Republican presidential candidate and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley warned that reelecting President Joe Biden could ultimately lead to Vice President Kamala Harris becoming commander in chief.
Haley's remarks came after Biden fell on stage during the Air Force Academy commencement ceremony on Thursday.
"No one should feel good about watching the president fall," Haley told Fox News Digital. "While this is hard to see, we have to be honest with the American people. Our enemies see the same TV clips and wonder who is in charge.
"Joe Biden is the oldest president in history, and if he's reelected, we could end up with a President Harris," she added. "This is why I have repeatedly called for mental competency tests and term limits for politicians. It's time for a new generation of leadership in Washington."
After congratulating the last of the Air Force graduates, Biden, 80, took a tumble on the stage, which the White House blamed on a sandbag. He was uninjured.
"I got sandbagged," Biden joked to reporters after returning to Washington later in the day.
This is not the first time Haley has suggested that the president is unlikely to survive the end of a second term.
"I think we can all be very clear and say with a matter of fact that if you vote for Joe Biden, you really are counting on a President Harris because the idea that he would make it until 86 years old is not something that I think is likely," Haley said in April.
The former U.N. ambassador has called for mandatory mental fitness tests for politicians older than 75 since she launched her campaign in February.
Former President Donald Trump also weighed in on Biden's latest fall while campaigning for the Republican presidential nomination in Iowa.
"He actually fell down?" Trump said after being told by an audience member what happened to Biden. "Well, I hope he wasn't hurt. The whole thing is crazy. You gotta be careful about that."
"That's a bad place to fall ... that's not inspiring," he later added.
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