Former President Donald Trump’s new running mate JD Vance argued President Joe Biden should not only drop out of the race, but resign from office.
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Former President Donald Trump’s newly chosen running mate, Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, said President Joe Biden should “resign now” — comments that mark a notable departure from his running mate, who has stuck by a group of Republicans urging Biden to stay in the race as many Democrats press him to drop out.Key Facts
Vance, a former Trump critic-turned-key-ally, argued people who want Biden to drop out of the race who have not called on him to resign are “engaged in an absurd level of cynicism,” writing in a post on X: “If you can’t run, you can’t serve.”
While three dozen congressional Democrats have increasingly called on Biden to step down, none of them have argued Biden should resign before the end of his term in January, while Republicans have been split on whether Biden should step down from his campaign, with some—including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis—calling on Biden to stay in the race.
Trump on Saturday argued Biden should “RUN A FAIR AND OPEN CAMPAIGN” in a post on Truth Social, while blaming Biden for Trump’s federal indictments—Trump has repeatedly claimed without evidence Biden has been behind the work of state and federal prosecutors who have indicted Trump in his four criminal court cases.
Trump’s campaign has said it hopes Biden will not drop out, having developed an entire campaign strategy built around exploiting his weaknesses, according to The Atlantic. Tangent
Some Republicans, including House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., have suggested Biden cabinet officials invoke the 25th Amendment to oust Biden from office, a process that would require a majority of Biden’s 15 principal cabinet officers to declare Biden is “unable to discharge the powers and duties” of the presidency.
