Trump confuses Nikki Haley with Nancy Pelosi when talking about Jan. 6
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Trump confuses Nikki Haley with Nancy Pelosi when talking about Jan. 6 (msn.com)
Former President Donald Trump appeared to mistakenly refer to GOP rival Nikki Haley instead of Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., when discussing the Jan. 6 riot at a campaign rally in New Hampshire on Friday night.
The mixup came during Trump's remarks to a crowd of supporters in Concord, N.H., where he spoke for more than 90 minutes and repeatedly bashed Haley, who served in his administration as an ambassador to the United Nations and has never been a member of Congress.
“Nikki Haley, you know they, do you know they destroyed all of the information, all of the evidence, everything, deleted and destroyed all of it. All of it because of lots of things like Nikki Haley is in charge of security. We offered her 10,000 people, soldiers, National Guard, whatever they want. They turned it down. They don’t want to talk about that. These are very dishonest people,” Trump said.
NBC News has reached out to Trump’s campaign for comment on his remarks.
Trump has previously accused Pelosi of turning down 10,000 soldiers on Jan. 6, a claim that has been debunked . The final report by the now-defunct Jan. 6 committee said: “Some have suggested that President Trump gave an order to have 10,000 troops ready for January 6th. The Select Committee found no evidence of this. In fact, President Trump’s Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller directly refuted this when he testified under oath.”
Trump's gaffe comes as he frequently portrays President Joe Biden , 81, as confused and mentally unfit for office. The former president, 77, has previously confused politicians during his speeches. In September, Trump confused Biden with former President Barack Obama, saying "with Obama, we won an election that everyone said couldn't be won."
During the same September speech, Trump also said that "we would be in World War II very quickly if we're going to be relying on" Biden.
Trump has defended switching Obama’s and Biden’s names by saying he “sarcastically” swaps them “as an indication that others may actually be having a very big influence in running our country.”
In October, Trump referred to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán as the leader of Turkey, and he greeted a crowd that he said was from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, when he was in Sioux City, Iowa.
While Biden has had his fair share of gaffes and flubs , he hasn’t made his predecessor’s mental fitness a major campaign issue like Trump has.
For example, Biden in 2022 asked at a White House event whether Rep. Jackie Walorski was in the audience — almost two months after the Indiana Republican died in a car crash. The president had put out a statement offering his condolences after Walorski's death.
Voters in a September NBC News poll expressed concern about the ages of Trump and Biden. About 74% of respondents said they had major or moderate concerns that "at 80 years old, Joe Biden not having the necessary mental and physical health to be president for a second term." About 47% of respondents reported similar concerns about Trump.
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I think he's going for an insanity defense.
Now the MAGA reality deniers will come on and talk about all of Trump's "great policies".
Too bad democrats blindly support Biden and thus can never criticize a candidate for being mentally unfit
lol …. Trump does this once … bad! Biden does this multiple times a day …. Meh ….
Hilarious
Trump has done something similar to this more times than anyone can count.
So more than Biden then?
If Biden meant "Nikki Haley", but he said "Marjorie Taylor Greene" the right would be overcome with excitement to talk about it.
So once again, no answer to the question posed.
Weak.
weak is asking about biden when the discussion is about trump.
biden may be slowing down but he's not mentally ill like trump is
Avoidance is weak.
Weak is not being able to debate your opponent. More avoidance.
Cognitively Trump is a genius compared Biden. Any supposition otherwise is just plain old denial.
Are you trying out for a comedy club ?
No he hasn't. Quit making stuff up.
One other weak thing. [Deleted]
[Weak. Very weak.]
Both are too old. Neither has an earned reputation for superior intellect.
The partisan hyperbole is nauseating.
Our potential nominees suck. Instead of defending them, partisans should be supporting better nominees. This irresponsible, beyond childish game of exaggerating negatives of an opponent to make your poor choice nominee look better is net bad for the nation.
OMG...would they ever!
It is always good to observe the evidence directly:
If Biden made such a blunder it would play on a 24 hour loop on Fox News.
I agree.
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