Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro responded with a six-minute video on Sunday to President Joe Biden announcing he would be ending his campaign while finishing his first term in office. Shapiro said the unprecedented announcement, which Biden made less than four months before the 2024 election, opens up “massive” questions for the Democratic Party, especially Vice President Kamala Harris, whom Biden threw his support behind after dropping out. The Daily Wire host began his video by addressing how Biden made the huge announcement in a letter that was posted on the president’s X account. “You would figure that he would do a sort of ‘farewell’ press conference,” Shapiro said. “He is not retiring from the presidency itself. He is only saying that he is not going to run, which leaves open a massive question as to why exactly he is qualified to continue running the country right now, but he is not qualified to continue running for the nomination of the Democratic Party.” “He is not leaving because he is senile. He is leaving because he is losing,” Shapiro added. JOE BIDEN IS OUT. My immediate reaction. pic.twitter.com/ga2uoxfAyu — Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) July 21, 2024 Another question Democrats must consider, according to Shapiro, is how they will campaign if Harris is granted the Democratic nomination. “All of the attacks that have been leveraged against Joe Biden can now be leveraged against Kamala Harris,” he said. “And because he’s not stepping down from the presidency, the question is going to be to Kamala Harris, ‘You know he’s too senile to be President of the United States. Why don’t you 25th Amendment him? Why don’t you push him out?'” CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP Shapiro also pointed out that if Harris becomes the nominee while Biden finishes the final months of his second term, it puts the vice president “between a rock and a hard place.” “On the one hand, she doesn’t want to be responsible for everything Biden is doing; on the other hand, she can’t actually control the government,” he said. “She can’t actually control anything. … She is an extraordinarily vulnerable candidate.” Shapiro added that he doubts any of the leaders of the Democratic Party, such as California Governor Gavin Newsom and Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, would want to make a move for the nomination in an open convention. Instead, those Democrats could “wait this one out, watch Kamala Harris go down in flames, and then bank on 2028,” said Shapiro. “This is a total mess for the Democratic Party.” Earlier this month, Shapiro released a three-part series dissecting how Harris rose through the political ranks of the Democratic Party, an ascent Shapiro described as being marked by “deceit and corruption.” The Daily Wire editor emeritus said that Republicans have some questions to answer as well. “The reality is that the entire Republican campaign has been centered for the past month-and-a-half, two months, on Joe Biden’s senility,” he said. “That is no longer going to be the chief issue on the ballot. … The entire playbook is going to have to be shifted now to a new candidate. If it’s Kamala, again, there’s plenty to attack her on.” “Republicans are going to have to direct all of their political firepower at the Democratic positions,” Shapiro added. “They’re going to have to go back to Joe Biden being a bad president, the White House being a bad White House. The entire race just got upended.”

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Republican lawmakers are calling for Joe Biden to step down from the Oval Office after the president announced Sunday he will not seek reelection. “It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve as your President,” Biden said in a statement on Sunday. “And while it has been my intention to seek reelection, I believe it is in the best interest of my party and the country for me to stand down and to focus soley on fulfilling my duties as President for the remainder of my term.” Biden’s resignation from the race and his resignation from the presidency should go hand in hand, said JD Vance, vice presidential nominee and Ohio Republican senator. “If you can’t run,” he said, “you can’t serve.” Everyone calling on Joe Biden to *stop running* without also calling on him to resign the presidency is engaged in an absurd level of cynicism. If you can't run, you can't serve. He should resign now.— JD Vance (@JDVance1) July 20, 2024 Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., said on X that Biden “didn’t go far enough” in resigning from the race. “If Joe is too weak to stay in the race for the presidency, he should resign as our Commander-in-Chief immediately,” she added. If Joe is too weak to stay in the race for the presidency, he should resign as our Commander-in-Chief immediately.— Marsha Blackburn (@VoteMarsha) July 21, 2024 Sen. Josh Hawley said Biden is unfit to remain the nation’s president if he can’t continue his campaign. “If you can’t run a mere political campaign, you can’t be President,” the Missouri Republican posted on X. Then RESIGN your office. If you can’t run a mere political campaign, you can’t be President https://t.co/wbO9fs0TyN— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) July 21, 2024 Biden must resign immediately, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said. “Regardless of the chaos in the current White House, our adversaries around the globe should be reminded that the U.S. Congress, the U.S. military, and the American people are fully prepared and committed to defend our interests both at home and abroad,” the speaker said. “If Joe Biden is not fit to run for President, he is not fit to serve as President,” he continued. “He must resign the office immediately. November 5 cannot arrive soon enough.” At this unprecedented juncture in American history, we must be clear about what just happened. The Democrat Party forced the Democrat nominee off the ballot, just over 100 days before the election. Having invalidated the votes of more than 14 million Americans who selected Joe…— Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) July 21, 2024 Rep. Dan Bishop, R-N.C., said Biden’s supposed commitment to American democracy should inspire him to end his presidential term. “I know none of this could have been done without you, the American people,” the president’s statement said. “Together, we overcame a once in a century pandemic and the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. We’ve protected and preserved our Democracy. And we’ve revitalized andstrengthened our alliances around the world. “How can he remain president?” Bishop asked. “Yet another sign of devotion to ‘our democracy?'” Ponder the message here: The office of the presidency and safety of the nation pale in significance to Democrat political prospects. And no honest person will be surprised. At all. https://t.co/KrugzH6rts— Dan Bishop (@danbishopnc) July 21, 2024 Biden must resign immediately, said Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, R-Ark., and former press secretary for Donald Trump.  Not fit to run for president, not fit to serve as president. Biden should resign immediately.— Sarah Huckabee Sanders (@SarahHuckabee) July 21, 2024 Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., said the Democratic party is in “absolute free fall” after attempting to cover up that Biden is unfit for office.  “Every elected Democrat in America owns Joe Biden’s failed and feckless record causing the border crisis, Bidenflation, and chaos and weakness around the world,” she said.  If Joe Biden can’t run for re-election, he is unable and unfit to serve as President of the United States. He must immediately resign. The Democrat Party is in absolute free fall for their blatantly corrupt and desperate attempt to cover up the fact that Joe Biden is unfit for…— Elise Stefanik (@EliseStefanik) July 21, 2024 Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., agreed. If Biden can’t run for office, he should resign. Immediately.— Rep. Lauren Boebert (@RepBoebert) July 21, 2024 Biden remaining in the Oval Office is “a major national security crisis,” according to Rep. John James, R-Mich. If Joe Biden is unfit to run for re-election, he is unfit to run our country. This is a major national security crisis.Joe Biden should resign the presidency immediately. https://t.co/QJLlC9iwSk— John James (@JohnJamesMI) July 21, 2024 Biden is incapable of serving as president for the next six months, Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., said. “For four years, those closest to Joe Biden, including Kamala Harris, knew he was not fit to be president and lied to the American people in an effort to hold onto their power,” Scott said. “It was painfully clear that Biden wasn’t competent for office going way back to 2021.”  Let me be clear, if Joe Biden can’t run for re-election, he is not capable of serving as president for the next six months and needs to resign today.Read my full statement?https://t.co/Ktlx4Z6b02— Rick Scott (@ScottforFlorida) July 21, 2024 Biden’s June 27 debate performance proved him incapable to run for president or remain president, Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., said in a news release. “If Joe Biden is no longer capable of running for re- election, he is no longer capable of serving as President,” he said. “Being President is the hardest job in the world, and I no longer have confidence that Joe Biden can effectively execute his duties as Commander-in-Chief.” “It is out of concern for our country’s national security that I am formally calling on PresidentBiden to resign from office,” Daines continued. Please read my full statement calling for President Biden’s resignation: pic.twitter.com/jT6rdQ8d82— Steve Daines (@SteveDaines) July 21, 2024 The post GOP Lawmakers Say Biden Should Resign As President If Unfit to Run for Office appeared first on The Daily Signal.

Former President Donald Trump reacted Sunday to news that President Joe Biden will not seek reelection in 2024, promising to “remedy the damage” that he said Biden has done to the United States. “Crooked Joe Biden was not fit to run for President, and is certainly not fit to serve—And never was!” Trump said in a statement posted on Truth Social. “He only attained the position of President by lies, Fake News, and not leaving his Basement.” “All those around him, including his Doctor and the Media, knew that he wasn’t capable of being President, and he wasn’t—And now, look what he’s done to our Country, with millions of people coming across our Border, totally unchecked and unvetted, many from prisons, mental institutions, and record numbers of terrorists,” Trump added. “We will suffer greatly because of his presidency, but we will remedy the damage he has done very quickly. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” Biden announced Sunday he is ending his bid for a second term and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee. My fellow Democrats, I have decided not to accept the nomination and to focus all my energies on my duties as President for the remainder of my term. My very first decision as the party nominee in 2020 was to pick Kamala Harris as my Vice President. And it’s been the best… pic.twitter.com/x8DnvuImJV— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) July 21, 2024 The stunning and virtually unprecedented move comes in the wake of the president’s COVID-19 diagnosis on Wednesday, which prompted more calls from within his own Democratic Party for him to drop out of the race. “It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve as your President,” he said in a statement on Sunday. “And while it has been my intention to seek reelection, I believe it is in the best interest of my party and the country for me to stand down and to focus solely on fulfilling my duties as President for the remainder of my term.” “My very first decision as the party nominee in 2020 was to pick Kamala Harris as my Vice President,” Biden said in a separate post on X. “And it’s been the best decision I’ve made. Today, I want to offer my full support and endorsement for Kamala to be the nominee of our party this year. Democrats—it’s time to come together and beat Trump. Let’s do this.” The post ‘Not Fit To Serve’: Donald Trump Reacts to Joe Biden Dropping Out of 2024 Race appeared first on The Daily Signal.

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Upon President Joe Biden's announcement that he would no longer be seeking re-election in the 2024 presidential race, reactions poured in from across the globe wondering how the president can be fit to govern for the rest of his term.Biden said that it has been "the greatest honor" of his life to serve as president, adding that he now believes "it is in the best interests" of the Democrats and the country to "stand down."Biden followed that up with his "full support and endorsement for Kamala" Harris in a subsequent announcement.Following those remarks, the strongest sentiment surrounding the president was the question of how he could possibly be fit to run the country for the remainder of his term but not beyond.President Trump immediately reacted on his platform Truth Social, saying "Biden was not fit to run for President, and is certainly not fit to serve - And never was!""All those around him, including his Doctor and the Media, knew that he wasn't capable of being President, and he wasn't," Trump added.Donald Trump Jr. chose to focus on Harris' policy record, saying that she is "even more liberal and less competent than Joe, which is really saying something."'The Democrats are such jokes, and scumbags, and deviants.'Likewise, conservative pundit Michael Knowles asked: "If you're too frail to run for president, how can you continue to serve as president?"He also asked if President Biden is even aware that the statement was sent out in his name. — (@) 'No to Trump/Vance. No to the right-wing Christian religious takeover of our nation.'Barstool Sports owner Dave Portnoy noted that he has been saying for months that Biden is unfit to hold office, stating that there is "no way Kamala [Harris] would have been the nominee if Joe Biden dropped out before the Democratic Primary and had to run vs other candidates."Portnoy went on to say in a video that the Democrats are "trying to hijack, basically, democracy" by working around the primaries."The Democrats are such jokes, and scumbags, and deviants, you have to vote for the other guy because of what the Democrats are doing," he continued. Additionally, Portnoy asked what kind of "retirement package" the Bidens got for agreeing to drop out and said that the party knew "when they sent [Biden] out to that debate with Trump ... they sent out a vegetable."He then called California Governor Gavin Newsom a "slime bag." — (@) Newsom, who has been rumored by many as a possible replacement for the Democrats, praised Biden for being "an extraordinary, history-making president" and a "leader who has fought hard for working people and delivered astonishing results for all Americans."Biden will "go down in history as one of the most impactful and selfless presidents," Newsom claimed.Celebrities like actor Mark Ruffalo, however, chose to take Biden's announcement as "marching orders" and said it was "time to hit the trail running.""No to Trump/Vance. No to the right-wing Christian religious takeover of our nation. Nothing wrong with Christianity; just shouldn't be running a nation birthed from freedom of religion," he added. — (@) X owner Elon Musk offered a bit of positivity, claiming that some of his "smartest friends, including those living in the San Francisco Bay Area who have been lifelong Dems, are excited about Trump/Vance."He added that the pendulum has swung from Democrat to Republican in terms of the party that believes in maximizing "individual freedom and merit." — (@) Former House Speaker Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), a close ally of Biden, called him a "patriotic American who has always" put the country first.Citing his "vision, values, and leadership," Pelosi said that "God blessed America" in Biden's presidency. — (@) Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the June 2024 Consumer Price Index report last week, showing a 3% year-over-year inflation rate, which exceeded economists’ expectations. The core CPI, which excludes food and energy costs, increased by 0.1% month-over-month, reaching 3.3% for the year. Left-leaning economic pundits in the mainstream media are now calling for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates at its next meeting in September. However, a rate cut is not warranted right now.First, the Federal Reserve is supposed to be apolitical, with only the nation’s best interest in mind. A rate cut so close to November’s election would make the Fed and its chairman, Jerome Powell, appear to be placing their collective finger on the scale in favor of Joe Biden, as a rate cut, although inflationary, would lead to a short-term bump in the stock market and allow Biden to claim victory over inflation. The inflationary impact of a September rate cut would not be seen by economists, nor felt by Americans, until after the November election.The last thing the Fed wants to do is to reduce rates in September and then be forced to raise them again in early 2025.Second, an annual inflation rate of 3% is still 50% higher than the Fed’s goal of 2% inflation.Third, although people will say that inflation is down, it continues to rise, just not as rapidly. Saying that inflation is down is like a person who gains 10 pounds in one month and five pounds the next claiming to have lost weight. No, that person is simply gaining weight more slowly.It is the continuing high rate of inflation that is hurting working-class Americans.According to a Bureau of Labor Statistics survey, the largest household expenditures were housing, transportation, and food, accounting for nearly 65% of household expenditures: 33.8%, 16.4%, and 12.4% respectively. For working Americans, those making fewer than $40,000 per year, housing, transportation, and food account from nearly 70% of household expenditures: 37.8%, 18.1%, and 13.8% respectively.Add in the cost of health care and the cost of home and auto insurance, and it is amazing that any American has money to save and invest at the end of any given month.And it is precisely those categories that have risen the most during the Biden presidency.The price of homes has skyrocketed. In August 2023, the median home price in the United States was $435,450, up from a median sales price of $260,345 at the end of 2019, according to Rocket Homes.To afford a median-priced home, Americans need an annual income of greater than $110,000, up 46% since 2020. That means that only 18% of individuals or 34% of households can now afford to pay the mortgage on a home, let alone save the money for down payment.Food costs are up 30% since Joe Biden entered the White House. Staples are up even more with eggs, flour, sugar, and butter increasing 40.9%, 33.8%, 30.7%, and 35.9% respectively.The price of gas has more than doubled under the Biden presidency.The Producer Price Index, an indicator of future inflation, rose 0.2% in June. Ocean shipping rates from China to California have increased five-fold over the past year, which helps explain the increase in the PPI.The Federal Reserve is starting to drive the rate of inflation growth down. This is not the time to celebrate prematurely, but to stay the course. Any reduction in interest rates will be both political and inflationary, at a time when working Americans are still suffering from inflation and feel that the country is in recession. The last thing the Fed wants to do is to reduce rates in September and then be forced to raise them again in early 2025.The question remains: Will Jerome Powell lead or play politics?

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