Republicans seize on Joe Biden announcement to demand he step down as president immediately

More than five hours before Joe Biden announced he would abandon his re-election run and endorse Kamala Harris for the Democratic nomination, vice presidential candidate JD Vance was already posing disparaging “what-ifs” about the sitting president’s capacity for the job.

“If Joe Biden ends his reelection campaign, how can he justify remaining President?” Donald Trump’s 39-year-old running mate posted on social media. “Not running for re-election would be a clear admission that President Trump was right all along about Biden not being mentally fit enough to serve as Commander-in-Chief. There is no middle ground.”

On Sunday afternoon, Biden formally announced that he was jumping out of the 2024 presidential race, prompting more Republicans to jump on the bandwagon in questioning his fitness to remain in office.

House Speaker Mike Johnson claimed in a statement that “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,” he charged.

Montana Senator Steve Daines said he was “formally calling” on Biden to resign, insisting that if he’s “no longer capable of running for reelection, he is no longer capable of serving as President.”

And GOP Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina posted, “If Joe Biden does not have the cognitive ability to seek reelection, he does not have the cognitive ability to serve the remainder of his term. Tomorrow I will introduce a resolution calling on Kamala Harris to invoke the 25th amendment and assume the duties of acting President.”

Meanwhile, former Democratic congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, who has since shifted her allegiance to the GOP, contended that Machiavellian forces forced Biden’s