Who’s Going to Take the Keys Away from This Man?

For the better part of three years now, those of us who follow politics have observed mounting evidence that Joe Biden’s advanced age was becoming a major obstacle to his ability to perform his duties as president. During that time, we’ve been accused of lying and smearing a competent, sharp-minded man with a stutter, and White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre assured us that Biden has so much energy she “can’t even keep up with him.” Yesterday, that happy-talk assessment of Biden’s health, memory, and mental state took two severe blows — first from the assessment of special counsel Robert Hur, and then from the president himself in a disastrous last-minute public statement and press conference. ...

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But let’s acknowledge that I and other Biden critics weren’t wrong; we were just ahead of the curve.

Joe Biden is too old to be an effective president, and he’s knocking on the door of being too old to be president, period. It was always absurd to believe that Biden would be able to handle one of the most challenging jobs in the world as an octogenarian, and the notion of his serving two full terms and remaining in the Oval Office until age 86 is ludicrous. Even Biden himself seemed to acknowledge this, back in 2019.

Ed Morrissey

There are only two ways to take the "keys" away from Biden. If Kamala Harris and the Cabinet won't take action through the 25th Amendment, then Congress has to act, as I wrote earlier

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