One of the worst things of the four years in which Joe Biden occupied the White House was that Democrats covered up and didn't care about his cognitive condition -- until it was a threat to their control. 

He's had issues for years and we all saw it, but they wanted us to believe he was just fine and could even run for reelection. The horrible thing to think of is how many things went wrong because of this. The idea of the 25th Amendment was to protect the country. But the Democrats cared more about control. 

The problem wasn't just Biden. We've seen the problem for example of people of advanced age in both houses of Congress. We reported in December about how Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX) was missing from votes for months and was actually in an assisted living facility. She's no longer in office because her term was up in January. 

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But now lawmakers are dishing about how many of their colleagues have big problems with their mental faculties.

Up to a dozen members of Congress reportedly have mental faculties so diminished they can no longer do their jobs — with some even showing up drunk or stoned to cast votes.

“There’s no question that somewhere between six and a dozen of my colleagues are at a point where they’re … I think they don’t have the faculties to do their job,” Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn) told Politico, which spoke to 25 members of the House and Senate who spilled the tea on their unnamed colleagues.

A Republican colleague concurred, with an important addendum.

“I have a difficult time sometimes telling between the deterioration of members and a handful who are just not very smart,” the unnamed lawmaker said.  

Yikes. Either way, that's incredibly concerning. They didn't identify the people they were speaking about. But up to a dozen who are no longer able to do their jobs is a serious problem. That's not providing adequate representation. Again, if that's true, what you're talking about is their staff probably running things, just as was done with Biden. 

Himes revealed that a lot of people were also voting when they weren't completely sober. 

“Every time we do an 11 p.m. vote, a minority of the chamber has a zero blood alcohol content. Now, that’s different than voting drunk. I don’t think I’ve ever seen somebody demonstrably drunk on the floor,” Himes noted.

Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) claimed to have seen one GOPer who “show[ed] up drunk” several times — and that “there were one or two Dems I thought might be high on something, but not drunk.”

Part of the problem is that people need to step aside at a certain point, but for many members of Congress, it's become a lifetime job that they don't want to let go. That's why you get people like 84-year-old Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and 86-year-old Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA).

The colleagues should be identifying who these people are, and/or the leadership should be encouraging anyone who has mental issues to leave, to better serve the American people. I wouldn't count on that happening any time soon, but it should. 

President Trump's speech to a joint session of Congress has radical Democrats in panic mode, and their childish protests won't stop all of the winning.

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