Gary Franks: If not mentally fit, Biden must go now

We have all seen the warning signs about President Joe Biden’s mental acuity. More than a century ago, the captain of the Titanic got warning signs about the conditions of the ocean that night. He ignored them. Will America do the same with Biden? We do so at our own peril, as we all know how the Titanic story ended.

Ironically, Biden’s mental acuity could be the quintessential threat to our democracy. A recent CBS poll stated that 72% of Americans feel he is not mentally fit to be president.

But that means nothing to today’s Democratic leaders, who operate according to the get-Trump-at-all-costs principle. And it is that “at all costs” part, an obsession, that also makes Democrats a quintessential threat to our democracy.

Regrettably, Democrats refuse to even think about invoking the 25th A mendment to immediately remove Biden as president. Republicans should not give the Democrats a pass, nor should a fair and objective media. It is especially important to the nation. We must know definitively if Biden should go now for the good of America.

Biden not only failed to show cognitive fitness during his debate with former President Donald Trump for millions to see, but he also failed to show strong mental acuity in nearly every other subsequent opportunity to correct the course. At times he needed to get the questions before the interview.

The Democrats are willing to risk the well-being of America by leaving a clearly mentally impaired person in the White House for six more months. This is a true example of a nation treading in dangerous waters.

We need to see further proof of Biden’s cognitive condition. Biden, however, has repeatedly refused to be examined for these health concerns.

We need to see the video deposition that is being withheld by Attorney General Merrick Garland. The video was the primary reason Biden was not indicted for mishandling classified documents as president.

Just think, if Biden was deemed incapable of being indicted because of his mental acuity and age, why should we trust him to be our president? Instead, Democrats prefer to cover up the truth while leaving America in a precarious position.

If the American people are allowed to see the deposition and they conclude Biden is mentally impaired, all those individuals, starting with Vice President Kamala Harris, should be condemned for lying to the American people. All those complicit would no longer have any credibility. They are simply not trustworthy. The videotapes are a smoking gun.

Once upon a time, Democrats were fighting for Biden to remain as their presidential candidate. Now, they are praising Biden for leaving the race.

After such schizophrenic behavior, Democrats say Republicans are a “threat to our democracy?” Really?

Democrats have the power to remove Biden immediately via the 25th Amendment. They do not need a single Republican vote. Not wanting to do this says the Democrats do not really want Harris as president, even if just to finish out Biden’s term. Maybe some Democrats actually think Biden is not mentally impaired. Or they believe a cognitively impaired Biden is better than Harris.

The only reason Democratic leaders decided to force Biden out by stopping his fundraising was because his failures and decline would have put in jeopardy previously safe House and Senate seats. Once again, Democrats are not thinking about Americans but only about their own political careers.

The November elections should take a back seat. The integrity of the Democratic Party is on the ballot right now.