After Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race amid bipartisan concerns that he was no longer cognitively fit for the job, his replacement’s mental acuity has increasingly come under fire.
Most recently, Kamala Harris released a medical report aimed at addressing such speculation, but it only drew more backlash from her rival.
As the Daily Caller reported:
Harris’ medical record states that she is in “excellent health” and is fit to serve in her capacity as vice president, and in the presidency, which is a grave difference from President Joe Biden, whose cognitive ability raised concerns following his debate performance against former President Donald Trump. After surviving two assassination attempts in July and September, the former president and current Republican presidential nominee is doing “extremely well,” his physician noted in July.
“President Trump has voluntarily released updates from his personal physician, as well as detailed reports from Dr. Ronny Jackson who treated him after the first assassination attempt,” Steven Cheung, Trump Campaign Communications Director, said in a statement on Saturday. “All have concluded he is in perfect and excellent health to be Commander in Chief. He has maintained an extremely busy and active campaign schedule unlike any other in political history, whereas Kamala Harris has been unable to keep up with the demands of campaigning and reveals on a daily basis she is wholly unqualified to be President of the United States. Her schedule is much lighter because, it is said, she does not have the stamina of President Trump. Polls are reflective of this.”
Harris’ medical report fueled significant social media discussion over the weekend:
Kamala’s doctor just released a letter saying she’s in great shape. This is how we know the letter is bullsh-t ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/AD3mTKH2ON
— Bad Hombre (@joma_gc) October 12, 2024
Kamala Harris has just released a letter saying she’s in excellent physical health.
They reported on everything but conspicuously left out an STD test… for obvious reasons. pic.twitter.com/KIm8NoirgG
— Joey Mannarino (@JoeyMannarinoUS) October 12, 2024
Kamala released her medical report.
No one cares.
What America really wants to see…
her IQ test.
— Robert Bortins (@TheRobertBshow) October 12, 2024
Trump touted his own physical condition in August following a gunman’s attempt to assassinate him. As CBS News reported at the time:
He spoke with CBS News political correspondent Caitlin Huey-Burns in Pennsylvania Monday, as Democrats kick off the Democratic convention in Chicago.
“You will release your medical records to the public?” Huey-Burns asked the former president.
“Oh sure, I would do that very gladly, sure,” Trump responded.
Barely a month after an attempt on his life at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, Trump insisted that no, he isn’t suffering from any post-traumatic stress disorder and hasn’t experienced any other lasting effects after a gunman grazed his ear with a bullet.
The Republican nominee said he just had a medical exam and received a “perfect score,” and two cognitive tests, which he said he “aced.”
“I got everything right,” Trump said. “And one of the doctors said, ‘I’ve never seen that before, where you get everything right.’ No, I have no problem. I’d go a step further, I think anybody that runs for president, whether they’re 75 or 65 or 45, I think should take a cognitive test.”
Here’s how House Speaker Mike Johnson reacted to the public debate over medical records:
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