Congressmen in both parties might be calling for the president to fire Cheatle, but President Biden can't do that, even if he were inclined to, because he is unavailable, unwell, or otherwise incapacitated.
No one has seen or heard from him in days, even though he has apparently made the historic decision to end his reelection campaign and endorse Vice President Kamala Harris in his stead. That is to say, there is no one to do the firing because we effectively have no president right now.
It's also dangerous domestically, as we try to make sense of an assassination attempt that came within millimeters of killing President Trump last Saturday.
There is still an office of the president, but there is no one there.
Under normal circumstances - that is to say, with a functioning White House helmed by an engaged president - an assassination attempt would be the focus of attention across the executive branch.
As if on cue, the media have shifted to talking about Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democrat Party nominee, as if this is just ordinary horse race politics.
He was supposed to meet with the president, but there is no president to meet with.
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