Biden's cabinet has few words about Biden fitness concerns post-debate

Cabinet members who proudly defended President Biden’s fittingness for bureau anterior to Thursday night’s statesmanlike statement took a much reserved, if unambiguous, stance connected Friday greeting arsenic the particulate settled. 

House Speaker Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., connected Friday released a connection that insisted that the statement showed "clearly" that "Biden is unfit for office." 

"His intelligence and carnal diminution has been evident passim his presidency," Johnson said. "To anyone who hasn’t been paying attention, past nighttime should person been a aftermath up call."

Fox News contributor Liz Peek noted that CNN’s post-debate analysis highlighted that Biden did not look susceptible of serving 4 much years, with adjacent his astir ardent supporters wobbling. 

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And furniture members provided terse responses to inquiries astir Biden’s show successful opposition to their much effusive pre-debate defenses of Biden’s capableness to execute the duties of the President of the United States. 

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas speaks to the media astir an overview of nationalist information plans for Super Bowl week astatine the Mandalay Bay Convention Center successful Las Vegas connected Feb. 7. (Candice Ward/Getty Images)

When asked if Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas stands by his erstwhile statement, a DHS spokesperson told Fox News Digital, "YES." Mayorkas past week rejected accusations that Biden is "slipping," alternatively claiming that "the president ever draws connected our anterior conversations and past events successful analyzing the issues and reaching his conclusion." 

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The spokesperson besides insisted that the 25th Amendment "SHOULD NOT" beryllium invoked to effort and displacement Biden retired of the contention and marque country for different candidate.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken likewise stands by his comments made earlier this month, a State Department spokesperson told Fox News Digital. He insisted that nary 1 is talking astir invoking the 25th Amendment, which tin beryllium invoked by the Cabinet if the president becomes disabled to specified a grade that helium cannot fulfill his responsibilities.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken talks astatine the McCain Institute's Sedona Forum successful Sedona, Arizona, connected May 3. (AP Photo/Jake Bacon)

In erstwhile comments to Fox News Digital, Blinken stressed that during his 22 years moving with Biden, "his extent of knowledge, fluency with argumentation and authorities and quality to chopped to the pursuit and reason his lawsuit are exceptoinal. He's invariably 1 measurement up of us." 

A spokesperson for Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland said that they had "nothing to add" beyond comments made past week, successful which Haaland touted Biden's mentorship and described his enactment arsenic "a strong, experienced manus arsenic good arsenic a compassionate bosom successful this epoch of some biology and governmental challenges." 

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"Each time, helium takes complaint and implores america to deliberation much profoundly astir our task of moving our state forward," Haaland said successful the earlier remarks. 

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm besides underscored her enactment for Biden, according to Department of Energy Director of Public Affairs Amanda Finney. 

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm testifies during the House Appropriations Subcommittee connected Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies Committee proceeding titled "Fiscal Year 2024 Request for the Department of Energy" successful the Rayburn Building successful Washington, D.C., connected March 23, 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

"Yes, the Secretary stands by her comments made previously," Finney said successful an email to Fox News Digital. 

A spokesperson for Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told Fox News Digital that the caput "stands by her erstwhile comments including the connection provided to Fox digital" and rejected speech of the 25th Amendment, saying determination are nary rumblings and "it won’t be" invoked. 

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Yellen antecedently told Fox News Digital, "Both in Washington and successful meetings with satellite leaders astir the globe — including during strenuous negotiations with [Chinese] President Xi — I’ve ever seen President Biden to beryllium highly well-informed, successful bid of the facts and precise effectual successful advancing American interests."

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen hosts the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Finance Ministers Meeting property league successful San Francisco connected Nov. 13, 2023. (Loren Elliott / AFP)

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In effect to an enquiry to Vice President Harris, who made the rounds connected CNN and MSNBC instantly pursuing the statement connected Thursday night, a White House spokesperson did not respond and alternatively referred to the run for immoderate comments. 

Other furniture members did not respond to a Fox News Digital petition for remark by the clip of publication.