Joe Biden on Sunday announced that he is bowing out of the 2024 race. In a statement on social media, the president said that his decision was in ‘interest of my party and the country’. The 81-year-old, who is currently self-isolating after testing positive for COVID-19, will address the nation later this week.
Reacting to Biden’s statement, several Republicans urged the president to resign from his post immediately. “He is not fit,” House Speaker Mike Johnson said.
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Republican nominee Donald Trump slammed Biden. “Crooked Joe Biden was not fit to run for President, and is certainly not fit to serve – And never was! He only attained the position of President by lies, Fake News, and not leaving his Basement.”
Speaker Johnson, in a statement on X, said that The Democratic Party pushed its nominee off the ballot. More than 14 million Americans voted for the 81-year-old in the primaries.
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“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,” Johnson added.
He further said that Biden should resign. “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.”