Tucker Carlson claims that Witness From 2020 Campaign says Biden took 'pills' under wife Jill's Supervision before every public appearance and was 'like a child' without the Medication
Fox News host Tucker Carlson has claimed that President
Joe Biden takes 'pills' to boost his cognitive performance before public appearances.
Biden, 79, has strenuously rejected similar allegations in the past, but Carlson claimed on his Friday evening show that he had spoken 'directly' to a witness who saw the alleged medication on the 2020 campaign trail.
'His staff, supervised by Dr. Jill, his wife, was giving him pills before every public appearance. Checking the time, and at the certain hour giving him a dose of something,' said Carlson.
'Before taking the medications, this person said Biden was 'Like a small child.' You could not communicate with him, he changed completely because he was on drugs and he clearly still is on drugs,' the pundit alleged.
Carlson's unproven allegation came during a lengthy monologue in which he argued that Biden is 'incapacitated' and suffering from 'dementia.'
According to the
latest report from his White House doctor, Biden takes prescription medication for an irregular heartbeat, high cholesterol, and seasonal allergies.
White House Physician Kevin C. O'Connor did not mention any cognitive issues in the November report, and wrote that Biden 'is fit to successfully execute the duties of the Presidency.'
Nevertheless, Biden has a lifelong history of verbal gaffes, and as he approaches 80, even some Democratic strategists have begun to question whether he should seek re-election.
During the 2020 campaign, Donald Trump repeatedly leveled the claim, without evidence, that Biden is on drugs, saying in one in interview: 'that's what I hear.'
'It is probably, possibly drugs involved. That's what I hear,' Trump said in September 2020, weeks before Biden won the presidential election.
'I mean there's possibly drugs. I don't know how you can go from being so bad where you can't even get out a sentence,' Trump continued, accusing Biden of weak performance on the debate stage.
Carlson's allegation about Biden's fitness comes as the president takes a four-day tour of the Middle East, with stops in Israel and Saudi Arabia.
The trip was originally meant to be rolled in with a visit to Europe last month, but the
New York Times reported that aides worried the resulting 10-day schedule would be taxing for Biden -- or 'crazy,' as one official told the outlet.
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