GOP Lawmakers Call on Biden To Resign in Wake of Afghan Debacle

Republican lawmakers are calling for President Joe Biden to resign, citing the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan as evidence he is not fit to lead the United States.

The State Department and top Biden administration officials have faced widespread criticism for failing to plan for the Taliban’s near-immediate takeover of Afghanistan once U.S. forces pulled out of the country on Biden’s order. These failures have led Republican lawmakers to call for Biden’s resignation, a demand that is likely to grow louder as Afghanistan descends further into chaos under Taliban rule.

"In addition to a full congressional inquiry, which must happen immediately, today I am reiterating my call for President Biden to resign from office following his unilateral, reckless retreat from Afghanistan," Rep. Claudia Tenney (R., N.Y.), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said on Thursday.

Biden’s "mishandling of this crisis shatters all confidence in his ability to serve as our Commander-in-Chief, which is any president’s most sacred responsibility," Tenney said. "As American lives hang in the balance, our president has been isolated from his advisers and asleep at the wheel."