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GOP says ‘something isn’t right’ and Americans deserve to have ‘absolute confidence’ in the President

  • 37 House GOP signed onto a letter by Rep. Ronny Jackson, urging President Biden to make a cognitive test standard practice for commanders-in-chief
  • Jackson, ex-White House physician, helped administer one to Trump in 2018 
  • ‘This is not a partisan issue. When I discussed taking a cognitive test with President Trump, he was eager to assure the American people,’ he said
  • Lawmakers even suggest that Biden may be showing Alzheimer’s symptoms 
  • They cited recent examples including him forgetting names and the hot mic moment where he called Fox News’ Peter Doocy a ‘stupid son of a b****’ 
  • A recent poll shows 49 percent of Americans don’t believe Biden is mentally fit while 40 percent believe he is — a six point loss of confidence from November 

Elizabeth Elkind – Daily Mail Feb 9, 2022

More than three dozen House Republicans are demanding President Joe Biden submits to a cognitive test and outlined their concerns about his fitness for office in a searing letter sent on Wednesday.

Thirty-seven GOP lawmakers signed onto the letter, written by former White House physician Rep. Ronny Jackson, and cited recent examples of the 79-year-old’s ‘mental decline’ including forgetting numbers and names and hot mic moments.

‘The American people should have absolute confidence in their President. They deserve to know that he or she can perform the duties of Head of State and Commander-in-Chief,’ the letter, obtained by DailyMail.com, states.

‘They deserve full transparency on the mental capabilities of their highest elected leader. To achieve this, we urge you to submit to a cognitive test immediately.’

Jackson penned a similar letter in June that did not appear to receive a public reply from the White House  It follows recent polling showed a growing number of Americans having doubts about Biden’s mental fitness.

House Republicans’ letter cites instances of the president forgetting the names of senior Cabinet officials, misreading clearly-marked figures and even suggested Biden has shown symptoms of Alzheimers’ Disease.

‘The Alzheimer’s Association lists “changes in mood and personality,” including being more “easily upset” as one of ten signs of mental decline,’ Jackson wrote in the letter.

‘You displayed this type of mood change during a cabinet meeting on January 24, 2022, when you apparently did not know your microphone was on after finishing your opening remarks, and you called a White House reporter a “stupid son of a b****”in response to a question asked on inflation.’

He was referring to a hot mic moment during which Biden called Fox News reporter Peter Doocy a ‘stupid son of a b****’, after which the president personally apologized to the journalist.

‘As a former physician to three Presidents of the United States, I know what it takes mentally and physically to execute the duties of Commander-in-Chief and Head of State,’ Jackson told Fox News, who first reported the letter.

‘Joe Biden has continually proven to me and to the world that something isn’t right.’

 

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