Trump keeps baselessly claiming that Biden will be on drugs at debate

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : Trump wrote on social media this week.
36% : The allegations of drug use have even drawn skepticism from some commentators who are often deferential to Trump.
33% : Four years later, Trump demanded the same of Joe Biden, suggesting at a 2020 rally that a "big fat shot in the a--" of some unknown substance would allow Biden to debate "better than ever before."Now, with the first general-election debate of 2024 on Thursday night, Trump has taken the baseless accusation to new heights - accusing the president of being"higher than a kite" during his high-energy State of Union address this year and taking every opportunity to undercut a potentially energetic performance from his opponent.
26% : But Trump and his supporters have spread the baseless claim widely, as some Republicans worry openly that the bar for Biden's performance Thursday has been set too low.
26% : At a rally this past weekend in Philadelphia - his last public event scheduled ahead of the debate - Trump did not discount Biden.
22% : "A Marquette Law School poll conducted in May found that 79 percent of registered voters thought the phrase "too old to be president" described Biden, 81, very well or somewhat well, while 54 percent said the same of Trump, who just turned 78.
21% : Trump has repeatedly suggested the substance was connected to the president and his son Hunter, who has struggled with drug abuse.
19% : He said Trump is "confusing his conspiracy theory-loving base with the entire electorate.
19% : Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Tex.), who served as White House physician under Trump, made headlines with a formal letter to Biden demanding a drug test.
16% : Trump also repeated his crude comment from 2020, telling the crowd that Biden was resting and then "a little before debate time, he gets a shot in the a--.
15% : Democrats suggest Trump is trying to preempt a disconnect between the energetic Biden who will show up onstage and the "brain-dead zombie" that Trump's campaign has portrayed at every turn.
15% : "Trump has a long history of making baseless and false claims with impunity: The Washington Post Fact Checker documented more than 30,000 false or misleading claims from Trump during his presidency.
12% : Campaigning for a second term, Trump has continued to make inaccurate claims at rallies and blasted out incendiary emails about his opponent, at one point falsely saying that Biden was "locked & loaded ready to take [him] out" during an FBI search of Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate.
11% : "Lauren Hitt, a spokesperson for Biden's campaign, said in a statement that Trump is "so scared of being held accountable for his toxic agenda" that "he and his allies are resorting to desperate, obviously false lies.
9% : Trump and his allies have spent the campaign questioning Biden's physical and mental capacity, suggesting that he can barely walk or stand and sharing videos of Biden's appearances that are sometimes edited in misleading ways.

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