Sanders isn’t the only senator who scoffed at Haley’s competency test idea. “I think she should test her own mental competency,” Sen. Mazie Hirono said.
“I think that’s absurd,” Sanders said. “We are fighting racism, we’re fighting sexism, we’re fighting homophobia. I think we should also be fighting ageism. Trust people, look at people and say, you know, this person is competent, this person is not competent.”
Sanders continued by pointing out that “there are a lot of 40 year-olds out there who ain’t particularly competent,” adding, “Older people, you know, you look at the individual, I don’t think you make a blanket statement.”bragged that he “aced” a cognitive test administered by the White House physician. Currently 76 years-old, Trump would be required to take a mental competency test if Haley has her way. As would Sanders, age 81, and President Joe Biden, age 80. Haley, at 51, however, would be exempt.cognitive tests wouldn’t necessarily accurately assess whether a person is competent to be in office. “Cognitive tests, a lot of them, are timed, and we know that neurological processing slows with age.
Another expert, David Nace, chief of geriatric medicine at University Pittsburgh Medical Center, pointed out to Slate that cognitive tests “don’t necessarily determine that you have capacity.”
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