House Republican speaker says replacing Biden is ‘appropriate’published at 16:07
Kayla Epstein
US reporter
Republican leaders have been
holding a press conference.
House Speaker Mike Johnson took
some questions about President Biden, and the Republican used the opportunity
to go on the attack.
The debate showed that Biden is
“not up to the task,” he says.
“I think the 25th Amendment is
appropriate here,” he said, referring to a provision in the US Constitution
that dictates how a sitting president could be replaced.
The amendment states that the
vice president takes over should a president die or resign while in office.
But it also allows for a
president’s cabinet to replace him with the vice president if he is unable to
perform his or her duties.
Biden has continually maintained that he will not
halt his re-election campaign or step down from the presidency.