Republicans call for Biden’s resignation

WASHINGTON (EFE).— Following the withdrawal of US President Joe Biden from the presidential race, Republicans have called en masse for him to resign immediately, arguing that if he cannot run for re-election he should not continue governing.

The Republican leadership in Congress, as well as influential figures within the party, have also outlined their line of attack against Vice President Kamala Harris, whom Biden has supported to take over as the Democratic nominee in November.

Conservatives accused Kamala of covering up Biden’s “mental decline” and blamed her for the U.S. immigration policy, which they described as a “disaster.”

Led by House Speaker Mike Johnson, some Republican Party heavyweights on Capitol Hill signaled on Sunday their desire to see Biden out of the Presidency, saying that if he does not have the skills to run for re-election, he cannot govern the country either.

“If Joe Biden is unfit to run for President, he is unfit to serve as President. He must resign from office immediately,” Johnson wrote on his account on the X platform, where he also attacked Kamala directly.

“As second in command, she has been a happy accomplice to the biggest cover-up in American history; she knew, as did everyone, that (Biden) was unfit to be president,” the lawmaker added.

That same idea was expressed by the number two Republican in the House of Representatives — under conservative control — Steve Scalise, who said that “all” Biden administration workers must be held accountable.

The only Republican leader in Congress who did not echo this sentiment was Mitch McConnell, the conservative minority leader in the Senate, who has had a close relationship with Biden throughout his career. In a statement, the senator criticized Democrats for their attempts to remove Biden from the nomination.

“Sadly, the Democratic Party has been busy in recent weeks trying to undo the will of the American people in primary elections across the country,” McConnell wrote.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s vice presidential running mate, Senator JD Vance, joined in the criticism, accusing the vice president of being part of the “worst US presidency” he has ever witnessed.

“For the past four years, she supported Biden’s open borders policy. She owns all the failures and lied for almost four years about Biden’s mental capacity,” he wrote in “X.”