A former attorney for Donald Trump says it might be best for the country if an "addled" and "out-of-it" President Joe Biden drops out of the presidential race, but that swapping Biden with someone else could end up hurting the party's chances at retaking the White House.
Former prosecutor Jim Trusty was asked Friday on Newsmax's "Newsline" about a recently aired clip in which Biden appears to flub a sentence and call himself a "black woman." Responding to the clip, Trusty called Biden "addled" and said he has appeared that way for several years.
"It's not just slips of the tongue, it's dramatic, complete, you know, falling down incompetence," said Trusty. "We've seen that for a long time and we know it must be much worse like after sun-down, when he's sitting at home with Dr. Jill."
Trusty said it was shameful that the people who continue to support the president are "all about power, and not about country."
Biden staying in the Oval Office invites, he said, "all sorts of mischief" from America's adversaries and pseudo-enemies, who could be eyeing his appearance and saying "now's our chance."
"They could do that realistically knowing he's just not up to the task," said Trusty.
All this, he said, warrants a conversation about invoking the 25th Amendment.
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"People should be doing it out of love of country and concern for the safety of this country, not out of some political calculation," he said.
In fact, doing so could end up hurting Trump's chances of regaining the White House.
"For Donald Trump, it's probably best if Biden stays in," he said.
Trusty joins Republicans including MAGA Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) in calling for Vice President Kamala Harris to invoke the 25th amendment to remove Biden.
Roy on Wednesday told Fox News that Biden is surrounded by a "cadre" of ventriloquist-esque progressives who are manipulating his moves like a "puppet."
Roy said the Biden camp has hidden his "lack of competency and ability." And while he believes former President Donald Trump will beat either Biden or Harris in the election, he called it an "issue of the constitution, straight-up," to remove Biden.
"The president, frankly, isn't all there. Everybody knows it. It is telling that the media, the mainstream media, so-called, is all in a tizzy because of the political ramifications," he said, adding that he believes the media has been "propping up a Manchurian Candidate."
Under the amendment, the vice president and a majority of the cabinet can notify the president pro tempore of the Senate and the House Speaker that the president is unable to discharge the powers and duties of the office. Doing so would allow the vice president to become acting president.
