VP Harris could face more scrutiny from GOP if she assumes presidency: expert

A growing number of Republican lawmakers don't think President Biden has gone far enough in abruptly calling off his presidential campaign and want him to resign immediately; a move experts believe is both unlikely and part of a political strategy to hold Harris accountable for what they say is complicity in Biden's alleged declining mental acuity.

"There are reasons for them to want her to take over the presidency or him to step down that are beyond just the fact that he's 'not in the greatest shape,'" presidential historian and former Secretary of Health and Human Services Tevi Troy told Fox News Digital in an interview.

"For example, if she takes over the presidency, she has less time to campaign," said Troy, who is also a senior fellow at the Bipartisan Policy Center. "Second of all, she has to go out there and answer questions, which she isn't so great at. Third of all, there's more and more questions about, well, ‘Did you know that Biden was seriously diminished when you were vice president?’ And that's a potential scandal."

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Meanwhile, GOP lawmakers who have been calling for Biden's resignation for months have re-upped their request. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., told Fox News Digital on Monday that he's unsure "politically" how it may play out if Harris assumes the presidency, "but we've got to have a president that can make a logical decision," he said.

"He clearly can't do it, and he acknowledged it by not running, that he's not up to it, and so I don't see why he would [remain as president]," Scott said.

Scott falls in line with several Congressional Republicans who have called on Biden to immediately resign since Sunday. House Speaker