As President Joe Biden faces more calls to withdraw from the presidential race, Republican lawmakers are faced with a consequential decision themselves: They can either use Biden’s vulnerabilities in their favor to try to impeach or remove him from office, or they can continue to let Democrats squirm as cracks form within their party. 

About 20 Democratic lawmakers have publicly called on Biden to step aside, creating an intraparty windstorm as the party actively reconsider their presidential ticket just weeks ahead of the nominating convention. The private, and very much public, turmoil has created an opening for Republicans to weaken Biden ahead of the November election — while also using his own party’s skepticism against him.