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Harris agrees to take cognitive test after Trump questions her IQ
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Harris agrees to take cognitive test after Trump questions her IQ

vice-president Kamala Harris said she would take a cognitive test to prove she is fit for office and challenged the former president Donald Trump do the same.

All through her 2024 On the campaign trail, Harris, 60, stepped up her attacks on Trump’s age and mental fitness for office. Earlier this month, she began openly calling the former president a “fascist” and called him increasingly “unhinged.”

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“Don’t take it from me, listen to the people who know him best,” Harris said during a interview Sunday with CBS News’ Norah O’Donnell in which she responded “of course” when asked if she wanted to take a test. “His former chiefs of staff. Most recently, four-star Marine Corps General John Kelly. Listen to two former secretaries of defense who worked for him, listen to his national security advisor, listen to his vice president, all of whom have, in one way or another, said he’s not fit to be president again, that he should never be president again, and that is dangerous.

Trump, 78, has himself repeatedly asserted that Harris has a low IQaccusations the vice president laughed off during her CBS interview when asked directly.

“That’s what he’s resorted to, and I think he’s actually becoming more and more unstable and unhinged and has resorted to name-calling because he actually has no plan for the American people “, she replied.

With just over a week until the November 5 vote, most polls show Harris holding a slight advantage over Trump nationally, but the two remain tied in the seven battleground states that will likely decide the election. ‘election.

“It’s a presidential race, and it should be close,” Harris told CBS. “In all honesty, I see a lot of enthusiasm around our campaign.”

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The vice president will deliver a campaign speech Tuesday on the Ellipse in Washington, the same location where Trump delivered his Jan. 6, 2021, speech that preceded the Capitol riot.

Harris will also campaign this week in Arizona, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina and Pennsylvania, according to campaign officials.