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MikeJelf

(39 posts)
Tue Oct 22, 2024, 09:54 AM Oct 2024

Trump Agrees to I.Q. Challenge

This discussion thread was locked as off-topic by Omaha Steve (a host of the Latest Breaking News forum).

Source: CBS News

The man who introduced I.Q. scores into presidential politics as a campaign issue a month ago agreed Sunday that candidates' cognition test results -- of which Intelligence Quotient is an arguable gold standard-- should be facts available to voters.
At the time of this writing no word has come from either the Trump nor Harris campaign on which qualified third party would administer the test.
Trump introduced I.Q.s into the campaign before the televised "debate," when he said, "I know her".(They had never met.) "She's a low-I.Q. individual."

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Trump Agrees to I.Q. Challenge (Original Post) MikeJelf Oct 2024 OP
It will never happen. chicoescuela Oct 2024 #1
Just more bloviating bif Oct 2024 #2
Still he won't agree that health/medical reports "should be facts available to voters." . . . . .nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2024 #3
He will tell his crowds that he accepted the challenge and won. n/t John1956PA Oct 2024 #4
Paging "Dr Ronny Johnson!" dchill Oct 2024 #5
Desperation Walleye Oct 2024 #6
Link? Fiendish Thingy Oct 2024 #7
Rightwingers lie. Think. Again. Oct 2024 #8
You need a source/link to post in LBN Bayard Oct 2024 #9
AFTER a review by forum hosts LOCKING Omaha Steve Oct 2024 #10

chicoescuela

(2,822 posts)
1. It will never happen.
Tue Oct 22, 2024, 09:57 AM
Oct 2024

bif

(26,789 posts)
2. Just more bloviating
Tue Oct 22, 2024, 09:59 AM
Oct 2024

Bernardo de La Paz

(60,320 posts)
3. Still he won't agree that health/medical reports "should be facts available to voters." . . . . .nt
Tue Oct 22, 2024, 10:01 AM
Oct 2024

John1956PA

(4,892 posts)
4. He will tell his crowds that he accepted the challenge and won. n/t
Tue Oct 22, 2024, 10:04 AM
Oct 2024

dchill

(42,660 posts)
5. Paging "Dr Ronny Johnson!"
Tue Oct 22, 2024, 10:04 AM
Oct 2024

Walleye

(44,087 posts)
6. Desperation
Tue Oct 22, 2024, 10:05 AM
Oct 2024

Fiendish Thingy

(22,476 posts)
7. Link?
Tue Oct 22, 2024, 10:07 AM
Oct 2024

First of all Trump’s “cognitive tests” that he allegedly “aced” are dementia screening tools, not IQ tests, so there would be no IQ score.

Without a link, this smells of click bait.

 

Think. Again.

(22,456 posts)
8. Rightwingers lie.
Tue Oct 22, 2024, 10:07 AM
Oct 2024

Bayard

(29,009 posts)
9. You need a source/link to post in LBN
Tue Oct 22, 2024, 10:08 AM
Oct 2024

Omaha Steve

(108,721 posts)
10. AFTER a review by forum hosts LOCKING
Tue Oct 22, 2024, 10:21 AM
Oct 2024

NO source. Can't confirm this story.

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