Baier believes it is imperative to determine why, after weeks of resistance and pledges from Biden’s inner circle that he would remain in the 2024 race, that the president suddenly decided to end his political career.
‘The White House says there are no problems [with the president] and he’s still A-Ok. Yet he stepped down from a race that he said he was never going to step down from. And there are still questions about whether he’s going to go the whole distance for the five-plus months remaining in the presidency,’ Baier said.
‘Anything is possible now,’ he added. ‘I don’t sense that the 25th amendment is going to be launched anytime soon. But that’s not to say that there’s not some major health incident that changes that dynamic. It’s day-to-day.’
If Biden is fit to serve but was forced off the ticket and effectively sidelined as president, that should be properly understood as a coup. If he’s unfit to serve, the 25th should have been used for an orderly and transparent transfer of power.
Instead, we’ve gotten real banana republic antics and palace intrigue from the party that won’t stop yammering about saving our democracy and protecting our precious norms.