{"id":2290784,"date":"2024-07-08T19:00:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T23:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-heated-exchange-kjp-will-not-say-if-or-why-parkinsons-specialist-has-repeatedly-been-at-white-house\/"},"modified":"2024-07-08T19:04:43","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T23:04:43","slug":"in-heated-exchange-kjp-will-not-say-if-or-why-parkinsons-specialist-has-repeatedly-been-at-white-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-heated-exchange-kjp-will-not-say-if-or-why-parkinsons-specialist-has-repeatedly-been-at-white-house\/","title":{"rendered":"In Heated Exchange, KJP Will Not Say If or Why Parkinson&#8217;s Specialist Has Repeatedly Been at White House"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/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%2Fin-heated-exchange-kjp-will-not-say-if-or-why-parkinsons-specialist-has-repeatedly-been-at-white-house%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=2290784&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>The \u200bsummary is about White House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-say-bidens-female-led-comms-is-a-first-trump-has-that-now\/\" title=\"Media Say Biden&#039;s Female-Led Comms Is A First. Trump Has That Now\">press secretary<\/a> Karine \u200cJean-Pierre refusing \u2062to confirm if or why a Parkinson&#8217;s disease specialist had been to the White \u200bHouse \u2062several times over the last year, leading to \u2063speculation about President Joe Biden&#8217;s health. Despite reports of visits by a Parkinson&#8217;s \u2062disease expert, Jean-Pierre quoted the president&#8217;s annual health summary, stating \u200cthat there were no findings consistent with any neurological disorders. She emphasized that Biden sees a neurologist annually during his exams. Jean-Pierre faced questions from reporters about the specialist&#8217;s visits and declined to\u2064 confirm any details, citing privacy and security reasons. The\u2062 article also\u200c mentions CNN&#8217;s chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta advocating for Biden to undergo\u2062 cognitive and movement disorder \u2062testing due to concerns about his recent behavior.\u200d Biden has attributed his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/for-biden-the-debate-stakes-couldnt-be-higher-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"For Biden, the debate stakes couldn\u2019t be higher - Washington Examiner\">poor debate performance<\/a> to working late,\u200d having a cold, and jet lag.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"> <?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/randydesoto\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/randydesoto\/%20\"><span>Randy DeSoto<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   July 8, 2024 at 2:50pm <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre would not say Monday if or why a Parkinson\u2019s disease specialist had been to the White House several times over the last year.<\/p>\n<p>There has been speculation among some in the medical community since President Joe Biden\u2019s disastrous June 27 debate performance that he may be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cnns-sanjay-gupta-calls-biden-undergo-detailed-cognitive-movement-disorder-testing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">suffering from Parkinson\u2019s<\/a> or another neurological illness.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/07\/08\/us\/politics\/parkinsons-expert-white-house.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a> reported Monday, neurologist Dr. Kevin Cannard, a Parkinson\u2019s disease expert, had been to the White House eight times in eight months from last summer through the spring, based on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-to-end-trumps-policy-to-withhold-white-house-visitor-logs-from-public\/\" title=\"Biden Admin To End Trump\u2019s Policy To Withhold White House Visitor Logs From Public\">visitor logs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Last August, Cannard co-authored a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prd-journal.com\/article\/S1353-8020(23)00536-9\/abstract\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">research paper<\/a>, published around the time of his first visit to the White House, about treating the early stages of Parkinson\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCould you state very clearly, yes or no, was that expert here to participate in anything surrounding the care of the president of the United States?\u201d a reporter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=G9HgYUrO5Ww&#038;ab_channel=NBCNews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">asked<\/a> Jean-Pierre during a news briefing on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The press secretary quoted from the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Health-Summary-2.28.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> health summary<\/a> of the president\u2019s annual exam released in February, which stated, \u201cAn extremely detailed neurological exam was again reassuring in that there were no findings which would be consistent with any cerebellar or other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heres-the-condition-that-may-be-causing-biden-to-freeze-up-as-obama-incident-has-democrats-terrified-doctors\/\" title=\"Here&#039;s the Condition that May Be Causing Biden to Freeze Up as Obama Incident Has Democrats Terrified: Doctors\">central neurological disorder<\/a>, such as stroke, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson\u2019s or ascending lateral sclerosis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery year that he has this exam, he sees a neurologist,\u201d Jean-Pierre said.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G9HgYUrO5Ww?si=0utA3JrUA1YKAIKM&#038;start=2490\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A reporter followed up, saying Jean-Pierre had not answered the question and prompting her to respond that Biden has seen a neurologist during each of his three annual exams.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I am telling you that he has seen a neurologist three times while he has been in this presidency,\u201d Jean-Pierre said.<\/p>\n<p>The press secretary further stated, thousands of military personnel come on the White House grounds each year and \u201cmany of them get the care from the White House medical unit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/karine-jean-pierre-gives-floundering-explanation-biden-accidentally-exposes-lie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jean-Pierre<\/a> said there are security reasons why she could not go into more detail.<\/p>\n<p>A reporter then asked specifically about Cannard.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe cannot share names of specialists, broadly,\u201d Jean-Pierre answered.<\/p>\n<p>A heated back-and-forth followed, with the reporter wondering why she could not confirm the nature of Cannard\u2019s visits, given his name is listed on the White House visitor logs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter how hard you push me. It doesn\u2019t matter how angry you get with me. I\u2019m not going to confirm a name. It doesn\u2019t matter if it\u2019s even in the log. I\u2019m not going to do that from here. That is not something I am going to do,\u201d Jean-Pierre said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am not, I am not going to divulge someone\u2019s name or confirm someone,\u201d she reiterated. \u201cI am not going to do that. That is privacy for that person.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cnns-sanjay-gupta-calls-biden-undergo-detailed-cognitive-movement-disorder-testing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> argued<\/a> last week that he believes Biden should \u201cundergo detailed cognitive and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnns-sanjay-gupta-calls-for-biden-to-undergo-detailed-cognitive-and-movement-disorder-testing\/\" title=\"CNN&#039;s Sanjay Gupta Calls for Biden to Undergo \u2018Detailed Cognitive and Movement Disorder Testing&#039;\">movement disorder testing<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a Friday\u00a0piece\u00a0for CNN, the neurosurgeon wrote that he and more than a dozen colleagues that he\u2019s been in touch with were \u201cconcerned with [Biden\u2019s] confused rambling; sudden loss of concentration in the middle of a sentence; halting speech and absence of facial animation, resulting at times in a flat, open-mouthed expression.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cTo be clear, these are only observations, not in any way diagnostic of something deeper, and none of these doctors wished to suggest that was the case.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden has repeatedly characterized his poor debate performance as a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cnns-sanjay-gupta-calls-biden-undergo-detailed-cognitive-movement-disorder-testing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bad night<\/a>\u201d caused by working late, having a cold and jet lag.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>An Important Message from Our Staff:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We who work here at The Western Journal have fought for years against Big Tech and the elites who want to shut us down and then shut America down. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Make no mistake \u2014 nothing will be the same after November 2024. 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Biden has attributed his debate performance to working late, having a cold, and jet lag. 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