Published February 27, 2024
Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO) has introduced a resolution calling on the Cabinet to remove President Joe Biden from office by invoking the 25th Amendment.
The resolution is predicated on the findings of the a report by special counsel Robert Hur, who determined that Biden had likely committed a crime in his handling of classified information but that he was too mentally and physically frail for a prosecution to be in the public interest.
In a statement provided to The Hill, Buck said that Biden’s mental competency was no longer adequate to hold down the Oval Office:
The Hur report officially addressed what many Americans have long witnessed with their own eyes — that President Biden is no longer fit to successfully discharge the critical duties of his office. Numerous instances were articulated in the report, and have played out in full public view, showing President Biden’s apparent cognitive decline and lack of mental stamina.
The societal challenges and security threats our country faces are innumerable and require a chief executive with both strong mental and physical faculties. The time has come for the vice president and the Cabinet to put our country first and move forward on invoking the 25th Amendment.
Yet, as explained by The Brookings Institute, the 25th Amendment is a complicated process that allows the vice president, Cabinet, and Congress to remove a president if he is found incapable of holding the office:
If the president of the United States is no longer able to execute the duties of the office, the vice president, Cabinet, and Congress have the ability to remove his powers under Section IV of the 25th Amendment. The process, which is intended to preserve the integrity of the office of the president and the continuity of government, is more difficult than impeachment and is reserved only for truly unique and dire circumstances.
The 25th Amendment offers an alternative route to impeachment for institutions of government to deal with a “problem presidency,” whether that problem is misconduct or whether the president, for sickness or another reason, is no longer able to execute the duties of the office.
Buck, who is known as a fierce critic of Donald Trump, has made himself an unpopular figure among conservatives after opposing efforts to impeach Joe Biden and dismissing evidence linking him to corruption.
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Rep. Ken Buck accuses President Biden of experiencing ‘cognitive decline’
Published February 26, 2024
FIRST ON FOX: A House Republican who has been critical of rushing to impeach President Biden is calling for his removal over questions about his mental fitness for the job.
Rep. Ken Buck, R-Colo., told Fox News Digital that he plans to introduce a resolution on Monday to call on Biden’s Cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment of the Constitution.
His most-cited reason was Special Counsel Robert Hur’s report on Biden’s handling of classified documents. The report did not recommend any charges for the president but repeatedly painted him as an aging leader with a poor memory.
Buck said the report “addressed what many Americans have long witnessed with their own eyes – that President Biden is no longer fit to successfully discharge the critical duties of his office.”
“Numerous instances were articulated in the report, and have played out in full public view, showing President Biden’s apparent cognitive decline and lack of mental stamina,” he told Fox News Digital.
“The societal challenges and security threats our country faces are innumerable and require a chief executive with both strong mental and physical faculties. The time has come for the vice president and the Cabinet to put our country first and move forward on invoking the 25th Amendment.”
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SOURCE: www.foxnews.com
RELATED: Ken Buck unveils resolution calling on Cabinet to remove Biden under 25th Amendment
Published February 26, 2024
Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) introduced a resolution Monday that calls on the Cabinet to remove President Biden through the 25th Amendment, citing his mental and physical health.
Buck’s resolution relies on a report released this month by special counsel Robert Hur, which cleared Biden of criminal wrongdoing for his handling of classified information after he left the White House in 2017.
“The Hur report officially addressed what many Americans have long witnessed with their own eyes — that President Biden is no longer fit to successfully discharge the critical duties of his office,” Buck wrote in a statement to The Hill. “Numerous instances were articulated in the report, and have played out in full public view, showing President Biden’s apparent cognitive decline and lack of mental stamina.”
In his report, Hur said that Biden struggled to remember dates and important events, and described the president as a “sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.” Biden strongly denounced the characterization.
“The societal challenges and security threats our country faces are innumerable and require a chief executive with both strong mental and physical faculties,” Buck continued. “The time has come for the vice president and the Cabinet to put our country first and move forward on invoking the 25th Amendment.”
The 25th Amendment enables the Cabinet, led by the vice president, to remove the president from their duties if they determine they are unable to perform them. The power has never been used, but it was floated by Trump critics after the Jan. 6 Capitol riots and by Republicans in recent months regarding Biden.
Multiple Republicans have floated the use of the 25th Amendment to remove Biden following the Hur report, but Buck’s resolution is the first official effort in Congress to encourage action from the Cabinet.
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SOURCE: www.thehill.com
