Former White House doctor, Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Md.), has demanded that Joe Biden take a cognitive test or drop out of his recently announced 2024 presidential race.
Jackson has been calling into question Biden’s cognitive ability for years. He has now renewed his calls for the president to take a mental evaluation in the wake of seeking reelection.
In a letter obtained by The New York Post, Jackson wrote:
“We call on you to either resign immediately and renounce your bid for reelection or submit to a clinically validated cognitive screening assessment and make those results available to the public,” the letter, which is addressed to Biden, says.
Jackson also insisted it is imperative Joe Biden take a cognitive test due to his gaffes, and abysmal poll numbers, all of which show Biden’s mental health is under scrutiny.
“When you first announced your bid to run in the 2020 presidential election, questions and concerns were raised surrounding your cognitive abilities,” the letter says.
“Those concerns have only increased because your mental decline and forgetfulness have become more apparent since you were elected,” the letter adds.
“Over the past two years, public appearances where you shuffle your feet, trip when you walk, slur your words, forget names, lose your train of thought, and appear momentarily confused have become more of a common occurrence,” the letter continues.
“These incidences are so common and noticeable that if you search “Biden gaffes” online, over 14,000,000 results appear,” Jackson continues in the letter.
The former White House physician under both Trump and Obama added the “American people deserve complete transparency on the mental capabilities of their highest elected leader.”
Jackson penned a similar letter in June 2021, signed by more than a dozen other Republicans.
In February 2022, Jackson renewed the calls urging Biden to take the test and “follow the example set by former President Trump.”
In Jackosn’s most recent letter, he called out Biden for ignoring previous calls for a cognitive test.
Earlier this year, Dr. Kevin O’Connor gave Biden a nearly clean bill of health after his annual physical. However, O’Connor stopped short of addressing Biden’s mental acuity.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre hit back at calls for Biden to take a mental health test.
“If you go back to 2020, they said that the president couldn’t do it in 2020 and attacked him there, and he beat them,” Jean-Pierre said.
“Maybe they’re forgetting the wins that this president has had over the last couple of years. But I’m happy to remind them anytime.”
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