Dear Editor,

With (President Joe) Biden announcing his re-election bid, we must address the elephant in the room.

Why are we seeing so many leaders with challenged healthy brains? It is really becoming a major wonderment to me as to why so many political leaders are profoundly feeble-minded.

Don’t get me wrong here in what I am saying. Even I am beginning to notice some minor cognitive problems as I age. My heart goes out to all who suffer from challenges involving health of the brain.

But if someone is going to be a leader, they need to have the mental capability to fit their demanding job. During the last decade, the American people have increasingly put into office people who are more and more incompetent. Some of them couldn’t operate a hot dog stand, and yet they are given roles that control the fate of our nation.

The new norm is that it’s natural for the U.S. president to speak in gibberish. The liberal media knows that there is something wrong with President Joe Biden, but they ignore it because they only care about power. Since Biden does not write the words on his prompter, we may have freshmen interns setting policy for the executive branch and this country. But he is far from being the only one.

Pelosi, Feinstein, Fetterman, McConnell reflect the same problems. As long as they serve the power of hungry elites, they remain in seats of power and the American people vote them back in for the “bread and circuses” they provide their districts or states.

I know you may think it’s harsh of me to criticize these people, but I am tired of those who cannot do their job pursuing those positions without the mental capabilities to do them. These people control my life, your life, and your family’s lives. They have no business being in seats of national power.

What if our cold war with Russia or China goes hot and we have only minutes to stop a nuclear war with them. Is it Biden you want speaking to Putin or Xi in those fateful minutes? Our allies and enemies recognize this man is cognitively impaired. Where’s the call for the 25th amendment for Biden?

Corruption abounds in our government and media. As our nation loses its morality, we are led by people who reflect our weakness.

“When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn” (Proverbs 29:2).

We pray for the repentance of those who hold power and for the people who put them into power but sadly, we are getting what we deserve.

Randy Marple

Shadyside