Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley reiterates her call for President Biden to undergo a mental competency test following a special counsel report that said the 81-year-old president’s memory was “vague,” “fuzzy” and “poor.” ing.
Haley, former President Donald Trump’s last remaining main rival in the race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, said in a statement Thursday that “Joe Biden should immediately undergo a mental competency test and the results will be made available to the public.” should be shared.”
The former two-term governor of South Carolina and later U.N. ambassador in the Trump administration said the president had “intentionally” retained classified information despite finding that Robert Hur The statement came after the special counsel announced that he would not indict Biden. , poses a “significant risk to national security.”
Biden accused of failing to remember basic facts
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But Mr. Xu’s report contained potentially more damaging content, noting that Mr. Biden could not remember major milestones in his life.
“He doesn’t remember when he was vice president, and he forgets the first day of the interview when his term ended (“If it was 2013, when did you stop being vice president?”), and the second day of the interview. I forgot it in my eyes. When his term began (‘2009, will I still be vice president?’),” the report states. “He didn’t remember when his son Beau died, even years later.”
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Republicans have repeatedly questioned Biden’s mental competency for several years, and such political attacks have been the latest since the president began campaigning for re-election to a second four-year term in the White House. is increasing.
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley waves to the crowd during a campaign event at New Realm Brewing Company in Charleston, South Carolina, on Sunday. (AP Photo/Sean Rayford)
“Joe Biden cannot remember major events in his life, including when he was Vice President and when his son died,” Haley said in a statement. “That’s sad, but it’s even sadder when you have someone in the White House who is mentally incapable of doing the most important job in the world.”
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At the start of her presidential campaign a year ago, Haley called for mandatory mental competency testing for politicians over 75.
Such testing would include both Mr. Biden and Mr. Trump, 77. And Haley and her campaign have spotlighted a number of gaffes by the former president in recent weeks.
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