Overview

• At a July 15 White House press briefing, Trump called Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jasmine Crockett “very low IQ” and said the country doesn’t need low-IQ members.
• The president suggested administering formal IQ tests to both representatives to determine “who comes out best.”
• He cited a real cognitive assessment at Walter Reed Medical Center where he claimed to have answered every question correctly.
• The remarks follow earlier Truth Social posts in which Trump labeled AOC one of Congress’s “dumbest” members and called Crockett a “seriously Low IQ individual.”
• Critics note that IQ tests are not used to assess fitness for office and are widely criticized for cultural bias and limited scope.