In September 2020, the Department of Homeland Security went into full “Russia, Russia, Russia” mode, leaking a memo that suggested the Kremlin was behind an effort to convince voters that then-candidate Joe Biden was mentally unfit to become president.
The document claimed Russian operatives were utilizing “covert and covert influence actors” to post “negative commentary and unsubstantiated allegations about the poor mental health of Biden. For example, proxy websites have claimed that the candidate’s gaffes are symptoms of dementia, that he is mentally unfit for the presidency, and that he is unlikely to serve his full term due to his age.”
Yet most Americans now believe what at the time seemed like a conspiracy theory. In late September, for instance, a NewsNation poll found that 74% of respondents were “very” or “somewhat” concerned about Biden’s cognitive decline.
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On Sunday, Republican Rep. Ronny Jackson of Texas said the evidence for that is now indisputable and that Biden’s mental incompetence is a national security threat.
In an interview with Fox News, the retired Navy doctor, who served as White House physician for George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump, said Biden’s mental decline is “happening quickly” and bound to get worse.
“I know firsthand what it takes to be the commander and chief and the head of state. It’s a grueling job, both mentally and physically. This man can’t do the job. He’s proven to us every single day that he can’t do the job. But this is going to get worse,” Jackson told host Sean Duffy.
“I have been saying this since he was candidate Joe Biden. I saw it early on. … This man’s got cognitive issues related to his age. It’s just continued to get worse.”
Jackson, who was among the first to question Biden’s mental fitness during the 2020 campaign, said he reviewed Biden then and compared that to his performance to now.
“It’s just unbelievable how much he’s degenerated just during his time in office,” Jackson continued. “We cannot afford to have this man in office for the remainder of this term and then another four years after that. He’s already putting us at great risk right now.”
Jackson said Biden’s handling of the economy, the border crisis, and two overseas wars indicate he’s lost more than a step or two.
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These things “wouldn’t happen if Donald Trump were there because our enemies don’t fear us anymore. They have no respect for us anymore. And our adversaries don’t trust us anymore,” said Jackson.
“And it’s because we don’t have the leadership in the White House that we need. And it’s because this man, even if he wanted to, he cannot provide that leadership. He is not physically and cognitively fit for office anymore.”
“Somebody in his inner circle needs to step up to the plate and make him aware of this. And he needs to move on for the safety and security of this country,” Jackson said.
As the Tampa Free Press reported in September, Jackson led a group of 61 Republican lawmakers who sent Biden a letter demanding that he submit to a mental cognitive test or pull out of the 2024 presidential race.
At the time of the letter, 57% of respondents said they did not believe Biden was mentally fit to serve as president or expressed doubts about his mental fitness.
In November 2021, 48% of Americans felt that way.
Jackson has argued for such a cognitive test repeatedly almost since Biden took office in January 2021.
In March 2022, as America’s involvement in the Ukraine war deepened, Jacvkson called on Biden to resign because his mental capacity appeared overtaxed.
“He doesn’t know what’s going on with ANYTHING! He’s not cognitively capable of leading. He needs to RESIGN before our country suffers any more,” Jackson said on X (formerly Twitter) at the time.
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