Pete Buttigieg Fires Back at GOP Rep. Questioning Biden's Health
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg sparred with a Republican after he asked whether the Cabinet had considered removing president Joe Biden via the 25th Amendment, which allows the vice president and senior officials to strip the president of office if the president cannot fulfill their duties.
House Transportation Committee members heard from Buttigieg on Tuesday about several infrastructure topics, but the hearing took a turn when Texas Rep.
Troy Nehls accused Biden of being mentally unfit for office.During hour four of the hearing, Nehls, having just asked Buttigieg about airspace restrictions above Disney's amusement parks, then asked the secretary if he had discussed removing the president from office with other cabinet members.
Nehls took out an enlarged photo of Biden with a caption making fun of the president's stutter. He then claimed that the media had begun questioning Biden's mental health. "Sadly, he shakes hands with ghosts and imaginary people, and he falls off bicycles," said Nehls, referring to the president's fall last month near his vacation home in Delaware, where he took a harmless spill after a cycling shoe got stuck in the bike pedal clip.
