In the wake of President Joe Biden’s expected yet stunning departure from the 2024 presidential race, Republicans everywhere are calling for the Democrat to step down altogether.
“If Joe Biden is not fit to run for President, he is not fit to serve as President. He must resign the office immediately. November 5 cannot arrive soon enough,” Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., wrote Sunday afternoon on his X account soon after Biden had his LBJ moment.
At this unprecedented juncture in American history, we must be clear about what just happened. The Democrat Party forced the Democrat nominee off the ballot, just over 100 days before the election.
Having invalidated the votes of more than 14 million Americans who selected Joe…
— Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) July 21, 2024
Several House Republicans stated the same.
“If Joe Biden can’t run for re-election, he is unable and unfit to serve as President of the United States,” Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., said in a statement. “He must immediately resign,” chairwoman of the House GOP conference, said in a statement.
It wasn’t just House members. U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., told The Federalist that he would support the use of the 25th Amendment — the Constitution’s presidential disability and succession mechanism — to relieve the clearly cognitively diminished president of his duties.
“Anything we can do to replace him probably is a good thing to do, but that is not my call,” Johnson said.
Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., agreed.
“If Joe Biden is
