Ex-White House doctor Ronny Jackson calls on Biden to take drug test before Trump debate

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FIRST ON FOX: Rep. Ronny Jackson, R-Texas, the White House physician-turned-House lawmaker, is demanding in a new letter that President Biden submit to a drug test before his Thursday "CNN Presidential Debate" with former President Trump.

Jackson made his request for a "clinically validated drug test" in a three-page message to Biden and his physician, Dr. Kevin O’Connor.

"This drug test should be administered both immediately before and after the debate and should include, but not be limited to, performance enhancing drugs," Jackson wrote.

He said debates "have given the American public the opportunity to gain critical insight into specific policy positions held by individual candidates, to demonstrate each candidate's leadership qualities and style, and to observe the candidates' ability to perform in an unscripted and high-pressure environment."

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"American citizens must have absolute confidence in their President's ability to perform his or her duties as Head of State and Commander in Chief, and the debate performance absolutely should be indicative of an individual's ability to perform these critical duties free of any performance enhancing drugs or mood-altering medications," the letter said.

He pointed to a recent Wall Street Journal report that cited interviews