Former President Donald Trump is demanding that “corrupt” Joe Biden take a drug test ahead of this week’s presidential debate, saying he would take one too.
The former president’s request comes after his former White House doctor, Rep. Ronny Jackson, R-Texas, who served under both the Obama and Trump administrations, asked Biden to undergo screening for drugs before the televised event.
According to a letter Jackson sent to Biden and his top White House doctor and obtained by DailyMail.com, the Republican requested drug testing for the president before and after Thursday’s debate.
“I demand that you submit to a clinically validated drug test to assure the American people that you are mentally fit to serve as President and that you are not dependent on performance-enhancing drugs to help you perform in debates or in your daily life. basis to assist him in the performance of his duties as President of the United States.’
Former President Donald Trump called on Joe Biden to take a drug test ahead of Thursday’s presidential debate on CNN. His demand came after his former White House doctor, Rep. Ronny Jackson, R-Texas, sent a letter to Biden asking for a drug test.
“This drug test should be administered immediately before and after the debate and should include, but not be limited to, performance-enhancing drugs,” Jackson continued in his letter to Joe Biden and his top White House physician, Dr. Kevin O’ Connor. .
To add to the pressure, Jackson specifically includes Biden’s top White House doctor, Kevin O’Connor, in the note to the president and his entire Cabinet, telling the doctor that he has a duty to the American people to complete the test. drugs.
‘Dr. “O’Connor, you are included in this letter to the President, and the entire Cabinet is copied, because you all have an obligation, not only to President Biden, but to the Office of the President and to the American people,” Jackson wrote. .
‘The American people deserve transparency regarding the president’s mental and physical well-being and capabilities. To date, you and the entire President’s Cabinet have failed to fulfill that responsibility.’
After the letter circulated, former President Donald Trump weighed in, saying he, too, would take a drug test.
‘DRUG TEST FOR CROOKED JOE BIDEN??? I WOULD TAKE ONE IMMEDIATELY TOO!!!’ Trump posted on his Truth Social app.
But it’s not the first time the 45th president has consented to a drug test before a presidential debate.
Rep. Ronny Jackson, R-Texas, sent a letter Monday to Biden and his top White House doctor demanding that the president submit drug tests before and after this week’s debate.
Jackson says several reports have indicated Biden’s troubling mental deterioration and that a drug test would convince voters that the president is not curing the symptoms of his advanced age with medication.
US President Donald Trump shakes hands with White House physician Rear Admiral Dr. Ronny Jackson after his annual physical at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, January 12, 2018.
Jackson has called on Biden to resign due to his age, calling him “mentally incompetent”
In 2020, Trump said he would be willing to take a drug test before the presidential debates, adding that Biden should do so too.
Similarly, in 2016, Trump said he would take a drug test if Hillary Clinton would too.
Trump, who just turned 78, last weekend also demanded Biden take a cognitive test, even as he botched the name of his former doctor Ronny Jackson, calling him ‘Ronny Johnson’ repeatedly.
Jackson’s letter to Biden and O’Connor comes after a damning Wall Street Journal article highlighted concerns about the president’s age and competence from more than 40 sources close to the commander in chief.
Democrats, however, were quick to call the WSJ reports “silly” and instead claimed that Biden is “vigorous” and “dynamic.”
It also comes after another explosive report from the Justice Department, which found that Biden, who illegally withheld classified federal documents, should not be prosecuted by the agency because a jury would likely find the president to be “a compassionate, well-intentioned old man.” “A man with a bad memory” and would not side with the Department of Justice.
The Justice Department’s assessment of Biden later led some lawmakers to call for invoking the 25th Amendment to remove the president for incompetence.
Jackson has asked Biden to undergo multiple cognitive tests to demonstrate his fitness for office.
Jackson previously came under fire for a 2018 CNN report that interviewed members of the White House medical unit.
They said their philosophy was to hand out medications without asking too many questions. The report indicates how White House officials could obtain the sleeping medication Ambien or the antibiotic Z-Pak simply by asking for it.
Still, his concern about Biden’s age is shared by many Americans.
Nearly half of likely voters expect President Joe Biden to make a series of embarrassing mistakes when he goes head-to-head with Donald Trump in their first debate this month.
About 49 percent think he will forget where he is and 41 percent said they hope he will walk off stage, according to a new survey from JL Partners.
Another 40 percent think they will have trouble standing during the CNN debate in Atlanta, Georgia, on June 27.
In contrast, voters expect a dominant performance from his Republican rival, and an overwhelming majority expect him to emerge as the winner.
About 79 percent expect Trump to interrupt Biden and 54 percent believe his microphone will be cut off at some point.
The debate is scheduled for Thursday, June 27 at 9 p.m. and will last 90 minutes.