.DesJarlaisTN04 wants presidents & VPs to prove their cognitive competency -- and he wants it in the Constitution. “This should be a completely nonpartisan issue and all Americans deserve leaders that are mentally competent,' DesJarlais told dcexaminer.
Rep. Scott DesJarlais , a family medicine practitioner before he was elected to Congress in 2010, will introduce a bill Tuesday proposing the constitutional amendment amid polling underscoring Democratic concerns over President Joe Biden's 80 years of age before a likely 2024 reelection campaign announcement.“This should be a completely nonpartisan issue and all Americans deserve leaders that are mentally competent," DesJarlais told the Washington Examiner.
But DesJarlais is already working with the House GOP Doctors Caucus, co-chaired by Rep. Brad Wenstrup , Michael Burgess , and Greg Murphy , on companion legislation that will detail which tests they consider necessary for a presidential or vice presidential candidate to be deemed cognitively competent.
Democrats have pitched similar proposals in the past, most notably Rep. Jamie Raskin in 2017. Yet DesJarlais differentiated his efforts from that of Raskin because a constitutional amendment would prevent cognitively incompetent presidential hopefuls from even being included on the ballot.
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