President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden raised eyebrows on Tuesday after U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned from her post.
In a segment on Fox News, host Harris Faulkner spoke with Arizona GOP Rep. Andy Biggs about the news, which came just one day after Cheatle received harsh criticism from both Republicans and Democrats during a House Oversight Committee hearing on Monday.
Faulkner seemed visibly stunned that the statement from the president included any mention of Jill Biden, who is rumored to have gotten Cheatle the job.
“We have the breaking news statement from President Biden. I’m glad you are with me so I can get your first reaction. He has just released a statement and here is the quote. Jill and I are grateful to director Kim Cheatle for her decades of public service,” Faulkner began.
“The independent review to get to the bottom of what happened on July 13th continues and I look forward to assessing its conclusion. We all know what happened that day can never happen again, end quote. A couple of curiosities I have about that. Why is Jill included. Not a condolence letter to someone after a loss, a personal loss. I would estimate she is included because the reason she even had that job as director of the United States Secret Service was because of her friendship with the First Lady,” Faulkner added.
Biggs responded: “Cheatle became the Secret Service director. I also think good grief, what do you have to do to be fired from this administration? The only people that have been fired are four staffers who smoked pot. You have somebody who almost gets the president – former president of the United States killed and does get an individual killed and other people wounded and you don’t get fired, what you get is a letter saying gee, we’re sorry to see you go kind of thing. I’m incensed as much by the failure of the Biden Administration at the very top once again to signal to the American people that he cares about the American people more than he cares about himself. I think this letter reflects more personal care than it does patriotic care.”
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Biden’s doctor has revealed that his COVID-19 symptoms are nearly resolved.
The president took his 10th dose of Paxlovid on Monday morning, and his doctor, Kevin O’Connor, stated in a letter that “his symptoms have almost completely resolved.”
“O’Connor also said Biden’s pulse, blood pressure, respiratory rate, and temperature are normal, his oxygen saturation is ‘excellent’ and his lungs remain clear. Biden tested positive for COVID-19 while campaigning in Las Vegas on Wednesday. He has been isolating at his Rehoboth, Del., home since. O’Connor on Monday that Biden ‘continues to perform all of his presidential duties’ while he is in Rehoboth and that he will keep the White House updated on changes to the president’s condition,” The Hill reported.
The president declared on Sunday that he would withdraw from the 2024 election while isolating himself with COVID-19. He also endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to head the Democratic ticket.
With COVID-19, Biden could not attend the celebration of the previous season’s NCAA championship teams that Harris organized on Monday at the White House.
Although there is no official announcement from the White House on Biden’s trip to Washington, he is anticipated to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this week.
NEW: Pres. Biden’s White House physician provides an update on his COVID diagnosis:
• Completed 10th dose of Paxlovid
• Symptoms have almost resolved
• Vital signs are absolutely normal
• Oxygen saturation excellent
• Lungs remain clear pic.twitter.com/iiaO7nwhRV— Alex Salvi (@alexsalvinews) July 22, 2024
Following Biden’s decision to withdraw from the campaign, political betting markets on Sunday indicated that Vice President Kamala Harris and Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro would be the front-runners for the Democratic presidential ticket.
BetOnline wagers indicate that Harris, 59, is a big 1/9 favorite (-900) to be the Democratic presidential nominee.
Below are some of the odds on Harris’ possible VP pick, as noted by the New York Post:
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (15/1) has the next-best odds at getting the presidential nomination, followed by Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (16/1) and former first lady Michelle Obama (16/1).
Longshots include Shaprio (65/1), failed 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton (80/1), Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (100/1), and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg (100/1).
Shapiro, 51, is the current favorite to be the VP nominee on BetOnline.ag, with 7/4 odds.
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has 3/1 odds, followed by Beshear at 5/1 and Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona and Buttigieg, who both hold 8/1 probabilities.
Whitmer is a longer shot, with 16/1 odds, as is Obama, at 20/1.
CNN’s John King reports that Democrats are concerned that Pennsylvania Democrat Governor Josh Shapiro’s Jewish faith is a risk if he is on Kamala Harris’ ticket.
The antisemitism in the Democrat Party is WILD. pic.twitter.com/JiOb1RI5pT
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) July 22, 2024
According to CNN’s Jamie Gangel, these are the names Kamala Harris is considering to pick as her running mate:
-Arizona Senator Mark Kelly
-Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear
-NC Governor Roy Cooper
-Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro
pic.twitter.com/xM0QBi0A4d— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) July 21, 2024
Following Biden’s announcement on Sunday afternoon that he would withdraw from the 2024 race due to pressure from the Democratic Party, Harris declared her own presidential campaign.
The historic declaration was made in response to calls from a growing number of Democratic lawmakers for Biden to resign, and there were reports that the party’s leadership was trying to persuade the 81-year-old Biden that he would not be able to defeat former President Donald Trump, the 2024 GOP nominee, in November’s general election. Biden won the White House four years prior.
Immediately after Harris assumed the role of the party’s presidential nominee, Biden gave Harris his “full support and endorsement.”
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