Joe: "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 CBS’s Errol Barnett during a wide-ranging, multi-moderator interview at a conference of Black and Latino journalists, Biden balked at Barnett’s question about whether Biden had even taken an exam.

“No, I haven’t taken a test. Why the hell would I take a test?” responded Biden, who then posed a rhetorical analogy.

“C’mon man,” he chided Barnett. “That’s like saying, ‘You — before you got on this program you took a test where you’re 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 can’t figure out the difference between an elephant and a lion, I don’t know what the hell he’s talking about,” said Biden with a laugh. “Look, c’mon man, I know you’re trying to goad me, but I’m so ... looking [forward] to have an opportunity to sit or stand with the president on the debates.”

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[helpisontheway]

1. Exactly..🤔😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣Nt

[dalton99a]

2. Great answer

[iluvtennis]

7. + 1. nt

[Lonestarblue]

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]

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]

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]

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.

[RT Atlanta]

8. good insight

thanks for adding this layer of additional perspective

[OnDoutside]

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]

10. Joe could turn it around by challenging Trump to an SAT duel

since we're talking about wasting a day either way

[Poiuyt]

11. My doctor gave me one of those simple tests when I turned 65 to establish a baseline.