Analysis

Why Do People Think Biden Has Cognitive Decline?

Most individuals who believe Biden has cognitive decline or dementia likely have never watched him speak for more than two minutes straight, let alone an entire 45-minute interview

U.S. President Joe Biden | Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz | | Public Domain

Almost daily, right-wing outlets such as Fox News, Newsmax, and more directly assert or heavily imply that President Joe Biden is suffering from some form of cognitive decline that is .Sixty-two percent of Americans say they are concerned about Biden’s mental fitness to be president, according to a May 2023 .

Dr. Bandy X. Lee, one of the countless psychiatrists who sounded the alarm bells regarding former President Donald Trump’s clear signs of pathological and , addressed why she was not commenting on Joe Biden’s mental health in a 2020 Medium article.

In an , formally known as Twitter, she shared her article and wrote, “Clinically insignificant signs can appear dramatic to the layperson. But unless a public figure poses a danger to the public, I feel no public health duty.”