In a speech at the Turning Point Action convention in Detroit on Saturday night, former President Donald Trump once again questioned President Joe Biden’s mental acuity, suggesting that Biden should take a cognitive test.
However, in the next breath, Trump confused the name of the doctor who administered the test to him during his presidency.
“He doesn’t even know what the word ‘inflation’ means. I think he should take a cognitive test like I did,” Trump said of Biden. Seconds later, he continued, “Doc Ronny Johnson. Does everyone know Ronny Johnson, congressman from Texas? He was the White House doctor, and he said I was the healthiest president, he feels, in history, so I liked him very much indeed immediately.”
The doctor Trump was referring to is actually named Ronny Jackson, not Ronny Johnson. Jackson, who served as the White House physician for part of Trump’s presidency, is now a Republican congressman from Texas and one of Trump’s most vocal defenders on Capitol Hill.
Trump: I think Biden should take a cognitive test. My doctor Ronny Johnson. Ronny Johnson, do you know him?
— Biden-Harris HQ (@BidenHQ) June 15, 2024
(His name is Ronny Jackson) pic.twitter.com/hYDg01Hais
Trump forgets Ronny Jackson's name while attacking Biden for purported cognitive decline: "Doc Ronny Johnson. Does everyone know Ronny Johnson?" pic.twitter.com/UFZltgFKt2
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 15, 2024
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