Amid some confusion over whether or not President Joe Biden was calling for the ouster of Russian President Vladimir Putin over the weekend, one Fox News host believes it is time for him to be removed from office via the 25th Amendment.
During a segment of his show Monday night, Fox News host Tucker Carlson criticized Biden for some confusing messaging around whether he was calling for regime change in Russia.
“It feels almost as if we’re being mean to the guy by quoting him,” Carlson said. “And no one wants that. No one is making fun of his age or diminished condition.”
Finally, Carlson said, “Alright, joke’s over. Too much is at stake. If there was in U.S. history ever a time to invoke the 25th Amendment, it is now. As Joe Biden himself put it, ‘For God’s sake, this man cannot remain in power.’ For all of our sakes.”
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Tucker Carlson: "Joke's over … If there was in US history ever a time to invoke the 25th Amendment, it is now. As Joe Biden himself put it, 'For God's sake, this man cannot remain in power.'" pic.twitter.com/aJMflnbj6U
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Carlson’s comments refer to remarks Biden made over the weekend, which were seen by some as calling for the ouster of Putin.
“For God’s sake, this man cannot remain in power,” Biden told a crowd in Poland.
However, a White House official sought to clarify the president’s remarks, “The president’s point was that Putin cannot be allowed to exercise power over his neighbors or the region. He was not discussing Putin’s power in Russia, or regime change.”
And on Monday, Biden sought to clean up his weekend comments. He told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, “I just was expressing my outrage. He shouldn’t remain in power, just like, you know, bad people shouldn’t continue to do bad things.”
“But it doesn’t mean we have a fundamental policy to do anything to take Putin down in any way,” Biden added.
He also insisted that the White House did not try to walk back his comments about Putin.
