President Joe Biden announced his bid for reelection on Tuesday, but it appears some are already questioning his mental capabilities to serve out a second term.
Rep. Ronny Jackson (R–TX), who served as the White House physician to multiple presidents, is circulating a letter in the House of Representatives demanding President Biden either take a cognitive test or drop out of the 2024 presidential race he just joined.
“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,” Jackson wrote in the letter addressed to Biden.
The letter acknowledges Biden’s age — since he is 80 years old and would be 86 years old at the end of a second term — and the polls showing the majority of voters think he is mentally unfit to serve as president and a super–majority saying every presidential candidate needs to pass a competency test regardless of age.
“The American people should have absolute confidence in their President and know that he or she can perform their duties as Head of State and Commander in Chief,” the letter states. “Therefore, the American people deserve complete transparency on the mental capabilities of their highest elected leader.”
However, the White House has dismissed the calls for the president to take a cognitive test. White House press secretary Karine Jean–Pierre claimed that the attacks on Biden’s mental health had failed in the past earlier this year when Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley called for politicians over the age of 75 should take a mental competency test.
Fox News reported that Republicans have until Wednesday to sign the letter.
Meanwhile, Biden‘s launch video failed to name any achievements in his first term or what he has planned in a second term if he is reelected. Instead, Biden’s video talked about abortion (“personal freedom”) and “MAGA extremists,” who the president said must be defeated in what he calls the “battle for the soul of our nation.”
With Biden‘s age and mental fitness now being questioned, only time will tell if he will take the cognitive test or drop out of the 2024 presidential race.
