“I’ve watched Joe Biden on the campaign trail and I am concerned and convinced that he does not have the mental capacity, the cognitive ability, to serve as our commander-in-chief and our head of state.” – Former White House physician Ronny Jackson
Oct 13, 2020
New York Post – Former White House physician Ronny Jackson told reporters on Tuesday that he was “convinced” Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, 77, does not have the cognitive ability to be commander-in-chief.
“I’m pretty familiar with what it takes both physically and cognitively to do that job and what the demands of that job are,” Jackson, 53, who is currently running for Congress as a Republican, said on a call organized by the Trump campaign.
Jackson served in the White House medical unit under George W. Bush and was appointed Physician to the President under Barack Obama and President Trump before he was nominated to serve as Secretary of Veteran Affairs in March 2018.
The Navy rear admiral, who famously declared that Trump could live to 200 years old, was forced to withdraw his nomination after allegations of misconduct including drinking on the job and over-prescribing drugs — charges he vehemently denied.
Jackson insisted that he wasn’t providing a medical assessment on the call and told reporters that he never took care of Biden while he was Obama’s vice president or evaluated him as a patient.
“I’m not trying to remotely diagnose him with anything,” he said. “I’ve not accused him of having Alzheimer’s or anything of that nature.”
Biden’s campaign has swatted away allegations that Biden lacks the mental acuity to be president while the septuagenarian candidate who suffers from frequent verbal fumbles has described himself as “a gaffe machine.”
But Jackson claimed Biden’s history of gaffes were different to the behavior he now displays on the campaign trail — including repeatedly claiming to be a candidate for the Senate … Read more.
