Amid questions over President Biden’s mental fitness to run the country for another four years, Republican House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer is demanding Biden’s doctor testify over whether he can provide “accurate and independent” assessments.
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00:00Amid questions over President Biden's mental fitness to run the country for another four years,
00:05the House GOP demands Biden's doctor testify over whether he can provide accurate and
00:10independent assessments. In a letter, House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer told
00:14White House physician Kevin O'Connor the committee, quote, is investigating circumstances
00:19surrounding your assessment in February of this year that President Biden is a healthy, active,
00:25robust 81-year-old male who remains fit to successfully execute the duties of the presidency.
00:31The Republican from Kentucky implied supposed business dealings between O'Connor and the
00:35Biden family are at fault for the rosy assessment of the president. Comer has also been a key figure
00:40in the GOP's fruitless impeachment inquiry into Biden. What started as media reports of Biden's
00:46failing memory behind closed doors turned into calls for, at the very least, a cognitive exam.
00:52After a less-than-stellar presidential debate against former President Trump,
00:56which Biden told ABC News came down to exhaustion and just a bad night. As a retired Army colonel,
01:02O'Connor has served as Biden's physician since 2009. In a February assessment of the president,
01:07O'Connor wrote Biden received an extremely detailed neurological exam that was reassuring,
01:13with no findings consistent with a disorder such as Parkinson's disease. So far, no response to
01:18the letter from the White House, but in the past O'Connor has declined interviews from the media.