published by Nettavisen<\/a>\u00a0entitled \u2018Why Democrats are rallying behind a possibly demented candidate?\u2019, Heggen, who is also a medical director at the Lovisenberg Diaconal Hospital\u2019s psychiatric clinic in Oslo, says the presidential candidate is suffering from obvious cognitive failure.<\/p>\n\u201cOf course I may still judge him wrongly, but in my eyes he appears as a person who is already very affected by dementia. And the presidential election is still far ahead. What if his condition worsens further over the next two-three months?\u201d Heggen asked.<\/p>\n
The psychiatrist asserts that Biden\u2019s behavior at campaign events and debates over the past few moths, characterized by \u201cforgetfulness, mischief, confusions, gaffes, and aggression,\u201d is indicative of someone who is beginning to struggle to perform basic mental functions.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is not scare propaganda on my part. Everyone who has had experience with people with dementia knows that a deterioration can come quickly and have a particularly dramatic course,\u201d Heggen wrote.<\/p>\n
The psychiatrist suggested that Biden\u2019s campaign staff were aware of his limitations and that this is why he is only rarely presented for short speeches and is heavily screened from the public and the media.<\/p>\n
Heggen opined that it was \u201cmadness\u201d someone like Biden should be allowed to have \u201chis finger on the nuclear button.\u201d<\/p>\n
Biden has made numerous gaffes in recent months, including when he told a crowd in South Carolina, he was \u201crunning for the United States Senate\u201d and that if they don\u2019t like him they can \u201cvote for the other Biden.\u201d<\/p>\n