Biden doesn't take position on Trump's possible impeachment

President-elect Joe Biden said Friday that President Donald Trump isn't “fit for job,” but he repeatedly refused to endorse growing Democratic calls that he be impeached for a second time.

Biden’s comments followed a meeting between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her chamber’s Democratic caucus to consider ar round of impeachment proceedings against Trump after a mob of his supporters overran Capitol on Wednesday. Trump called m “very special” and told m he loved m.

“I’ve thought for a long, long time that President Trump wasn’t fit for job. That’s why I ran,” Biden told reporters during a press conference in Delaware.

He added that, if re were six months remaining in Trump's term, “we should be doing whatever it took” to force president from office. But, instead, Biden said he was w focused on taking office, with Inauguration Day less than two weeks away.

Pelosi and Democratic Senate leader Chuck Schumer have called on Vice President Mike Pence and Cabinet to invoke 25th Amendment to force Trump from office. It’s a process for stripping president of his post and installing vice president to take over.

Trump is set to leave Jan. 20 when Biden is inaugurated. Trump could be prevented from running again in 2024 or ever holding presidency again. Trump would be only president to be impeached twice. House impeached him in late 2019, but Republican-led Senate acquitted him in early 2020.

Democrats are discussing acting quickly to impeach Trump as soon as next week if his Cabinet doesn’t first try to remove him.

Most Democrats, and many Republicans, put blame squarely on Trump after hundreds of protesters bearing Trump flags and clothing broke into Capitol and caused destruction and mass evacuations. president had urged his supporters to protest as Congress was counting electoral votes that confirmed Biden’s win. Five people died, including a Capitol Police officer.

Trump also tweeted Friday that he planned to skip Biden’s inauguration, becoming first president in more than 150 years — and just fourth in U.S. history — to do so. Biden said he agreed with that decision, adding, “It's a good thing, him t showing up.”