Republicans hang on to Biden’s age as Democrats turn it round on Trump
By
David Sivak
July 22, 2024 11:48 am
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Democrats successfully forced President Joe Biden out of the 2024 race, and with him concerns over his mental fitness.
But that hasn’t stopped Republicans from litigating his age, even as Democrats feel freshly emboldened to level the same attacks against former President Donald Trump.
Republicans responded to Biden’s decision to step aside Sunday by calling on him to resign immediately.
“If Joe Biden is not fit to run for president, he is not fit to serve as president,” Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said in a statement.
Meanwhile, the main pro-Trump super PAC announced it would air commercials accusing Vice President Kamala Harris, Biden’s likely successor, of “covering up” his apparent cognitive decline.
The strategy is nearly identical to the one adopted after the president’s disastrous debate performance last month, which brought into the open a Democratic panic that Biden could not win after he appeared frail and struggled to complete sentences.
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) will introduce a resolution Monday calling on Harris to invoke the 25th Amendment, just as Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) did following the debate.
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