Dozens of US Lawmakers Asking Biden to Take Cognitive Test | Farsnews Agency

(FNA)- Nearly 40 Republicans are demanding that Joe Biden receive cognitive testing and have his results shared with the public, writing in a letter to the president “we are worried about your cognitive and mental abilities”.

“We believe that, regardless of gender, age, or political party, all presidents should follow the example set by former President [Donald] Trump to document and demonstrate sound mental abilities,” 38 GOP members of Congress wrote Biden, The Independent reported.

The president had his last physical in November, and was deemed “fit to successfully execute the duties of the presidency” by the White House physician, though it’s unclear if this assessment included mental testing.

The group of critics, who made a similar request last year, includes representative Ronny Jackson of Maryland, Trump’s former White House physician, who performed cognitive testing on the former president.

“Is this man cognitively fit to be president?” Jackson said in an interview on Fox News.

“Whenever the president had his physical done, I did a cognitive test on him. President Trump was the first president to ever have one done, and that was because the far-left, and the liberal media demanded it. They were relentless in their pursuit of me and getting a cognitive test as part of that,” Jackson added.