Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) hit again at Fox Information’ Will Cain on Wednesday after the host bashed Home Minority Chief Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) for questioning President Donald Trump’s psychological acuity.
“Effectively, look, Will, I don’t know whether or not it’s incompetence, cognitive skills, ignorance or simply plain flat-out mendacity however Donald Trump doesn’t know {that a} photograph he’s exhibiting is photoshopped,” stated Goldman in a nod to Trump’s obvious suggestion about an edited photograph of Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s tattoos.
“He doesn’t know that the Supreme Court docket dominated 9 to nothing in opposition to him. He’s acquired Elon Musk within the Oval Workplace doing press conferences. He doesn’t perceive what commerce deficits are and is tanking our financial system. So you possibly can name it no matter you need however it’s been a reasonably disastrous first hundred days.”
Goldman laid into Cain after the host referred to Jeffries’ current look on the MeidasTouch Community, one the place the Democratic chief pointed to Trump’s historical past of questioning former President Joe Biden’s cognitive skills.
“And so I believe it’s truthful that plenty of People throughout the nation that I run into are questioning whether or not Donald Trump is definitely match, at this level, to have the ability to perform the duties of america of America when it comes to being the president and the commander-in-chief,” Jeffries stated.
Cain, after introducing Goldman moments later, stated he wished to have a “substantive debate” with the congressman however wished to see if he agreed with the “absurdity” of Jeffries’ assertion.
“It’s absurd after years of refusing to acknowledge the reality in relation to Joe Biden and seemingly manufacturing a fact in relation to Donald Trump,” Cain declared.
Trump — who challenged Biden’s psychological acuity on the marketing campaign path earlier than he dropped his reelection bid final 12 months — notably confronted questions on his personal cognitive capability, as properly.
The president — within the months resulting in his election win — rambled to the press, served up a phrase salad when requested about baby care and went on bonkers rants about electrical boats and sharks.
Goldman, after Cain continued to criticize Jeffries’ remarks, harassed that he doesn’t assume Trump is “competent” and it wasn’t clear whether or not his cognitive skills have been “adequate to get previous” the twenty fifth Modification.