GOP Senator Asks if It Is ‘Time To Exercise the Provisions of the 25th Amendment’
Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) is raising questions about President Joe Biden’s ability to discharge the duties of his office as chaotic scenes from Afghanistan are being broadcast around the world. In a tweet on Monday…
Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) is raising questions about President Joe Biden’s ability to discharge the duties of his office as chaotic scenes from Afghanistan are being broadcast around the world.
In a tweet on Monday, Scott wrote, “After the disastrous events in Afghanistan, we must confront a serious question: Is Joe Biden capable of discharging the duties of his office or has time come to exercise the provisions of the 25th Amendment?”
The Florida senator’s tweet followed the Taliban’s take over of Kabul, Afghanistan.
Scott shared a tweet from a couple of days ago noting that the Taliban were on the verge of taking control of Kabul, the ongoing surge of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border, and the expiration of the suspension on the limit of the amount of debt the U.S. can owe.
The 25th Amendment lays out a process to take power away from a president. As NPR reports, “The language of the amendment says if the vice president and either a majority of the executive Cabinet or a review body appointed by Congress declare in writing that the president is unfit for office, then the vice president immediately becomes the acting president.”