It said nothing of the sort.
Edit for those that care: the press secretary said last year the doctor said all was good, see him every day doing good, and she (press secretary) observes him doing well in meetings. There was no direct talk of what Biden and his doctor will talk about, likely because only the doctor knows what he’s going to ask/do.
Yes, is customary in elective contest for great leaders to prove strenghths. Biden must submit to such tests, and look to inspiration like Putin on horse with no shirt. This is what America wants. I should know as I am a liberal college-age American voter of color who am working in important industry jobs. And am also the trans.
It’s not like these tests would be administered properly and have the actual results released…remember Trump’s? Lmao
All the more reason for Biden to take it.
There’s no way the presidents own doctor would fail him, there’s zero risk to taking it. And claiming that it’s not even a concern for an 80 year old makes everything else they say less believable, even if it’s true
Neither of these guys should be running for president. Neither of them should have ever made it past the primary.
I’m beyond impressed with Biden’s performance thus far but this is ridiculous.
As well as most of Congress.
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Oldest president ever, but no need for a basic test any other 80 year old would get?
Even trump did one
https://www.vice.com/en/article/d34e4v/trump-cognitive-test-iq-intelligence
You could argue he was prepped and scored generously so he’d pass, and I’d agree that’s incredibly likely. But at least he did it.
It’s a bad look to claim Biden’s age isn’t even a concern. At least admit the effects of aging are real, and take an opportunity for the easy win of passing the test
This just makes it look like they’re hiding something and is another one of many things that will depress turnout.
It’s also a bad look to run one at all because “Sure he may have passed but it says something about his faculties that his staff thought it’d be necessary.”
This is really a damned if you do damned if you don’t situation… we were all in middleschool once and know that the playground bully will use it regardless of the outcome.
Republicans will complain no matter what, who cares what they say.
But lots of people who don’t want trump, aren’t sure about Biden. They would be reassured that he took a test, and most of them understand that at 80 years old, it’s a concern for everyone.
So Biden saying it’s not even a possible concern…
Just makes it seem like we’re being lied to. Because it’s a concern for everyone even a decade younger than Biden, and he’s about to run for the highest political office in America.
Hell, it’s hard to find anyone over 70 that shouldn’t have one just to keep a driver’s license
These cognitive tests are the kind given to measure the onset of dementia when you suspect there is some sort of cognitive deficiency. This isn’t something you give senior adults just for funsies, doing unnecessary medical testing is not ethical, and it’s not some difficult test. Seriously, there’s questions where it’s connect the dots 1->A->2->B->3… and draw a clock with a specific time represented. It’s not a difficult test, and that’s the point.
You do it when there are other signs of dementia which Biden HAS NOT DISPLAYED in any sense.
senior adults
Senior Citizen?
That’s usually 62, 65 if people are being generous…
Biden will be 20 years older than that while president if he wins the next term.
Like, imagine if someone put off prostate checks for 20 years because “they didn’t need it”.
Aging is something that happens to all of us if we’re lucky enough
Biden isn’t Superman.
Nice disingenuous choice comparing a routine test that can detect something otherwise invisible to a measurement test used to view progression of an already suspected condition.
(Also, as more evidence you’re probably out of touch on the usefulness of the assessment, the term senior citizen isn’t the current term used, as it’s viewed as out of style and patronizing by members of that group. Senior adult itself is preferential to senior citizen while also declining in use and older adult seems more likely to be the current preferred vernacular by group members.)
Nice disingenuous choice comparing a routine test that can detect something otherwise invisible to a measurement test used to view progression of an already suspected condition.
I believe you, but I’d like to get a source on this.
Mostly because the fact that Trump is receiving this on a regular basis (according to him) means that he’s already got a suspected condition.
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Well, it is a lie, but only because Trump was literally the first one to submit to one. Even Reagan refused one, which is notable because he was actually diagnosed with Alzheimer’s a mere 6 years after leaving office.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/d34e4v/trump-cognitive-test-iq-intelligence
except the last one, and probably at least a couple others, I stopped checking when I found the first one. And I didn’t exactly have to go back very far
The last one requested one because of his frequent speech fumbles.
The last one requested one because of his frequent speech fumbles
What?
The last doctor requested one from trump?
Or trump requested one because of his own speaking problems?
Is this the part people say Biden’s childhood stutter reappeared in his 70s with completely different symptoms from a stutter or are you just flat out implying Biden has zero issues speaking?
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That was not part of his physical; the White House just lied about that
Do you have a source that says that?
Not that I wouldn’t believe trump lied about it, but if he did there’s be a shit ton of articles.
A lots happened in the last 8 years, I’m sure I’ve forgotten some of it.
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Your article is from the November 2019, mine was January 2018…
I don’t think they’re talking about the same thing since they’re almost 2 years apart.
