ABC host grills surrogate over Trump's 'mental acuity' after confusing Pelosi with Haley

ABC News host Martha Raddatz pressed Gov. Doug Burgam (R-ND) about his support for Donald Trump despite the candidate's apparent declining "mental acuity."

During a Sunday interview on ABC's This Week program, Raddatz noted that Trump had recently confused former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) with Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley.

"The campaign has made a huge issue of 81-year-old President Biden's age and mental acuity," Raddatz told Burgum. "But take a listen here to this clip of Donald Trump, the 77-year-old, when he confuses Nikki Haley and Nancy Pelosi."

Burgum blamed the slip on Trump's hectic campaign schedule.

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"I've been on the campaign trail, and I know when you're going around the clock, it's possible to, you know, to make, make, I don't want to say use words that don't fit in sentences," Burgum replied. "But I would say, you know, having been with the president last week and I went in New Hampshire and watching him go for 20 hours a day, I know that he's got, he's got the strength, he's got the experience to lead."

"And I think that if we're going to have, you know, the gaffe tape, you know, run that this morning on Joe Biden, there wouldn't be enough time on this show," he added.

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