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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJoe: "Why the hell would I take a (cognitive) test?"
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WASHINGTON Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden shrugged off a question Tuesday about taking a cognitive assessment test, which President Trump has challenged him to do...
In an exchange with CBSs Errol Barnett during a wide-ranging, multi-moderator interview at a conference of Black and Latino journalists, Biden balked at Barnetts question about whether Biden had even taken an exam.
No, I havent taken a test. Why the hell would I take a test? responded Biden, who then posed a rhetorical analogy.
Cmon man, he chided Barnett. Thats like saying, You before you got on this program you took a test where youre taking cocaine or not, what do you think? Huh? Are you a junkie?
Cmon man, he chided Barnett. Thats like saying, You before you got on this program you took a test where youre taking cocaine or not, what do you think? Huh? Are you a junkie?
Barnett followed up by asking Biden what he would say to Trump, who brags about his test and makes your mental state an issue for voters?
Well, if he cant figure out the difference between an elephant and a lion, I dont know what the hell hes talking about, said Biden with a laugh. Look, cmon man, I know youre trying to goad me, but Im so ... looking [forward] to have an opportunity to sit or stand with the president on the debates.
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Joe: "Why the hell would I take a (cognitive) test?" (Original Post)
bigtree
Aug 2020
OP
if he can't figure out the difference between an elephant and a lion, I don't know what the hell he
Celerity
Aug 2020
#3
Both of them take cognitive tests every day on TV. Trump fails, Biden aces it.
lagomorph777
Aug 2020
#4
helpisontheway
(5,008 posts)1. Exactly..🤔😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣Nt
dalton99a
(81,486 posts)2. Great answer
iluvtennis
(19,858 posts)7. + 1. nt
Lonestarblue
(9,988 posts)9. He also should have added the reason for Trump taking the test.
The only reason anyone takes such a cognitive test is because there's suspicion of cognitive decline that the test is meant to rule out or serve as a beginning analysis of possible dementia.
Celerity
(43,356 posts)3. if he can't figure out the difference between an elephant and a lion, I don't know what the hell he
is talking about
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)4. Both of them take cognitive tests every day on TV. Trump fails, Biden aces it.
We don't need pictures of elephants to see that Trump is an ass.
sop
(10,177 posts)5. CBS should first demand Trump release his taxes before asking Joe to take some bullshit
cognitive test. Like a field sobriety test administered by police during a traffic stop when a driver is visibly impaired, doctors only do a dementia screening when the patient is visibly confused.
thanks for adding this layer of additional perspective
OnDoutside
(19,956 posts)6. Good answer, but he should have also said,
"You have to wonder why his staff encouraged him to take a test that's regularly used to check for signs of dementia"
0rganism
(23,953 posts)10. Joe could turn it around by challenging Trump to an SAT duel
since we're talking about wasting a day either way
Poiuyt
(18,123 posts)11. My doctor gave me one of those simple tests when I turned 65 to establish a baseline.