Strategists Advise Republicans To ‘Be Quiet’ About Biden Resigning
Some Republicans are urging President Biden to step down from office, which would automatically make Vice President Kamala Harris the president. However, other Republicans and strategists believe this push is a mistake.
“The power of incumbency is huge. That’s why, even Republicans, who I absolutely think the world of, are making a mistake doing that. It is still good to have that guy out there bumbling and stumbling on the world stage. It is still good for Republicans to have that guy there. The power of incumbency is strong, and the best way for people to see her as a president is her to be a president,” said Trafalgar Group founder Robert Cahaly to The Daily Caller.
“It’ll be a complete earned media overload. And there’ll be all these Madam President T-shirts and all this kind of stuff. I mean, we know what’s going to happen if she were to become the president. This is why — what they should have done two years ago was move him out and put her in and let her be an incumbent with two years under her belt right now,” he added. “That’s what they should have done, and they didn’t do it. But no, I think the Republicans need to just be quiet.”
Brad Bannon, a Democrat strategist, expressed a similar view to The Daily Caller. “If that happened, it probably would be good politics for Harris. I think the excitement of the first woman, female president, a new president would help her campaign, but I think it would be bad for the country. I think by the time you do a transition between Biden and Harris, you would be swearing in a new president next January. I don’t think there’s time for that. And I think it’s also — it seems to me, this is the perfect arrangement. Now Joe Biden can focus on running the economy, not have to worry, you know, running the campaign and not having to worry about politics while it frees Harris to campaign full time.”
Among the Republicans advocating for Biden's resignation is Ohio Senator JD Vance, who was former President Donald Trump's vice-presidential pick.
“Everyone calling on Joe Biden to stop running without also calling on him to resign the presidency is engaged in an absurd level of cynicism,” Vance posted on the X platform. “If you can’t run, you can’t serve. He should resign now.”
Speaker of the House and Louisiana Representative Mike Johnson also shared his thoughts on X. “At this unprecedented juncture in American history, we must be clear about what just happened. The Democrat Party forced the Democrat nominee off the ballot, just over 100 days before the election. If Joe Biden is not fit to run for President, he is not fit to serve as President. He must resign the office immediately. November 5 cannot arrive soon enough.”
New York Republican Representative Elise Stefanik echoed similar sentiments. “If Joe Biden can’t run for re-election, he is unable and unfit to serve as President of the United States. He must immediately resign. The Democrat Party is in absolute free fall for their blatantly corrupt and desperate attempt to cover up the fact that Joe Biden is unfit for office. Every elected Democrat in America owns Joe Biden’s failed and feckless record causing the border crisis, Bidenflation, and chaos and weakness around the world. President Trump will win this November to save America,” she posted on X.
Dr. Ben Carson and his wife Candy Carson also joined those calling for Biden's resignation. “It’s good to see that President Biden is not going to attempt to subject the American people to potentially another four years of dangerously incompetent leadership. He should resign immediately from the presidency and remove an element of peril for the American people. Considering who would replace him for the next several months, November can’t get here quick enough,” they stated on X.