The GOP's 2024 front-runner for the presidential nomination commented on Nikki Haley's proposed mental competency tests for politicians age 75 and older.
Nikki Haley's call for mental competency tests for candidates of a certain age is now being supported by former President Donald Trump.
Haley, who last Wednesday in South Carolina was the second Republican to officially kick off a 2024 presidential campaign , pushed for all political candidates age 75 years and older to undergo"mental competency tests" prior to running for office., 80, would require such testing under Haley's proposal. Biden has not yet officially announced a reelection campaign.
"ANYBODY running for the Office of President of the United States should agree to take a full & complete Mental Competency Test simultaneously with the announcement that he or she is running, & likewise, but to a somewhat lesser extent, agree to a test which would prove that you are physically capable of doing the job," Trump wrote Tuesday on Truth Social.
"Being an outstanding President requires great mental acuity & physical stamina. If you don't have these qualities or traits, it is likely you won't succeed," he added. Former President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the South Carolina State House on January 28, 2023, in Columbia, South Carolina. Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley speaks during a campaign event in the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College on February 17, 2023, in Manchester, New Hampshire. At her campaign launch, Haley suggested that all politicians age 75 and older should take mental competency tests, a proposal now supported by Trump.
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