Biden Impeachment Critic Introduces House Resolution Urging Kamala Harris to Remove President With 25th Amendment
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Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO), who has been a fierce critic of his party’s effort to impeach President Joe Biden, announced a resolution on Monday calling for VP Kamala Harris to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove Biden from office.
“Calling on Vice President Kamala Harris to convene and mobilize the principal officers of the executive departments of the Cabinet to activate section 4 of the 25th Amendment to declare President Joseph R. Biden incapable of executing the duties of his office and to immediately exercise powers as Acting President,” Buck’s resolution read.
The resolution goes on to cite several examples of why Buck believes President Biden to be no longer capable of executing his office:
Whereas President Joseph R. Biden is the oldest sitting President in United States history at 81 years old;
Whereas President Joseph R. Biden has been televised wandering aimlessly at events, including an event with the King of Jordan at the White House in February 2024, an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit event in November 2023, and a Global Fund conference in September 2022;
Whereas President Joseph R. Biden frequently speaks publicly in an incoherent and indiscernible manner, often with the aid of a teleprompter, including speeches he gave at a brewery in Wisconsin in January 2024, a speech in Vietnam in September 2023, and a Presidential townhall with CNN in July 2021;
Buck’s resolution goes on to list more alleged incidents of confusion and concludes by declaring Harris must “immediately use her powers under section 4 of the 25th Amendment to convene and mobilize the principal officers of the executive departments in the Cabinet to declare what is obvious to a horrified Nation: That the President is unable to successfully discharge the duties and powers of his office.”
Buck has been a thorn in the side of hardline Republicans in recent months as he has come out against the Biden impeachment inquiry and voted against the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
“I think that we have three committees that are working very hard on uncovering evidence of Hunter Biden’s wrongdoing,” Buck said in September of 2023.
“They are looking to see if there is a connection with Joe Biden. If they reach that point where they could find evidence of a connection, fine. I think that the Republicans will move forward with an impeachment inquiry. Right now, I’m not convinced that that evidence exists. And I’m not supporting an impeachment inquiry,” he concluded.
Buck has announced he will not seek reelection to his heavily Republican district in 2024 and expressed his disappointment with the GOP.
