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Trump Insists He's Not 'Cognitively Impaired' In Jumbled Rally Tangent
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The former president also slid in a wildly exaggerated claim about the size of the crowd he drew a day earlier.
Former President Donald Trump insisted he’s not “cognitively impaired” during a wandering, stream-of-consciousness spiel at a rally in Arizona on Sunday that if anything, raised further questions about his mental acuity.
The Republican nominee started out his rambling thought by criticizing the “fake news” media at the Prescott Valley event, observing, “that’s a lot of cameras.”
“Who the hell can do this two three times a day?” he continued, pivoting abruptly to talk, apparently, about the number of public appearances he makes. “One little mistake if I pronounce a word slightly wrong, and I tend not to go back, because I don’t want to go back. I don’t want to say, ‘Uh, Excuse me, let me go.’”
“So I speak for hours, mostly without a teleprompter, really, mostly. One mispronunciation of a word — ‘He’s cognitively impaired. He’s getting old, he’s getting old. He mispronounced a word like the name of the gang.’ If I did, I think I got it perfectly, didn’t I?” he went on.
“But if they see any, they watch for weeks and weeks, for weeks and weeks. I’m up here, ranting and raving. Last night, 100,000 people. Flawless. Ranting and raving. I’m ranting and raving. Not a mistake.”