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“There is fertile ground here! So why not take the test? Why not lean into it? Even cut an ad about it! Republicans have been saying lots of ridiculous things about my mental sharpness, the president might say to the camera. So I figured I’d take this very tough test I keep hearing my opponent brag about.”

Although I agree with you in theory, I think the cognitive test is a bad idea; it plays right into The MAGAt’s hands by having Biden’s team play defense.

And regardless of the outcome, the MAGAt’s won’t accept the results. They’ll say the process was rigged and the doctor was complicit.

We’ve seen this movie before with Obama and the Birther Movement. Even after Obama showed his long-form birth certificate, the MAGAt’s said it was a forgery.

Bottom line: Biden is damned if he does and damned if he doesn’t. He doesn’t need to reach the MAGAverse, just cater to the independents and swing voters who aren’t as politically ignorant as the majority of this population.

If anything, Biden’s team should respond by saying the only people in need of a cognitive test is when a doctor suspects the patient has dementia. Biden’s doctor said he’s fine, apparently Trump’s doctors thought Trump may not be.

As for cheap shots? Was anyone truly expecting a different response from Trump? The man has no shame, and will burn down the house with all of us in it, if it serves his own selfish interests.

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