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President Joe Biden Shows 'Classic Features' of Parkinson's Disease: 'I Could Have Diagnosed Him From Across the Mall'

President Joe Biden addressing the public amid growing health concerns.

As of late, President Joe Biden has been making several embarrassing gaffes and slip-ups, and a board-certified neurologist named Dr. Tom Pitts believes that the president's condition is deteriorating in preparation for the election in 2024.

“I see him 20 times a day in [the] clinic. It’s ironic because he has the classic features of neurodegeneration, word-finding difficulties, and that’s not, oh, I couldn’t find the word, that’s from degeneration of the word retrieval area,” Dr. Tom said of Biden, 81, told NBC News on Monday, July 8.

Though Biden's stutter has always existed, Tom said there are still concerns, as his repeated physical behavior points toward something more. “I could have diagnosed him from across the mall,” the neurologist said.

Other news organizations have reported that a Parkinson's disease specialist was recently observed in the White House; however, the White House press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, declined to provide any further explanation, OK! Magazine reported.

“The medical unit hosts a wide range of specialists, from dermatologists to neurologists, and so I cannot speak to every person because there are actually security reasons to protect their privacy. There are thousands of military personnel who come onto this White House, many of them get the care from the White House Medical Unit. And so we need to be super careful,” Karine said.

Biden had a physical in February, and the White House said the results didn't show Parkinson's. Karine defended the president, stating he's only seen a neurologist three times.

“They’re in the White House visitor logs. It’s public! I looked it up before I came out here. It is right there for anyone to see,” Ed O’Keefe of CBS News said. “I cannot from here confirm any of that because we have to keep their privacy. I think they would appreciate that too,” Karine responded.

“The patient or the doctor?” Ed questioned. “We have to keep their privacy,” Karine retorted.

”It is public,” NBC News correspondent Kelly O’Donnell jumped in, while O’Keffe exclaimed, “you’re going to allow this to fester longer, Karine, unless the White House just answers the question!”

However, Karine didn't relent and give up any secrets. “I am telling you right now I am not sharing, confirming names from here. It is for security reasons. I am not going to do that, Ed. It doesn’t matter how hard you push me. it doesn’t matter how angry you get with me. I am not going to confirm a name, it doesn’t matter if it’s even in the log,” she stated.

Photo: Gage Skidmore/Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0

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