{"id":2286197,"date":"2024-06-30T17:58:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-30T21:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nancy-pelosi-claims-trump-has-dementia-in-wake-of-presidential-debate-washington-examiner-4\/"},"modified":"2024-06-30T18:00:23","modified_gmt":"2024-06-30T22:00:23","slug":"nancy-pelosi-claims-trump-has-dementia-in-wake-of-presidential-debate-washington-examiner-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nancy-pelosi-claims-trump-has-dementia-in-wake-of-presidential-debate-washington-examiner-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Nancy Pelosi accuses Trump of having &#8216;dementia&#8217; after presidential debate &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnancy-pelosi-claims-trump-has-dementia-in-wake-of-presidential-debate-washington-examiner-4%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2286197&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi defended\u200b President Joe \u2062Biden&#8217;s fitness for reelection \u200cwhile responding to questions about\u2064 his performance \u200cin the \u2062recent presidential \u2062debate.\u200d She admitted\u2063 Biden had a challenging night during the \u200bdebate\u2063 but emphasized his overall\u2063 success in the presidency. Pelosi also addressed concerns regarding former President Donald \u2062Trump\u2019s mental health, claiming that some healthcare professionals \u2063believe he may\u200b have dementia. This statement came in the context of discussing mental acuity\u2064 of\u2064 leaders, where\u200c Pelosi suggested \u2064that fairness is essential when \u2064evaluating such issues. She encouraged people to look past the debate and focus \u2064on the broader achievements of Biden&#8217;s \u2063presidency as the\u200b election\u200c approaches.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_79\">\n<p>Former House speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nancy-pelosi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Nancy Pelosi<\/a> (D-CA) claimed Sunday that former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> has &ldquo;dementia,&rdquo; citing statements she had heard from &ldquo;healthcare professionals.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Pelosi was asked about the possibility of President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> stepping aside from his bid for reelection this November, specifically in wake of the president&rsquo;s performance during the first presidential <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/debates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>debate<\/a>. The former House speaker contended that she has spoken to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/california\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>California<\/a> residents who are still in support of Biden even after the debate, and that the president has the chance to show he has &ldquo;the stamina&rdquo; to continue working his position.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And by the way, while the press and for some reason they don&rsquo;t, there are healthcare professionals who think that Trump has dementia, that his connection of his thoughts do not go together,&rdquo; Pelosi claimed. &ldquo;Not only that he just lies, he doesn&lsquo;t even know the truth, so if we&lsquo;re just talking about mental acuity, let&rsquo;s be fair about it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Pelosi also admitted that Biden had &ldquo;a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nancy-pelosi-claims-trump-has-dementia-in-wake-of-presidential-debate-washington-examiner-2\/\" title=\"Nancy Pelosi accuses Trump of having &#039;dementia&#039; after presidential debate - Washington Examiner\">bad night&#038;rdquo<\/a>; during his debate but argued that he has had &ldquo;a great presidency&rdquo; as a whole, noting that voters should remember that come November. She also encouraged people to &ldquo;move on&rdquo; from the first debate.<\/p>\n<p>In regards to any concerns she has about Biden potentially bringing other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Democrats<\/a> down in the 2024 elections, Pelosi brushed those aside and argued that Democrats will &ldquo;definitely&rdquo; win the House of Representatives back. She stated that the party experienced a boost in fundraising after the debate.<\/p>\n<p>However, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-shows-divide-between-hispanic-voters-and-democrats-on-governments-intentions\/\" title=\"Poll Shows Divide Between Hispanic Voters And Democrats On Government\u2019s Intentions\">polling data released<\/a> in the wake of the debate stated that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3064924\/majority-voters-do-not-believe-biden-cognitive-ability-serve-president-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>72% of respondents<\/a> did not believe Biden had the mental and cognitive health to serve as president. This was slightly up from the 65% of respondents who said the same prior to Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) stated Sunday that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3064934\/raskin-admits-conversations-are-being-had-about-bidens-2024-candidacy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Democrats are having &ldquo;a serious conversation&rdquo;<\/a> about whether to keep Biden on the 2024 presidential ballot. He also contended that &ldquo;our party is going to be unified&rdquo; whether or not Biden continues his campaign for reelection.<\/p>\n<p>Biden&rsquo;s performance at the CNN debate has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3063990\/biden-debate-hur-tapes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nancy-pelosi-claims-trump-has-dementia-in-wake-of-presidential-debate-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Nancy Pelosi accuses Trump of having &#039;dementia&#039; after presidential debate, reports Washington Examiner\">brought back attention<\/a> to a report<\/a> from former special counsel Robert Hur, which was released in February this year. Hur declined to prosecute Biden for mishandling classified material, with the report stating this is partly because the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-tells-house-speaker-garland-wont-be-prosecuted-for-contempt\/\" title=\"DOJ informs House speaker that Garland will not face prosecution for contempt\">president displayed memory problems<\/a> and came off as a &ldquo;sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) accused ex-President Donald Trump of having &#8220;dementia,&#8221; referencing comments from &#8220;healthcare professionals.&#8221; The claim arose during discussions about President Joe Biden potentially not seeking reelection, particularly after his first presidential debate performance<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2286198,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/PelosiTrump.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[7096,32551,3634],"class_list":["post-2286197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-dementia","tag-nancy-pelosi","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/PelosiTrump.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2286197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2286197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2286197\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2286198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2286197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2286197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2286197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}