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<blockquote data-quote="tonyexpress" data-source="post: 5168191" data-attributes="member: 1940"><h3><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/republicans-urge-biden-cognitive-test-assume-worst" target="_blank">Republicans urge Biden to take cognitive test, say his &#039;mental decline&#039; has &#039;become more apparent&#039;</a></h3>Nearly 40 <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/politics/senate/republicans" target="_blank">Republican </a>lawmakers are calling on <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/person/joe-biden" target="_blank">President Biden</a>, 79, to take a cognitive test, following the example set by his predecessor, former President Donald Trump. The Republican push for Biden to undergo cognitive testing comes as recent polls have shown <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-no-idea-why-many-americans-doubt-mental-fitness" target="_blank">Americans are unsure</a> of the president&#039;s mental fitness for office.&quot;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,&quot; Jackson continued. &quot;Joe Biden has continually proven to me and to the world that something isn’t right. The American people deserve to have absolute confidence in their President’s cognitive ability.&quot;Jackson said Biden’s taking &quot;the cognitive test will be an important first step&quot; in reassuring Americans that the president is fit for office or &quot;in identifying and properly treating symptoms of impairment that are consistent with a variety of cognitive diseases, such as Alzheimer’s, vascular dementia, Parkinson’s, or multiple sclerosis.&quot;&quot;This is not a partisan issue. When I discussed taking a cognitive test with President Trump, he was eager to assure the American people and to put the fake news media’s stories to bed,&quot; the former presidential doctor wrote. &quot;Why won’t President Biden do the same?&quot;&quot;We can only assume the worst if he doesn’t submit to the same standard that his own party demanded of the last Administration,&quot; he added. &quot;The precedent has been set.&quot;In the <a href="https://www.scribd.com/document/557637810/Rep-Jackson-Biden-Cognitive-Letter-to-President-Biden?secret_password=0uu1nLsDHgstHROGHXds" target="_blank">letter</a>, the lawmakers wrote that they &quot;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.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="tonyexpress, post: 5168191, member: 1940"] [HEADING=2][SIZE=5][URL='https://www.foxnews.com/politics/republicans-urge-biden-cognitive-test-assume-worst']Republicans urge Biden to take cognitive test, say his 'mental decline' has 'become more apparent'[/URL][/SIZE][/HEADING] Nearly 40 [URL='https://www.foxnews.com/category/politics/senate/republicans'][U]Republican[/U] [/URL]lawmakers are calling on [URL='https://www.foxnews.com/category/person/joe-biden'][U]President Biden[/U][/URL], 79, to take a cognitive test, following the example set by his predecessor, former President Donald Trump. The Republican push for Biden to undergo cognitive testing comes as recent polls have shown [URL='https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-no-idea-why-many-americans-doubt-mental-fitness']Americans are unsure[/URL] of the president's mental fitness for office. "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 continued. "Joe Biden has continually proven to me and to the world that something isn’t right. The American people deserve to have absolute confidence in their President’s cognitive ability." Jackson said Biden’s taking "the cognitive test will be an important first step" in reassuring Americans that the president is fit for office or "in identifying and properly treating symptoms of impairment that are consistent with a variety of cognitive diseases, such as Alzheimer’s, vascular dementia, Parkinson’s, or multiple sclerosis." "This is not a partisan issue. When I discussed taking a cognitive test with President Trump, he was eager to assure the American people and to put the fake news media’s stories to bed," the former presidential doctor wrote. "Why won’t President Biden do the same?" "We can only assume the worst if he doesn’t submit to the same standard that his own party demanded of the last Administration," he added. "The precedent has been set." In the [URL='https://www.scribd.com/document/557637810/Rep-Jackson-Biden-Cognitive-Letter-to-President-Biden?secret_password=0uu1nLsDHgstHROGHXds']letter[/URL], the lawmakers wrote that they "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." [/QUOTE]

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