House Speaker Emeritus Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Tuesday responded to former President Donald Trump's apparent confusion of her name with that of his opponent in the Republican presidential primary, Nikki Haley. He claimed to suffer from a disability.
In an interview with MSNBC during election coverage of the New Hampshire primary, Pelosi responded to a question about the apparent mix-up, saying: Cognitive impairment. ”
At a rally last weekend, President Trump touted a false theory embraced by some Trump supporters that blamed then-Speaker Pelosi for the security failure at the Capitol on January 6, 2021. repeated.
But instead of targeting Ms. Pelosi, she falsely made the accusation against Ms. Haley, apparently implying that Ms. Haley was Speaker of the House on January 6, 2021.
The moment has fueled some Democrats seeking to counter attacks on President Biden's 81-year-old by highlighting Trump's 77-year-old age and raising concerns about former President Biden's mental competency. .
But Pelosi emphasized that regardless of who Trump names at this point, the underlying premise of the false claims must be refuted.
Pelosi denied the suggestion that President Trump “tried to say that Nikki Haley did not authorize the National Guard to come in, but it was Nancy Pelosi,” adding, “It's neither, it's no one.” he added.
“It was Donald Trump. [Trump] You know that Mitch McConnell, Chuck Schumer, and I begged for hours for the National Guard to arrive. “We know we don't have the authority to deploy the National Guard, but the president does have that authority,” Pelosi said, adding, “Unfortunately, what the District of Columbia doesn't have is that all the other “That's because states and governors have that authority,” he added. ”
“So I'm more concerned, again, with what he was trying to incriminate her with than with his many false statements,” she added.
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