Former White House physician Ronny Jackson urges Biden to submit to a drug test prior to the Trump debate.

In a recent letter, Rep. Ronny Jackson, a Texas Republican who was a White House physician before entering the House, demands that President Biden submit to a drug test before to his Thursday “CNN Presidential Debate” with former President Trump. Jackson sent a three-page letter to Biden’s doctor, Dr. Kevin O’Connor, requesting a “clinically validated drug test”.
Jackson stated.
“This drug test should be administered both immediately before and after the debate and should include, but not be limited to, performance enhancing drugs,”
He stated that debates “have given the American public the opportunity to gain critical insight into specific policy positions held by individual candidates, to demonstrate each candidate’s leadership qualities and style, and to observe the candidates’ ability to perform in an unscripted and high-pressure environment.”

“American citizens must have absolute confidence in their President’s ability to perform his or her duties as Head of State and Commander in Chief, and the debate performance absolutely should be indicative of an individual’s ability to perform these critical duties free of any performance enhancing drugs or mood-altering medications,” the letter stated.

He highlighted a recent Wall Street Journal article that included interviews with over forty sources to illustrate how the 81-year-old leader is becoming less astute even as domestic and international issues become more complicated. Referring to the study as a GOP smear piece, Biden and his Democratic allies angrily retaliated.
In reference to Biden’s handling of sensitive papers, Jackson also brought up an interview in which special counsel Robert Hur stated that a jury would view the president as “a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.”
Subsequently, he accused Biden of using performance-enhancing drugs during the State of the Union address, claiming that the president was “moving and gesturing with his hands at a rapid rate, not blinking, and profusely sweating.”

Numerous recent surveys indicate that voters’ main concern is Biden’s age. According to a March New York Times/Siena College poll, 61% of those who supported Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election thought that the former senator was “just too old to be an effective president.”

“President Biden, throughout your presidency, over one hundred Members of Congress have called on you on five separate occasions to submit to a cognitive exam, however each of those requests have been ignored by you and your physician Dr. O’Connor,” Jackson stated. “President Donald J. Trump set a precedent during his presidency to document and demonstrate the sound mental abilities necessary to fulfil the duties of the Office of the President.”
“Unfortunately, President Biden, your refusal to submit to a cognitive exam, and Dr. O’Connor, your unwillingness to address the American people regarding the President’s true mental and physical fitness for duty, has created a condition of great concern for our country as Americans watch the continued decline in our president’s cognitive performance.” Jackson worked as the White House doctor under both previous President Obama and President Trump prior to winning a seat in the House of Representatives. As one of the first House Republicans to promote the former president’s run for president in 2024, Jackson is an outspoken admirer of Trump.

Before the “CNN Presidential Debate,” Jackson’s representative was asked if he thought Trump should also submit to a drug test. “This is a Biden specific concern based on the unexplained change in his demeanour during the [State of the Union],” the spokesperson for Jackson said to Fox News Digital. There haven’t been any noteworthy changes to President Trump over his whole life. He has always been the same. In the past, President Trump has also said he will accept one if Biden did.” In response to Jackson’s remarks, White House spokesperson Andrew Bates likened him to a character from “The Simpsons” who is well-known for engaging in dubious medical practices.