns—and how deeply entrenched political survivalism has become in D.C.

That Harris and her team would pre-plan her swearing-in down to which judges might offer the most political cover signals a disturbing shift in how power is handled. Instead of transparency or invoking constitutional processes like the 25th Amendment, the strategy was all about optics—ensuring the transfer of power would be seen as legitimate in the court of public opinion, not just the Constitution.

As Beck asked, “Is anybody going to be held accountable for this?”

At this point, it seems unlikely. Washington, as Parnes pointed out, doesn’t deal in accountability. It deals in damage control—especially after those responsible have moved on or up the ladder.

The American people, once again, are left wondering what else was going on behind the scenes of an administration that campaigned on transparency and stability—but secretly prepared for the opposite.