It Must Be Said: Biden Is Dangerously Impaired

A majority of Americans now believe he’s unable to serve effectively as president.

Much has been written about President Biden’s surreal State of the Union address, but the commentariat has studiously ignored the real problem with the speech. The trouble with this unnerving oration isn’t that much of it was fiction or that it revealed a vision of the nation that isn’t shared by most Americans. Its scariest feature is that it was filled with semi-coherent gibberish delivered by a man who is cognitively impaired and obviously unfit to carry out the duties of his office. If Biden were your father, you would relieve him of his car keys, yet he possesses the authority to launch a thermonuclear strike and hit virtually any target on the planet.

If you doubt that Biden is mentally unfit for his office, you are out of step with a majority of Americans. According to a new ABC News/Washington Post survey, a mere 40 percent of adults believe the president possesses the “mental sharpness it takes to serve effectively as president.” A recent POLITICO/Morning Consult poll revealed that less than half of registered voters believe he is “mentally fit.” Only 37 percent of Independents said he was up to the job. Moreover, Biden refuses to take a cognitive test. Last month, 38 GOP lawmakers sent him a letter requesting that he take the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MOCA):

The American people should have absolute confidence in their President. They deserve to know that he or she can perform the duties of Head of State and Commander-in-Chief. They deserve full transparency on the mental capabilities of their highest elected leader. To achieve this, we urge you to submit to a cognitive test immediately. We implore you to then publish the test results, so the American people know the full mental and intellectual health of their President, and to follow the example set before you.

Not least among the signatories to last month’s letter was Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas). Before his successful run for Congress, Dr. Jackson served in the White House as Physician to the President during the Obama and Trump administrations. Indeed, it was Jackson who administered the MOCA test to then-President Trump at the demand of numerous Democrats and members of the “news” media. Surprising no one but his political opponents, Trump passed the test without difficulty. This is the second such request that the GOP has sent to Biden. Nor are they mere partisan stunts. Some Democrats are also worried.

Last year, Reps. Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.) and Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) wrote to Biden expressing considerable discomfort with the fact that he has the sole power to order a nuclear strike. They went on to point out that the president would be wise to discuss a nuclear attack with advisers but that he isn’t required by law to do so. They offer a number of suggestions which they believe would “reduce risks inherent in the present system.” They would, for example, require additional civilian officials to concur with any nuclear launch order. As the following excerpt from their letter suggests, President Biden obviously makes them nervous:

You alone possess the authority to order the use of nuclear weapons, which assures that nuclear weapons remain under civilian control. However, vesting one person with this authority entails real risks.… While any president would presumably consult with advisors before ordering a nuclear attack, there is no requirement to do so. The military is obligated to carry out the order if they assess it is legal under the laws of war. Under the current posture of U.S. nuclear forces, that attack would happen in minutes.

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