Ex-GOP strategist shatters MAGA's conspiracy theory to pre-excuse Trump debate loss

With the CNN debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump set to take place tonight, the former president and his allies are pre-emptively raging that the debate is unfair in case Biden outperforms the low expectations they've set with months of declaring him mentally infirm — and one of their biggest claims is that Biden is somehow being pumped full of drugs to improve his debate performance.

But no such drug actually exists, pointed out former GOP consultant Stuart Stevens on X.

"I am probably the only human on the planet who has taken a lot of performance-enhancing drugs and been involved in many presidential debate preps," wrote Stevens. "I am here to be an expert witness that there ain't any PEDs that will help you in a debate unless it is conducted on a treadmill with a refrigerator lifting contest thrown into the mix."

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Stevens linked to an old article he wrote all the way back in 2003, describing his own experiences with performance-enhancing drugs, and what they actually do to the body.

Republican lawmakers have pushed the idea of Biden being doped up with no evidence, with Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) even advancing legislation he calls the "No Juicing Joe" bill. Describing that legislation on Newsmax last night, Ogles said it is designed "to divulge, to report to the American people, every time he takes a mind-altering stimulant like he's gonna have to do before the debate. They're gonna have him juiced up and jacked up."

Biden and Trump agreed to the rules and format of the debate tonight, which is the earliest debate on record for any presidential contest, and the first in decades not to be held by the nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates. A second debate is currently planned to be held in the fall.