Sen. Eric Schmitt has sent letters to all members of Biden's Cabinet, including Vice President Kamala Harris, urging them to invoke the 25th Amendment. Schmitt argues that Biden's decision to drop out of the presidential race is an admission that he is not fit to serve as president.
Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) has sent letters to all members of President Biden's Cabinet, including Vice President Kamala Harris, urging them to invoke the 25th Amendment and remove Biden from office. Schmitt argues that Biden's decision to drop out of the presidential race is an admission that he is not fit to serve as president.
"Joe Biden has decided he isn’t capable of being a candidate; in so doing his admission also means he cannot serve as President," Schmitt told Fox News Digital. "Therefore, it is in the best immediate interest of the safety of the United States for Joe Biden to resign from office or face removal under the 25th Amendment."
Sen. Eric Schmitt Calls for 25th Amendment Against Biden, Claims He's Unfit to Serve
Schmitt said that under the Biden-Harris Administration, Americans have "fought to stay afloat financially, have seen America’s standing on the world stage diminished, and have been pushed aside in favor of illegal aliens flooding across our southern border."
"If Joe Biden is incapable of running for office, he is incapable of serving in office," Schmitt told Fox News Digital. "It is that simple."
Sen. Eric Schmitt Calls for 25th Amendment Against Biden, Claims He's Unfit to Serve
Schmitt is the first to officially take action to invoke the 25th Amendment against Biden. The 25th Amendment states that "whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President."
Schmitt wrote to members of the Cabinet that "while Vice President Harris may have deficiencies to effectively serve as the Acting President in any way that benefits the American people, she has not displayed a medical, incurable inability to discharge the powers and duties of the Presidency, unlike President Biden."
Sen. Eric Schmitt Calls for 25th Amendment Against Biden, Claims He's Unfit to Serve
The White House did not immediately respond to Fox News digital’s request for comment.
Biden's decision to drop out of the presidential race came after months of pressure from within his own party about his age and fitness to serve another term. Biden is the oldest person to ever serve as president, and his approval ratings have been consistently low.
Sen. Eric Schmitt Calls for 25th Amendment Against Biden, Claims He's Unfit to Serve
Republicans, including Biden's GOP opponent, former President Trump, have been questioning Biden's ability to serve for the remainder of his term. Trump has said that Biden "is not fit to serve" and that "who is going to be running the country for the next 5 months?"
Schmitt said that Americans "cannot afford a part-time President."
Sen. Eric Schmitt Calls for 25th Amendment Against Biden, Claims He's Unfit to Serve
"I urge you to fulfill your constitutional duty and relieve President Biden of his constitutional powers and duties," he wrote. "If he is medically unable to be a candidate for Presidency (after he won the primary), then he is unable to unable to discharge the powers and duties of the Presidency today."
It remains to be seen whether any members of Biden's Cabinet will support Schmitt's call to invoke the 25th Amendment.
