- During a rally speech, Donald Trump appeared to mix up Nikki Haley and Nancy Pelosi.
- He blamed Haley for security lapses on January 6 despite Haley having no official role then.
- The latest gaffe comes amid increased speculation about Trump's cognitive abilities.
Trump was speaking about the crowd size at his Concord, New Hampshire, rally on Friday when he claimed that the press does not report on Haley's smaller crowds.
He then switched topics to the Capitol riot and bizarrely blamed Haley for security lapses.
"By the way, they never report the crowd on January 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, because of lots of things," Trump said.
"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."
As he made the blunder, the crowd appeared to go silent.
Trump's latest comments come amid increasing speculation about his cognitive abilities.
He has
repeatedly mixed up President Joe Biden and Barack Obama on the campaign trail.
He mostly recently made the mix-up while speaking to Fox News Thursday night, when he
spoke about Obama as if he was still in office.
Meanwhile, Haley has homed in on Trump's age, saying this week: "The majority of Americans think that having two 80-year-olds running for president is not what they want."