Former President Trump early Monday stated Vice President Harris ought to take a cognitive check, because the Harris marketing campaign hammers him for his refusal to launch his personal detailed medical data and questions his health for workplace.
“I believe it is very important that Kamala Harris pass a test on Cognitive Stamina and Agility,” Trump posted on Fact Social, claiming baselessly that “her actions have led many to believe that there could be something very wrong with her.”
Trump repeated a declare that “60 Minutes” wrongfully modified a solution Harris gave about Israel in an interview final week. The community aired Harris’s full reply in a preview clip that has been obtainable on-line, and it aired a shorter, extra concise reply from Harris on the subject throughout its full broadcast.
“Also, she is slow and lethargic in answering even the easiest of questions,” Trump wrote. “We just went through almost four years of that, we shouldn’t have to do it again!”
The previous president’s feedback got here because the Harris marketing campaign has tried to place Trump’s psychological acuity within the highlight three weeks earlier than Election Day.
Harris on Saturday launched her medical historical past, which stated she is in “excellent health” and has the bodily and psychological resiliency required to be president. She put strain on Trump to do the identical. Trump, who’s 78, in August stated he would “very gladly” launch his medical data to the general public, however he has not achieved so.
“Here’s the thing, it makes you wonder, it makes you wonder,” Harris stated in North Carolina on Sunday. “Why does his staff want him to hide away? One must question, are they afraid that people will see that he is too weak and unstable?”
The Trump marketing campaign gave no indication it might share the previous president’s medical data within the coming weeks, and it as an alternative pointed to the well being updates supplied on his restoration from an ear wound after he was shot in July. A spokesperson additionally cited Trump’s rigorous marketing campaign schedule as proof of his health for workplace.
The previous president has routinely tried to name into query the psychological health of his political opponents. In 2016, 2020 and earlier this yr, Trump referred to as for his Democratic rivals to take a drug check forward of debates, claiming baselessly that they may be on a efficiency enhancer.
The Hill has requested remark from the Harris marketing campaign on Trump’s newest publish.
