Karine Jean-Pierre has said Joe Biden will not take a cognitive test as part of his annual physical this week, despite the Justice Department report saying his memory was failing.
Americans watched as Biden held a disastrous press conference Thursday after the damning review found the president had memory problems and “diminished faculties.”
Donald Trump routinely boasted about how he “passed” a cognitive test as part of his physical exams when he was in the White House.
But Jean-Pierre, when asked about the test on Monday, claimed it was not necessary and cited White House physician Dr. Kevin O’Connor.
‘The president demonstrates every day how he operates and how he thinks, dealing with world leaders, making difficult decisions on behalf of the American people, whether domestic or national security.’
Americans watched as Biden got a disastrous press Thursday after a damning Justice Department report emerged that claimed Biden’s poor memory and “diminished faculties” were reasons not to charge him in the classified documents case.
“That’s how Dr. O’Connor sees it, and that’s how I’m going to leave it,” he continued.
She tried — as many Democrats have done in the media since Thursday’s press conference — to insist that the Biden she sees is a sharper version of the one seen in her media appearances.
“When we meet with him and his staff, he constantly presses us, trying to get more information, and that’s been my experience with this president,” he said.
Jean-Pierre added that he has known Biden since 2009, considers him a mentor and says the president stays “sharp” and “on top of things.”
It seems Jean-Pierre and his fellow Democrats have a lot of work to do to convince the rest of the country of their case.
Last year, O’Connor proclaimed Biden a “healthy” and “vigorous” 80-year-old fit for office, his doctor said after his annual physical Thursday at Walter Reed.
White House physician Col. Kevin O’Connor provided an update on his health amid concerns about his age as he prepares to announce a run for president in 2024.
The results were largely unchanged from last time, aside from a chest lesion that was sent for cancer screening, and there was no cognitive testing despite calls from Republicans.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said President Joe Biden would not undergo a cognitive test as part of his annual physical this week, even though the Justice Department report suggests his memory was failing.
When Jean-Pierre was asked about a cognitive test at a press conference on Monday, he stated that it was not necessary and cited White House physician Dr. Kevin O’Connor (pictured) in doing so.
Jean-Pierre tried — as many Democrats have done in the media since Thursday’s press conference — to insist that the Biden she sees is a sharper version of the one she sees in his media appearances.
O’Connor said Biden’s march “remains stiff” but insisted it has not gotten worse since the last review.
There was also a detailed “neurological examination” that found nothing “consistent with any central or cerebellar neurological disorder.”
In 2020, Trump boasted about how he “passed” a “cognitive test” that was administered to him “very recently” and that doctors at Walter Reed Medical Center were “very surprised” he passed.
Trump told Sean Hannity on Fox News at the time that Biden “didn’t take a cognitive test because he couldn’t pass it.”
The president added: “I actually took one very recently when I was… when the radical left was saying, ‘Is it all there? Is it all there?’
‘I prove I was there because I got through it. I passed the test and he should take exactly the same test.’
It is unknown whether Trump has previously undergone such a test as part of previous medical checks.
It is also unknown if any previous president has had a cognitive test.
In 2020, Trump boasted about how he “passed” a “cognitive test” that was administered to him “very recently” and that doctors at Walter Reed Medical Center were “very surprised” he passed.
A large majority of American voters (86 percent) say President Joe Biden, 81, is too old for another term, according to a new poll.
It comes after a damning Justice Department report emerged last week that claimed Biden’s poor memory and “diminished faculties” were a reason not to charge him in the classified documents case.
Meanwhile, 62 percent of respondents in the ABC News/Ipsos The poll says former President Donald Trump, 77, is also too old for another term in the White House.
Fifty-nine percent of respondents say the two main 2024 contenders are too old, while 27 percent think only the current president is old enough not to be considered.
A seperation Financial Times survey released this weekend shows Trump with an 11-point lead over Biden among those who trust them to manage the economy: 42 percent to 31 percent.
Concern about Trump and Biden’s ages and fitness for office has grown since September, when an ABC News/Washington Post poll found that 74 percent of Americans thought Biden was too old to hold office and 49 percent felt the same about Trump.
Biden is the oldest president in US history. He broke Trump’s record by eight years when he took office at the age of 78 in January 2021.
If elected to a second term, Biden would be 82 years old at the time of his inauguration.
During a news conference Thursday, Biden bristled at Justice Department special counsel Robert Hur’s accusation that he didn’t know when his son Beau died and mixed up the dates he was vice president.
More than 8.5 in 10 American voters think President Joe Biden is too old for another term, and only 62% feel the same about Trump.
Taking into account only the preferences of their own party, 73 percent of Democrats think Biden is too old and only 35 percent of Republicans think the same about Trump.
Ninety-one percent of independents say Biden is too old, and 71 percent of this voting bloc say the same about the former president.
The latest negative poll for Biden’s reelection bid comes after Thursday’s release of the long-awaited Justice Department report, which did not recommend charges against the former president.
However, it was just as damaging for Biden, raising doubts about his fitness for office.
In interviews with investigators, Biden forgot the years he was vice president and could not remember the year his son Beau died. While he did not recommend charges, the report stated that Biden’s lax attitude on classified documents posed a significant risk to national security.
One reason investigators decided against recommending charges was because “at trial, Mr. Biden would likely present himself to a jury, as he did during our interview, as a sympathetic, well-intentioned old man with a poor memory.” “.
Biden held a press conference the same day the report was released to defend himself, as special counsel Robert Hur’s report will likely undermine the president’s campaign’s attempts to use the classified documents to impeach Trump in the 2024 election. .