President Biden’s Cabinet Should Consider the 25th Amendment, Says Dave McCormick

(WHTM) — Republican Senate candidate Dave McCormick says members of President Joe Biden’s Cabinet have a responsibility to consider invoking the 25th Amendment to impeach the president if they see a decline in his performance behind the scenes, similar to his performance in the CNN debate.

The 25th Amendment to the Constitution establishes a procedure for replacing and/or removing the president if he or she is “unable to discharge the powers and duties of his or her office.” Ratified in 1967, this amendment has never been used to remove a president and was introduced to clarify who serves as president and vice president in the event of a vacancy.

McCormick raised the possibility of the 25th Amendment being used to impeach Biden while in Lancaster Friday morning meeting with veterans for a roundtable discussion.

“I don’t think an American, look, I was sad as an American to watch this debate, but as a former soldier who was concerned about our commander in chief, he’s the guy in the situation room,” McCormick said. “I don’t know what’s going on in the situation room, but if the guy who showed up to the debate is the guy who’s engaging in issues that affect the lives of our men and women in uniform, then the secretary of defense, the secretary of the treasury, the secretary of state and others have a responsibility to take the 25th Amendment into account.”

McCormick added: “We saw on stage a man who was really struggling and it was a sad moment to see our commander in chief struggling and I wouldn’t wish that on anybody… but he’s also our commander in chief and so, we’re in a precarious time in the world. We’re being tested every day, and so the founders designed that. The 25th Amendment is essentially the mechanism by which, even if the commander in chief doesn’t understand that he’s in decline, the Cabinet can act.”

Ratification of the 25th Amendment came less than five years after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and was signed by his former vice president and successor, President Lyndon B. Johnson.

McCormick added: “I’m not saying he should be invoked… (Cabinet secretaries) should ask themselves some very difficult questions.”

McCormick added that he “truly believes” this is the most important election of our lifetime.

“I think America is only as great as we make it, and this has been a great experiment in the whole of history. We’re in the early days and I think we’re struggling with our economic policy, with our security, with the wide-open borders, with crime. These are the issues that Pennsylvanians are facing and our role in the world is being tested and challenged by our adversaries. Iran, China, Russia. So this is a moment where we need the right leadership to address these issues and get America back on track.”

In his second campaign for the U.S. Senate, McCormick faces longtime Democratic Sen. Bob Casey, who served with Biden when he was a senator from Delaware.

Casey reiterated his support for Biden despite calls from some Democrats to drop out of the race. The president insisted he was “staying in the race.”

“They consider each other the best of friends and Bob Casey certainly has a clear vision of President Biden’s decline,” McCormick said.

Casey is expected to campaign with the president this weekend.