After Trump 'Aced' Cognitive Test, He Incorrectly Blames Nikki Haley for Jan. 6

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

After announcing to the state of New Hampshire that he had aced his cognitive test, Donald Trump incorrectly blamed Republican rival Nikki Haley for being in “charge of security” during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection on the Capitol.

During a rally in Concord, New Hampshire on Friday evening, Trump spiraled into a bizarre rant about crowd sizes and the Capitol riot. “Look at all the people back there. You got a lot of people. This is supposed to be a quaint little area. This is not quaint at all,” Trump titillated before a crowd of supporters. “You know when [Haley] comes here she gets like nine people, and the press never reports the crowds you know.”

Trump then appeared to confuse the former South Carolina governor with Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), who he has previously used as a scapegoat for the Capitol attack. “By the way, they never report the crowd on Jan. 6. You know Nikki Haley, Nikki Haley, 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,” Trump falsely claimed. “Because of lots of things… like Nikki Haley is in charge of security — we offered her 10,000 people, soldiers, National Guards, whatever they want. They turned it down. They don’t want to talk about that. These are very dishonest people.”

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In September 2023, during a “Meet the Press” interview with NBC’s Kristen Welker, Trump baselessly alleged that the violence on Jan. 6 could have been prevented if Pelosi (the Speaker of the house in 2021) had accepted his offer to use the National Guard ahead of his “Stop the Steal” rally in Washington, D.C.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-aced-cognitive-test-incorrectly-051229367.html

[Eugene]

1. I won't rule out that he did this on purpose.

He makes up grievances to justify going after or even betraying people.
Not only was Haley not in government at the time, she was still defending
him in the wake of the insurrection.

[yardwork]

2. A lot of what he says is carefully crafted.

I know people who are convinced that Nancy Pelosi was at fault for Jan 6. If they heard Trump say this - which they won't, because all they watch is Fox News - they would say, "Well, Trump misspoke but he's basically right about Jan 6..."

This misinformation is deliberate and it's dangerous.

[Arazi]

3. Agreed. He's deliberately conflating Nancy Pelosi and Nikki Haley

His brainwashed rubes will similarly conflate the two and assign all of the malice to them both.

Haley is his biggest challenger imo. He’s taking her down. Inserting Haley for Pelosi works on his cult

[republianmushroom]

4. Did someone take it for him, the cognitive test ?

36 months and counting

[Blue Owl]

5. The Emperor's New Cognitive Test

Everyone oooh and aaah over how sharp and clever the Emperor is….

[struggle4progress]

6. "Women! They're all the same!"

[Initech]

7. He only "aced" that test because Fox News kisses Trump's ass 24 hours a day.

No way would they say anything that would go against what the absolutist cult wants.

[keithbvadu2]

8. Now that he has learned her name, he uses it a lot.

Trump says Nikki Haley...

Now that he has learned her name, he uses it a lot.

He even gives her extra credit.