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Republicans Call on Biden to Resign

A “long list” of Republican congress members and leaders have called on President Biden to resign over his handling of the evacuation of Americans and allies in Afghanistan, Fox News reports. The cable network conducted a 32-minute, 27-second phone interview with Donald J. Trump, in which the former president called Biden’s evacuation of Kabul, “the dumbest move ever made in U.S. history.”

The list includes presumed 2024 GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley, who had served as South Carolina governor before she was Trump’s United Nations ambassador. “But that would leave us with Kamala Harris, which would be 10 times worse,” she said, according to Fox News. “God help us.”

Indeed, several Republicans called on both the president and the vice president to resign, which would move House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, into the White House.

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News & Notes -- Biden's Approval Rating is Below 50%

As the Biden administration struggles to extricate Americans and allies who helped the U.S. military in Afghanistan over nearly 20 years of our presence, the president’s approval ratings in the polls has slipped below 50%, FiveThirtyEight reports. In its average of major polls as of Day 219 of the administration, President Biden’s approval rating is 47.5%, with a disapproval rating of 46.9%. [https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-approval-rating/]

For Day 219, Biden’s approval rating betters only President Trump, who was at 36.9% this time four years ago, compared with the last three presidents. Barack Obama had a 51.4% average approval rating on Day 219 of 2019, and George W. Bush was at 52.8% in August 2001, FiveThirtyEight says.