After Biden announced his withdrawal from the race, Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives, Johnson, called on Biden to resign "immediately". Johnson said in a statement, "If Biden is not suitable to run for president, he is not suitable to be president. He must resign as president immediately." Johnson said that more than 14 million Americans chose Biden as the Democratic presidential candidate, but the party that calls itself "Democratic" declared their votes invalid. As the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Johnson ranks second in the presidential succession order, second only to Harris. When asked about some Republican congressmen calling on Biden to resign as president, the White House said that Biden "looks forward to completing his term." Senate Republican leader McConnell also accused the Democrats of "trying to overturn the will of the American people expressed in the national primaries," but did not call for Biden to resign as president.