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Senator Schmitt Demands Answers on Biden's Fitness to Serve

Forbes Breaking NewsJuly 7, 202511 min23,998 views
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Concerns Over Presidential Fitness

  • πŸ›οΈ Senator Eric Schmitt asserts that President Biden was mentally unfit to serve as president due to his alleged mental incapacity.
  • πŸ’‘ The hearing's title, "unfit to serve," aims to address the question of who was running the country for the past four years.
  • 🚫 Democrats on the committee are criticized for boycotting the hearing and failing to call witnesses, which Schmitt views as an implicit admission that the truth is inconvenient.

Alleged Consequences of Biden's Decline

  • 🌍 On border policy, Schmitt claims the administration opened borders to 15 million illegal aliens, causing chaos.
  • ✈️ Foreign policy decisions are described as haphazard, endangering warfighters, escalating conflicts, and leading to a humiliating withdrawal from Kabul that cost 13 American lives.
  • πŸ’° Economic policy is blamed for rampant inflation, making essentials unaffordable for families.
  • πŸ—£οΈ In the realm of culture, the administration is accused of censoring free speech, targeting traditional Catholics, and promoting an anti-Western ideology.

Accusations of a Coordinated Cover-Up

  • πŸ“° The corporate media, big tech, and the federal bureaucracy are accused of collaborating to conceal the truth about President Biden's condition.
  • ✍️ The use of autopens is highlighted as a symbol of an absentee president and an executive branch directed by unelected aides.
  • 🀝 The media is accused of deliberately suppressing discussion of Biden's condition, silencing dissenting voices, and running cover for those in power.
  • πŸ€₯ Apologies from those involved are framed as attempts to absolve themselves of responsibility for what is called a "crime against the American people."

Systemic Weaknesses and Path Forward

  • πŸ” The hearing's purpose is to identify and rectify systemic weaknesses that allowed the situation to fester, rather than to interrogate specific officials.
  • πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ The American people voted for a president, not a faceless apparatus, and the Constitution vests immense authority in a single individual.
  • βš–οΈ Schmitt emphasizes that ambition must check ambition, and a dependable mechanism is needed to ensure the truth reaches the American people if a president is unfit to serve.
  • πŸš€ The goal is to chart a path forward to ensure such a situation never happens again, contrasting it with a hypothetical scenario where a leader like President Trump is not in command.
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