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As Texas Rep. Troy Nehls attacks Biden as unfit, Pete Buttigieg hits back
Nehs is my congresscritter
Link to tweet
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/As-Texas-Rep-Nehls-rails-that-Biden-is-unfit-17322606.php?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=sftwitter
The Republican from Fort Bend County asked whether Buttigieg had asked other Cabinet members about invoking the 25th Amendment, through which a president can be removed by his or her Cabinet if unfit for office.
“First of all, I’m glad to have a president who can ride a bicycle,” Buttigieg began, an apparent reference to former President Donald Trump’s obesity. In 2015, Trump stated that he had not ridden a bicycle since he was 7 or 8 years old, and that, “I promise I will never be in a bicycle race. That I can tell you.”
Nehls interrupted Buttigieg several times, pressing for a direct answer.
“Of course not,” Buttigieg said.
Despite Buttigieg’s response, Nehls tweeted that Buttigieg had “refused to answer whether he has discussed the 25th Amendment,” and Nehls’ office sent out a news release promoting the exchange.
There is a long history of prominent politicians getting in bicycle accidents: George W. Bush fell in 2004 and again in 2005; John Kerry broke his leg in 2015; Woodrow Wilson struck a bicyclist with his car in 1913; and fictional U.S. President Jed Bartlett crashed his bike in the pilot of the show “West Wing.”
“First of all, I’m glad to have a president who can ride a bicycle,” Buttigieg began, an apparent reference to former President Donald Trump’s obesity. In 2015, Trump stated that he had not ridden a bicycle since he was 7 or 8 years old, and that, “I promise I will never be in a bicycle race. That I can tell you.”
Nehls interrupted Buttigieg several times, pressing for a direct answer.
“Of course not,” Buttigieg said.
Despite Buttigieg’s response, Nehls tweeted that Buttigieg had “refused to answer whether he has discussed the 25th Amendment,” and Nehls’ office sent out a news release promoting the exchange.
There is a long history of prominent politicians getting in bicycle accidents: George W. Bush fell in 2004 and again in 2005; John Kerry broke his leg in 2015; Woodrow Wilson struck a bicyclist with his car in 1913; and fictional U.S. President Jed Bartlett crashed his bike in the pilot of the show “West Wing.”
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