{"id":2248198,"date":"2024-05-19T19:17:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-19T23:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-say-biden-should-be-tested-for-artificial-stimulation-before-debate\/"},"modified":"2024-05-19T19:20:45","modified_gmt":"2024-05-19T23:20:45","slug":"republicans-say-biden-should-be-tested-for-artificial-stimulation-before-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-say-biden-should-be-tested-for-artificial-stimulation-before-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans call for Biden to undergo testing for &#8216;enhancement&#8217; before the debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frepublicans-say-biden-should-be-tested-for-artificial-stimulation-before-debate%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2248198&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Multiple Republicans are pushing for President Joe Biden to\u200b be drug\u200b tested \u2064before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-ends-negotiations-with-nancy-pelosi-on-coronavirus-relief\/\" title=\"Donald Trump Ends Negotiations with Nancy Pelosi on Coronavirus Relief\">president<\/a>&#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"Trump taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">trump<\/a>-senate-republicans-pile-on-pressure-to-approve-2k-stimulus-payments\/&#8221; title=&#8221;President Trump, Senate Republicans pile on pressure to approve K stimulus payments&#8221;>debating<\/a> Donald Trump, pointing\u200b to his unusually energetic\u2064 State of the Union speech. Senator Tim Scott expressed \u2063support for the idea, questioning the need for \u2064artificial stimulation in Biden&#8217;s\u200b performance. Representative Anna Paulina \u200dLuna of Florida also called for drug testing prior to the debate. Your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-johnson-my-eyes-have-been-opened-to-pervasive-corruption-in-federal-agencies\/\" title=\"Sen. Johnson: \"I've seen widespread corruption in federal agencies.\">provided\u200b text<\/a> is concise and effectively summarizes the call for President\u2064 Joe Biden to\u200b undergo a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-the-situation-is-completely-unstable-crenshaw-tours-the-southern-border\/\" title=\"WATCH: \u2018The Situation Is Completely Unstable\u2019: Crenshaw Tours The Southern Border\">drug test<\/a> before debating Donald Trump. It\u2063 highlights the \u200ckey points \u200cmade by Senator Tim Scott and \u200bRepresentative Anna Paulina Luna \u200dregarding \u2062the issue.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Multiple Republicans have called for President Joe Biden to submit to a drug test before debating former president Donald Trump.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Advocates to drug test the president often cite his performance during his State of the Union speech earlier this year \u2014 when the 81-year-old seemed exceptionally lively compared to other public appearances.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina was asked on Fox News\u2019 \u201cSunday Morning Futures\u201d if Biden should take a drug test before the debate, to which he <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/atrupar\/status\/1792201724062490828\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">responded<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: \u201cWhy not?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe truth of the matter is if you saw the State of the Union and you watched that performance, it was surreal. There was something going on, and if we could find the truth of what it was, we\u2019re all better off,\u201d Scott said. \u201cIf it takes artificial stimulation to make the President of the United States perform, how often can he do that?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida also <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/realannapaulina\/status\/1792215668529484067\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">called<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  for Biden to be drug tested ahead of the debate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe\u2019re talking about someone who has the ability to launch nukes,\u201d Luna said. She added that questions over Biden\u2019s mental competence are the reason House Republicans are seeking audio recordings of the president\u2019s interview with former special counsel Robert Hur \u2013 recordings that the White House has claimed executive privilege over.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Trump is the highest profile Republican to call for Biden to drug test, highlighting concerns that Biden\u2019s cognitive abilities have declined significantly with age.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI just want to debate this guy \u2026 and I\u2019m going to demand a drug test too, by the way,\u201d Trump <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/trump-says-he-will-demand-biden-take-a-drug-test-before-debate-he-was-high-as-a-kite-during-sotu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">said<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  during a rally in Minnesota last week. \u201cI am. No, I really am.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI don\u2019t want him coming in like the State of the Union. He was high as a kite,\u201d Trump added. \u201cI said is that Joe up there? \u2026 And by the end of the evening \u2026 he was exhausted, right? No, we\u2019re going to demand a drug test.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">North Carolina Rep. Greg Murphy, a trained surgeon, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/news.grabien.com\/story\/greg-murphy-claims-biden-must-ve-been-jacked-up-on-something-at-the-so\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">said<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  last week that Biden \u201cmust have been jacked up on something\u201d during the speech.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI absolutely believe that from a medical viewpoint, actually I have a little bit of good knowledge that that happened. He can\u2019t stand it. He can\u2019t stand under the lights for that long. And I don\u2019t think he can keep a concept in his brain that long,\u201d Murphy said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Multiple Republicans urge President Joe Biden to undergo a drug test before debating Donald Trump. Proponents of testing highlight Biden&#8217;s energetic State of the Union speech, contrasting it with his usual demeanor. 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