White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre thinks it’s “ridiculous” that Republicans are calling on President Joe Biden to resign from the presidency.
GOP figureheads like House Speaker Mike Johnson and Donald Trump‘s running mate J.D. Vance are claiming that Biden dropping out of the 2024 election proves that he is unfit to finish up his term in the White House.
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Jean-Pierre appeared on this morning’s episode of The View, where co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin asked for her response to these demands.
“I think that’s ridiculous, seriously,” she said. “What I will say is the President decided not to run for re-election. That’s it. That’s all he decided on.”
Jean-Pierre continued, “He wants to continue to do the work — three-and-a-half years of unprecedented, historic work. I think that shows what he’s capable of doing. I think that shows how important his leadership is.”
She also praised Biden for his ability to “reach across the aisle” and “do things in bipartisanship,” despite the contentious political environment.
“We have so much more work to do and he understands that,” she said. “He’s going to speak to this in about 24 hours or so and he’ll lay that out. But this president is ready to continue to lead this country in a historic way and that stands.”
Biden addressed the nation on TV for the first time since ending his presidential campaign for a second term on July 24. Per a statement shared on X the morning before, he said he planned to discuss “what lies ahead and how I will finish the job for the American people” in his speech.
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On The View this morning, Sunny Hostin asked Jean-Pierre for specifics about what sort of things Biden plans to accomplish with his remaining time in office, noting previous reports that he was set to call for a series of Supreme Court reforms like adding term limits, an enforceable ethics code and a constitutional amendment that eliminates broad immunity for presidents.
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“I don’t have anything to announce at this time. The President certainly will share more when he’s ready on those things,” Jean-Pierre said. “He believes that if you hold high office, you’re supposed to be delivering for the American people so you should be held to high ethics and transparency. That’s something that he believes and I’m gonna let him speak to that.”
