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    Several Republican members of Congress wrote a letter to President Biden expressing concern about his cognitive abilities and urging him to take a cognitive test. They referenced several instances where Biden appeared to forget things or seem confused. The letter asked Biden to follow the example of former President Trump, who took a cognitive test, and to release his results to reassure the American public. Recent polls showed nearly half of voters disagree that Biden is mentally fit. The letter urged transparency on the mental health of the President.

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    Several Republican members of Congress wrote a letter to President Biden expressing concern about his cognitive abilities and urging him to take a cognitive test. They referenced several instances where Biden appeared to forget things or seem confused. The letter asked Biden to follow the example of former President Trump, who took a cognitive test, and to release his results to reassure the American public. Recent polls showed nearly half of voters disagree that Biden is mentally fit. The letter urged transparency on the mental health of the President.

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    Several Republican members of Congress wrote a letter to President Biden expressing concern about his cognitive abilities and urging him to take a cognitive test. They referenced several instances where Biden appeared to forget things or seem confused. The letter asked Biden to follow the example of former President Trump, who took a cognitive test, and to release his results to reassure the American public. Recent polls showed nearly half of voters disagree that Biden is mentally fit. The letter urged transparency on the mental health of the President.

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    February 8, 2022

    President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.


    The White House
    1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW
    Washington, D.C. 20500

    Dear President Biden,

    We again write to you to express concern with your current cognitive state. We believe that, regardless of
    gender, age, or political party, all Presidents should follow the example set by former President Trump to
    document and demonstrate sound mental abilities. While you underwent your annual physical exam on
    November 19, 2021, you either did not have a cognitive test or those results were withheld from the
    public. White House Physician Kevin O’Connor, D.O., attested to you being “fit to successfully execute
    the duties of the Presidency” in a purely physical manner; however, we are worried about your cognitive
    and mental abilities.1

    As you may remember, several Members of Congress sent you a letter on this issue in June of last year, to
    which you have not replied. Since then, the American people have continuously lost faith in your ability
    to effectively and competently handle your duties as President of the United States. This is reflected by
    recent polling2 which shows that:
    • 48% of voters disagree with the statement that you are mentally fit, with only 46% agreeing and
    representing a 19-point change from October 2020.
    • Independents, by a margin of 23 points, do not believe you are mentally fit.
    • 50% of voters disagree with the statement that you are “in good health,” which represents a 29-
    point shift since October 2020.

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

    Further, in a December 16, 2021, press conference with the White House COVID-19 response team, you
    appeared to be unable to read the numbers in front of you. When attempting to announce the total number
    of the population who had received a booster shot, you said, “57… excuse me… 570… I don’t want to
    read it, I’m not sure I got the right number…” before being corrected by Dr. Anthony Fauci with the right
    statistic of 57 million.3

    This is not just a recent trend, as your mental decline and forgetfulness have become more apparent over
    the past two years. On the campaign trail, you often forgot the names of states that you were in for
    campaign rallies. The Alzheimer’s Association points out “confusion with time or place” as another of the
    ten signs and symptoms of mental decline.4 In February 2021, you publicly forgot the purpose of your

    1 https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/President-Biden-Current-Health-Summary-November-2021.pdf
    2 https://www.politico.com/news/2021/11/17/poll-biden-mental-fitness-job-approval-522785
    3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vq998R0pM6U
    4 https://www.alz.org/alzheimers-dementia/10_signs
    visit to survey the winter storm damage in Texas.5 In March 2021, you forgot the name of the Pentagon,
    the Department of Defense, and the Defense Secretary.6 Lastly, in May 2021, you told a story from your
    tenure as Vice President in which you stated that you regularly visited your sick mother via Amtrak in
    2013, even though she passed away in 2010.

    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. 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. We implore you to then publish the test results, so the American people know
    the full mental and intellectual health of their President, and to follow the example set before you.

    This is not an unprecedented request. Starting in 2018, political opponents and members of the media
    clamored for your predecessor, then-President Trump, to take a cognitive test. In response, the White
    House Physician conducted a Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MOCA) for President Trump, at which he
    excelled.

    According to Dr. Ziad Nasreddine, the neurologist who created the test, MOCA is a simple screening tool
    to identify early signs of mental impairment.7 Dr. Nasreddine said the test is best administered when a
    person or their loved ones “start noticing mental decline.” This particularly includes forgetfulness on
    ordinary tasks, which you have clearly exhibited throughout your tenure. We believe that a MOCA should
    be a routine part of any physical examination for every President going forward.

    This is also not a partisan issue. As Democrat Representative Jamie Raskin previously pointed out, with
    many politicians and the population at-large growing older, “it's not hard to think that there will be future
    situations where the President's physical and mental state may create issues for us.”8 At the time of this
    quote, Representative Raskin introduced legislation to establish an independent commission that would
    examine a President’s fitness for office and determine “whether the President is mentally or physically
    unable to discharge the powers and duties of the office.”

    We agree with these statements. As such, we encourage you to follow the example set by President
    Trump, by undergoing a cognitive test as soon as possible and immediately making the results available
    for the American people.

    Thank you,

    _____________________
    Ronny L. Jackson, M.D.
    Member of Congress

    CC: Kevin O’Connor, D.O., Physician to the President


    Anthony Fauci, M.D., Chief Medical Advisor to the President

    5 https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2021/02/26/remarks-by-president-biden-at-a-fema-covid-19-vaccination-facility/
    6 https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2021/03/08/remarks-by-president-biden-on-international-womens-day/
    7 https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-bragging-cognitive-test-dementia/2020/07/22/6578e826-cb65-11ea-91f1-28aca4d833a0_story.html
    8 https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/pelosi-propose-experts-review-presidents-mental-fitness-25th/story?id=73507849
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