Oklahoma officials respond to Biden dropping out of race

OKLAHOMA CITY ( KFOR ) — Oklahoma officials are sharing their reaction following President Joe Biden announcing that he is dropping out of the 2024 presidential race .

President Biden dropped out of the race Sunday afternoon and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as his Democratic nomination.

As I have said for months, President Biden was behind in every poll because of his policies, not his age or mental capacity. Democrats gave us high prices, open borders, and weak standing in the world. That’s not just Biden’s legacy, it is the legacy of the modern Democratic Party.

Let’s Make America Great Again!

Sen. James Lankford

If President Biden is not well enough to be the next Democrat nominee, he is not well enough to continue serving as President. President Biden should resign immediately.

Whoever is the Democrat nominee is going to have a tough time defending the Biden-Harris record, which has been marked by historic inflation, crime, and wide-open borders. The American people have seen enough.

Congressman Josh Brecheen

Reminder.. Vice President Harris is in charge of securing the southern border.

Rep. Stephanie Bice

Joe Biden has provided steady leadership during times of great turmoil in America, and I thank him for his service as President for the last three and a half years. Democrats in Oklahoma are energized, and we will unite behind our Presidential nominee.

Oklahomans are concerned about our public schools, healthcare, and the extreme policies that hold back our state. As I visit the voters across the state, Oklahomans are enthusiastic about opportunities to restore balance at the Capitol and to protect democracy in our nation. I am confident that will be the message we take to the ballot box in November.

Oklahoma House Democratic Leader Cyndi Munson

If Joe Biden is unfit to be the Democrat nominee for president, he’s unfit to be president for the rest of his term. For the good of the country, Joe Biden should resign immediately.

Congressman Kevin Hern

If Joe Biden is unfit to run for re-election, he is unfit to carry out his term.

25th Amendment.

Sen. Markwayne Mullin

Today’s stunning announcement by President Biden that he is withdrawing from the presidential race is an admission that he cannot win re-election and that in the Democratic Party the will of the political elite is more important than the votes of ordinary Americans.

President Biden won the Democratic nomination fair and square. Indeed the same elite that are turning on him now helped to engineer that victory by shutting out other legitimate contenders for the nomination. However, when it became apparent that President Biden was unlikely to win a general election against former President Trump his erstwhile allies quickly showed him the door and are now frantically searching for an alternative nominee who might offer them a better chance to hold on to power.

The transparent cynicism of this desperate attempt to hang on to political power by the Democratic political insiders is breathtaking for its sheer audacity and hypocrisy. They respect neither their own process nor their own voters. To them this election is not about defending democracy. It is about subverting it and substituting the interests of a self appointed and self serving political cabal for the will of millions of Democratic voters who played by the rules and expressed their opinion at the ballot box.

The contrast between this political circus and the free and open process operated by the Republican Party could not be more stark and more clear. Donald Trump faced many able and worthy competitors in dozens of primaries and bested them all. Whoever the Democratic elite anoints as their party’s nominee will not have won a single legitimate primary nor the vote of a single Democratic voter.

If Democratic leaders truly believe President Biden is not fit to run as the Democratic nominee then they should follow through on the logic of that conclusion and urge him to resign immediately. If, after winning every Democratic primary, President Biden is not fit to be the Democratic nominee in November then he is certainly not qualified to remain as President today.

History will record this moment for what it is — the cynical and self serving effort of a corrupt political elite to maintain its position by subverting and manipulating the democratic process. I believe the American people will see through this sham, punish the Democratic elite for changing the rules in the middle of the game, and deliver Donald Trump and the Republican Party a resounding victory in the November election.

Congressman Tom Cole (OK-4)

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