Subject: Re: Make her president now
I agree it's a bad look but:

I think Joe might be too nice a guy to do what might be necessary.
He still believes there's a viable republican party (understandably after his long career in Congress).

I think the prosecutor might be more willing to take action.

In either case, it's different than 2020 because the outbound president will not be inciting insurrection, only putting it down.
The last thing we want is some doubt as to which president (or ex-president) is in power.

Also, surely, in modern times we don't need such a lag to get to the electoral voting. Travel and communication is almost instantaneous. Formality is for show.