By JOE HUTCHISON FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
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Nancy Pelosi stumbled over her words as she accused former president Donald Trump of suffering from ‘cognitive degeneration’.
The former speaker of the house joined MSNBC shortly after Trump went on a wild rambling rant in Pennsylvania.
Speaking on MSNBC on Sunday morning, Pelosi said: ‘I think what the ex-president just said is further indication of his cognitive degeneration.
‘Something is very wrong there’, before the 84-year-old started spluttering over her words.
Collecting herself, she continued: ‘[He’s] diminishing the power of the press which is the guardian of our freedom and our country.’
Pelosi had been speaking to MSNBC on Sunday morning shortly after Trump went on a wild rambling rant in Pennsylvania
She added: ‘I think people who are thinking of voting for him have to know that he can’t last as president for four years with his brain deteriorating.’
Pelosi also added that it might be Vice President Senator JD Vance who ends up as commander-in-chief due, which she described as a ‘horrible thing’.
Trump delivered a conspiracy-laden speech just two days before the election, which including him talking about reporters being shot.
He also suggested that he ‘shouldn’t have left’ the White House after his 2020 loss to Biden.
Noting the ballistic glass in front of him after an assassination attempt earlier this year, he said: ‘I have this piece of glass here.
‘But all we have really over here is the fake news. And to get me, somebody would have to shoot through the fake news. And I don’t mind that so much.’
His Campaign National Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt defended the remarks, telling ABC News: ‘Obviously he was joking.’
At one point during the ramble on Democratic ‘cheating’ in elections, Trump demanded that the winner be announced on Election Day by 11:00pm at the latest.
Pelosi also added that it might be Vice President Senator JD Vance who ends up as commander-in-chief due, which she described as a ‘horrible thing’
Former President Donald Trump went on a nearly five-minute rant at his rally in Lititz, Pennsylvania about the bullet proof glass surrounding him at the outdoor event
At the rally on Sunday, Trump said he didn’t think there needed to be glass in certain areas because it made him look bad on television.
Trump in recent weeks has joked about Arnold Palmer’s genitalia and held a rally at Madison Square Garden who speakers who made crude and racist insults.
It was the second time in recent days that Trump has talked about guns being pointed at people he considers enemies.
He suggested former Rep. Liz Cheney, a prominent Republican critic, wouldn’t be willing to support foreign wars if she had ‘nine barrels shooting at her.’
With less than 48 hours before Election Day, Trump continues to promote falsehoods about elections and argue that he can only lose to Kamala Harris if he is cheated, even though polls point to a tight race.
A final poll by the New York Times has Trump behind Harris in four critical swing states: Georgia, Nevada, North Carolina and Wisconsin.
They are tied in Michigan and Pennsylvania and Trump is up by one point in Arizona. It’s a razor-thin race with just two days to go to Election Day.
The latest results follow a shock poll released Saturday night that had Trump behind Harris three points in Iowa, a solidly red state.
The vice president is also closing the gap with Trump in the betting markets, in a sign of momentum for her in the final days of the campaign.
The former president’s odds plummeted overnight after the results of the Des Moines Register poll were revealed.
But in the first few hours of Sunday his chances slightly improved, with still a tiny gap between him and Harris.
DailyMail.com’s polling partners J.L. Partners have also seen movement in their election model following the stunning Iowa poll.