Rep. Ronny Jackson says Biden should submit to drug tests before and after debate

Texas GOP Rep. Ronny Jackson, a former White House physician, on Sunday suggested that President Joe Biden should submit to drug tests immediately before and after Thursday’s presidential debate.

“I’m gonna be demanding on behalf of many millions of concerned Americans right now that he submit to a drug test before and after this debate, specifically looking for performance-enhancing drugs,” Jackson told Fox News.

Former President Donald Trump made similar comments during a rally in Philadelphia about Biden using drugs to enhance his debate performance.

“So a little before debate time he gets a shot in the ass and that’s — they want to strengthen him up. So he comes out, he’ll come out — OK. I say he’ll come out all jacked up, right?” Trump told supporters at the rally.

Asked to comment on Jackson’s allegations, a White House spokesperson pointed to a May statement from spokesperson Andres Bates, who told Politico at the time: “It’s telling that Republican officials are unable to stop announcing how intimidated they remain by [the] President’s State of the Union performance.”

Bates added, “But after losing every public and private negotiation with President Biden — and after seeing him succeed where they failed across the board, ranging from actually rebuilding America’s infrastructure to actually reducing violent crime to actually outcompeting China — it tracks that those same Republican officials mistake confidence for a drug.”

Baseless accusations that Biden has used performance-enhancing drugs have dovetailed with attacks on the president’s age and mental fitness as he seeks another term at 81. Trump, who just turned 78, has also faced questions about his cognitive abilities, including when he misidentified Jackson