President Biden used Ice Cream Day on Sunday to announce that he will not seek re-election for a second term and will endorse Vice President Kamala Harris for the Democratic presidential nomination.
In his letter to X, Biden said he would “step back and focus on fulfilling the duties of my role as President for the remainder of my term.”
But if he has any respect for his office, the American people, the Republic, or himself, Biden will immediately resign from office.
No one said campaigning for reelection would be easy. The schedule is grueling.
Candidates must address supporters, mingle with donors, pose for photographs and travel to events across the country.
He or she is expected to debate a candidate from the other party, and we all know how it went when Biden faced off against former President Donald Trump on June 27.
Biden’s sagging approval ratings are the reason for his decision to pull out, and they far outweigh the false ideas of civic virtue his timid supporters are circulating on social media to shore up the Democrats’ dismal chances of victory and their tarnished image.
A poll of voters in the crucial battleground state of Michigan, released hours before Biden dropped out of the race, found Biden trailing Trump by a staggering seven percentage points.
But the challenge of the campaign close Biden is clearly unfit for the enormous responsibility of being president of the United States – a position that his own staff say allows him only a few sane hours a day and must not be disturbed after 4 p.m.
What you need to know about President Biden’s decision to withdraw from the 2024 presidential race:
Under Biden’s disastrous leadership, the world has become a dangerous place.
There are two active, large-scale shootouts underway that could easily escalate. Two shootouts that started because ruthless foreign adversaries saw Biden as a tired, frail old man, not strong enough or capable enough to resist them.
While our southern border is a chaotic nightmare, with millions of immigrants entering illegally and causing horrific effects on communities already plagued by crime, the president lounges around his Delaware beach house like Nero, without playing the violin.
Our standing in the world has become a laughing stock, and even sympathetic international leaders worry about the mental health of the leader of the free world, who is often seen dozing off or pacing around during NATO summits.
In the end, no amount of media gaslighting could convince the majority of Americans, or even the majority of Democrats, that Biden could remain president.
If he now admits that he is too weak and confused to kiss a baby, then he is unfit to command our military, to hold the codes to nuclear weapons, or to take any other action that could affect the safety and security of our country and its people.
“If Joe Biden cannot run for reelection, then he is neither competent nor fit to serve as president of the United States,” Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), chair of the House Republican Conference, said shortly after Biden’s withdrawal.
Her comments were echoed by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana), House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) and National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Richard Hudson (R-North Carolina), who joined many others in calling for Biden to resign.
“There is no middle ground,” Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance posted on Sunday, hours before Biden withdrew. “Not running for reelection would be a clear admission that President Trump was correct all along that Biden is not mentally fit to serve as commander in chief.”
We now know very clearly that Biden is totally unfit for the presidency and likely will be unfit for his entire presidency.
If he remains in the White House for the next six months and continues to signal to malign forces in the world that he is too incompetent to run for reelection, we may suffer more than just an October surprise before he finally stumbles out of the White House.
For the good of the country and the good of the world, Biden must be consigned to the dustbin of history now.
Paul du Quesnoy is president of the Palm Beach Freedom Institute.
