In a statement to Fox News on Sunday, Trump said, “He is not fit to serve, and I ask — who is going to be running the country for the next five months?”
Echoing Trump’s sentiment, Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson said, “If Joe Biden is not fit to run for President, he is not fit to serve as President. He must resign the office immediately.”
Republicans largely continued their criticism of Biden following his announcement that he would no longer seek the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination.
However, Senator Mitt Romney, the Republican presidential candidate in 2012, offered a contrasting view, saying, “I respect President Biden. His decision to withdraw from the race was right and is in the best interest of the country.”
On the Truth Social media platform, Trump criticized Biden, writing that he was “the Worst President, by far, in the History of our Nation. He has done everything possible to destroy our Country, from our southern border to energy dominance, national security, international standing, and so much more.”
Many Republicans echoed Trump’s sentiments in various ways.
Trump added, “He was annihilated in an Earth Shattering Debate, and now the Corrupt and Radical Democrats are throwing him overboard.”
After a June 27 debate where questions were raised about Biden’s cognitive abilities and campaign vitality, Biden announced he was dropping out of the race and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic Party’s candidate.
Trump accused Biden’s aides of misleading the public about his mental, physical, and cognitive health to keep him in office.
“Whoever the Left puts up now will just be more of the same,” Trump said.
In an interview with CBS on Sunday, Trump commented that Harris “could be far less competent [than Biden], which is hard to believe.”
CNN reported that Trump claimed Harris would be easier to defeat than Biden.
At a campaign rally on Saturday, Trump mocked Harris by mispronouncing her name, saying, “Kamaala, I call her laughing Kamaala. Have you seen her laughing? She is crazy. You can tell a lot by a laugh. She is nuts. She is not as crazy as [former Speaker] Nancy Pelosi.”
Trump’s son, Donald Jr., added, “Kamala Harris owns the entire leftwing policy record of Joe Biden. The only difference is that she is even more liberal and less competent than Joe, which is really saying something.”