OPINION:
CBS reporter Jan Crawford said on a recent Sunday talk show that the most underreported story of the past year was President “Biden’s obvious cognitive decline.” The Wall Street Journal has reported that Biden’s cabinet, members of Congress and the mainstream media all knew for years that Biden was unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office.
Yet while Donald Trump was president, Democrats repeatedly called for invoking the 25th Amendment to remove him from office. The liberal media was complicit, and many predicted it would happen.
Fast forward to the Biden years and you will find no mention of the possibility of the 25th Amendment being invoked — in spite of
all that was known.Since this amendment has apparently become nothing more than a partisan talking point for Democrats, it should be repealed.
All of this evidence about Biden, however, raises some serious questions. Does the man even know what he has been signing as
executive orders and what they mean for the American people and economy? Who has been running the government? Should a special prosecutor be appointed with the help of leading medical scientists to determine whether Biden knew what he was signing? If they determine he did not, should those executive orders be rescinded?
I hope and pray that President Trump appoints a presidential commission of non-partisan historians who have shown no political bias in the past eight years to look into this. We deserve to know what’s been going on and who is responsible for creating the anger and distrust that has been sown in this country. There is a precedent; the Kerner Commission attempted to do something similar in the 1960s.
I am not suggesting that appointees of President Trump not vigorously pursue and prosecute any illegal actions by members of Biden’s
Justice Department, but it’s worth noting that any findings would be quickly dismissed as “fake news.” Any findings from a presidential commission, on the other hand — especially one headed by a Democrat — may force civility back into our politics.
JOE NOVAK
Polebridge, Montana
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