House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) called on Joe Biden to “immediately resign from office” following his announcement that he would not seek reelection.
"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," Johnson said.
"Regardless of the chaos in the current White House, our adversaries around the globe should be reminded that the U.S. Congress, the U.S. military, and the American people are fully prepared and committed to defend our interests both at home and abroad," he added.
🚨#BREAKING: Speaker Johnson is now calling President Joe Biden to Resign after making the Major announcement that he will be dropping out of the 2024 democratic race saying If Joe Biden is not fit to run for President, he is not fit to serve as President
— R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) July 21, 2024
Per The Hill:
House Republicans are calling on President Biden to resign from office after he announced that he would no longer seek reelection, arguing that he should not continue to serve in the White House if he is unable to run for another term.
The comments — several of which were from House GOP leadership — came shortly after Biden said he was withdrawing from the 2024 presidential race, a seismic announcement that rocked the political world and left the path forward for Democrats uncertain.
"If the Democrat party has deemed Joe Biden unfit to run for re-election, he’s certainly unfit to control our nuclear codes. Biden must step down from office immediately," House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) said.
If the Democrat party has deemed Joe Biden unfit to run for re-election, he’s certainly unfit to control our nuclear codes.
Biden must step down from office immediately.
— Tom Emmer (@GOPMajorityWhip) July 21, 2024
More from House Speaker Mike Johnson:
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 Biden to be the Democrat nominee for president, the self-proclaimed ‘party of democracy’ has proven exactly the opposite.
The party’s prospects are no better now with Vice President Kamala Harris, who co-owns the disastrous policy failures of the Biden Administration. As second in command and a completely inept border czar, Harris has been a gleeful accomplice — not only in the destruction of American sovereignty, security, and prosperity, but also in the largest political coverup in U.S. history. She has known for as long as anyone of his incapacity to serve.
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
From the New York Post:
GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson said Sunday that he has seen President Biden deteriorate behind the scenes and indicated Republicans have held discussions about investigating Dem efforts to cover it up.
But Johnson (R-La.) also suggested that Republicans would likely challenge efforts by Democrats to replace Biden at the top of the ticket — as GOP candidate Donald Trump continues to score widespread gains on Biden in recent polls.
“I didn’t want to come out and talk about personal interactions with the president because I’ve been concerned about … this projection of weakness on the world stage in a very dangerous time,” Johnson told CNN’s “State of the Union.”
“But now that the cat is out of the bag, you can hear from the Republican speaker to affirm what everyone else has known and seen. The Democrats have been involved in a big cover-up here,” the GOP leader said.
Johnson stressed that Biden, 81, is “not capable of doing [the job] now” and that he is no longer the “Joe Biden of even four years ago.”
Joe Biden endorsed Kamala Harris for president in November's election.
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