Rep. Richard Hudson, chair of the National Republican Congressional Committee, accused Democrats of lying to the American people. He argued that if Biden lacks the mental capacity to run for re-election, he cannot continue to serve the remainder of his term.
”This is a scandal of historic proportions. President Biden is incapacitated, Democrats knew, and they lied to the American people to cover it up. If Biden is mentally unfit to campaign, he is mentally unfit to have the nuclear codes,” Hudson wrote in a post on X (formerly Twitter).
“Joe Biden should resign immediately. If he lacks the mental capacity to run for re-election, why should we trust him with our nuclear code?” he reiterated in another post.
This is even as Democrats contributed $46.7 million to the presidential campaign on Sunday, following Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the race, according to data released by ActBlue, the leading site for processing Democratic dnoations.
The rate of incoming cash rose from an average of $200,000 per hour to $7.5 million per hour following Biden’s announcement.
”This might be the greatest fundraising moment in Democratic Party history,” Kenneth Pennington, a Democratic digital strategist, said in a post on X (formerly Twitter).
US President Joe Biden announced on Sunday that he will not seek reelection for a second term. In a post on X (formerly Twitter) the 81-year-old confirmed his decision to quit and backed Vice President Kamala Harris to be the new Democratic Party candidate for the November 5 vote. Republican rival Donald Trump has claimed Harris would be easier to beat than Biden.
Tech investor David Sacks has highlighted that Biden has only shared a written letter via his X account (formerly Twitter), and “hasn’t been seen or heard from directly.” In a post on X on Monday, Sacks noted that the previous US president to announce his exit from the race for reelection, Lyndon B. Johnson, “gave a 40-minute address from the Oval Office” when he withdrew back in 1968.
Sacks claimed that the mainstream media “just applauds [and] doesn’t ask any questions,” describing the situation as “very strange.”
Amid mounting pressure to step aside from within the Democratic Party, Biden announced on Sunday that he will not seek a second term in the November 5 presidential election.
Last Wednesday, the veteran politician tested positive for Covid-19, and has since been self-isolating at his Delaware home.
The Wall Street Journal has compiled a list of potential running mates for Vice President Kamala Harris, should the Democratic Party nominate her as its presidential candidate at the National Convention in Chicago, which kicks off on August 19. It includes Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro. Other possible contenders named by the media outlet include North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper, Senator Mark Kelly from Arizona, and Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear.
According to the WSJ, the Democratic Party is likely to favor a candidate for vice president from one of the swing states, where neither party enjoys a clear advantage.
