Unique: Rep. Earl “Buddy” Carter, R-Ga., wrote a letter to the White House on Monday saying that President Biden to conduct a cognitive evaluation over concerns about his “fragile mental state” and ability to perform his duties.
In a letter exclusively obtained by Fox News Digital, Carter, who is also a pharmacist, wrote to White House Chief of Staff Jeff Zients expressing “grave concerns” about Biden’s cognitive condition and “ability to perform the duties of the presidency.”
“After multiple instances of declining mental acuity of the President, it is essential that the White House remain transparent about the President of the United States’ honest ability to perform the duties of the office to which he has sworn,” Carter wrote.
This comes after a recent report from The Wall Street Journal that said the 81-year-old president was showing signs of poor cognitive performance in private meetings with congressional lawmakers, including closing his eyes for long periods of time, sometimes speaking so softly that people had difficulty hearing him and forgetting details about his own energy policy.
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Representative Earl “Buddy” Carter, who is also a pharmacist, wrote a letter to the White House calling on President Biden to take a cognitive test. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via Getty Images)
In January, Biden mixed up the names of his two Hispanic Cabinet secretaries — Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra — according to the report. During a meeting with congressional leaders that month, the president reportedly began the meeting by slowly walking around the room and reading from notes to make broad points about the need to provide additional aid to Ukraine even though lawmakers in the room were already supporting more funding for the country.
Biden also said Claimed in February He spoke at the 2021 G-7 summit alongside German Chancellor Helmut Kohl (who died in 2017) and former French President François Mitterrand (who died in 1996).
The President was also seen stumbling several times while trying to board the Air Force One plane.
“As a consultant pharmacist for several decades, I have treated patients in nursing homes and recognized the signs of cognitive decline,” Carter wrote in his letter. “The patients I treated showed gradual mental deterioration and amnesia. This included frequently forgetting names and confusing past experiences with current events – the same behavior that the American public and congressional lawmakers have seen from the President of the United States.”
Fox News Digital has reached out to the White House for comment on Carter’s letter.
white House Earlier criticism of Biden’s mental acuity was described as politically motivated.
“Congressional Republicans, foreign leaders and nonpartisan national-security experts have made it clear in their own words that President Biden is a savvy and effective leader with a profound record of legislative accomplishments,” White House spokesman Andrew Bates told The Wall Street Journal earlier this month. “Now, in 2024, House Republicans are making false claims as a political strategy that completely contradict previous statements made by them and their allies.”
The White House has dismissed criticism of President Biden’s mental acuity as politically motivated. (Michael Reynolds/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Carter wrote that as president, Biden must have strong cognitive abilities to perform the domestic and international duties for which he has been elected, adding that Americans are concerned about his mental fitness.
“The office of President of the United States is one that requires strong mental awareness to safeguard the interests of the American people,” Carter wrote. “During recent domestic and international crises, Americans are concerned that the President’s fragile mental state is creating a leadership vacuum in a position that requires the utmost competency.”
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Many Republicans have increased pressure on the president this year over his age and mental acuity ahead of the presidential election in November. Former President Trump.
Trump, 78, has been criticized by Democrats for his mental acuity, as he has shown signs of a poor memory, misstating facts and making mistakes in public comments.
At a Turning Point Action event in Detroit earlier this month, he asked Biden to take the same cognitive test he had “successfully” passed while confusing the name of Texas GOP Rep. Ronny Jackson, who served as his White House physician and medical adviser, and instead referred to him as “Ronnie Johnson,” the Associated Press reported.
A recent report said President Biden was showing signs of poor cognitive performance in private meetings with congressional lawmakers. (Hanna Beyer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Jackson said on Sunday Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures” He has sent multiple letters to the White House asking Biden to undergo cognitive testing, and he will now demand that the president undergo drug testing before and after the upcoming debate with Trump, citing this year’s State of the Union address, in which Biden appeared more acerbic than in his other public appearances.
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“The American people deserve to know that the President can discharge the duties of head of state and commander-in-chief, and they deserve full transparency regarding the mental capacities of their supreme elected leader,” Carter wrote in his letter.
“I therefore encourage the President to immediately undergo cognitive testing,” the letter added. “I urge you to publish the results of the testing so that the American people can have a full understanding of their President’s mental and intellectual health. The American people can no longer be left to wonder about their safety and security due to the President’s deteriorating mental state.”
