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House Republican would amend Constitution to require cognitive competency for presidents

By Naomi Lim
Published February 21, 2023 5:00pm ET
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House Republican would amend Constitution to require cognitive competency for presidents
EXCLUSIVE — One House Republican wants to amend the Constitution so presidents and vice presidents have to prove their cognitive competency. Rep. Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), a family medicine practitioner before he was elected to Congress in 2010, will introduce a bill Tuesday proposing the constitutional amendment amid polling underscoring Democratic concerns over President Joe Biden‘s […]

EXCLUSIVE — One House Republican wants to amend the Constitution so presidents and vice presidents have to prove their cognitive competency.

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