Trump's mental state is 'getting worse', former senator Harry Reid hopes POTUS will be more attuned with reality
Former Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) on Friday, August 7, said President Donald Trump's mental state appears to be "getting worse" after the Republican made his recent comments against former Vice President Joe Biden. Trump had slammed the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee on Thursday, August 6, by saying he was "against God." Trump had said: "He’s going to do things that nobody ever, would ever think even possible because he is following the racial left agenda, take away your guns, destroy your second amendment, no religion, no anything. Hurt the Bible, hurt God. He’s against God. He’s against guns.”
Reid on CNN’s 'Newsroom' was asked by host Brianna Keilar: "Joe Biden, of course, called that shameful. You’re sort of laughing there. What is your reaction?" The former senator said: "I think it’s just so absolutely crazy. There’s something wrong with that man. We keep — I keep hoping that he will become more attuned with reality, but he’s getting worse. Joe Biden’s against God? That’s kind of a stretch, I would think."
He continued: "Joe Biden is a man who’s been a devout member of the Catholic faith for a number — for his whole life, and he lives his religion. He doesn’t wear it on his sleeve. It is a personal thing with him as it should be, and it is wrong for anyone to attack Joe Biden with his life history because of his religion or lack thereof. Joe Biden is a man of integrity, and I’m sorry to say our president is just the opposite."
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, on Friday, August 7, had also hit back at Trump after his comments against Biden. The Democratic leader, during an appearance on MSNBC, then reacted to the Republican's comments, saying Trump was "projecting himself" by saying that. Pelosi slammed the president and referred to a recent incident where Trump was seen holding the Bible upside down. "Any time the President says something like that, I think he’s projecting himself," she said. "That’s what I think about that. That he should — it’s like him holding up a Bible upside down as if he knows anything about going to church."
"I don’t care about his fidelity, his devotion, or whatever it is to any religious belief, but shouldn’t everyone make some kind of judgment," she continued. "First of all, he knows how strong Joe Biden’s faith is. His faith has given him hope because he’s been through so much. He comes from a very devout Catholic family, as do I, and we have that in common, and we recognize it, that devotion and that authenticity. The President may not have that devotion or that authenticity, so he may not recognize it in someone else."
Pelosi had also slammed Trump last week by calling the novel coronavirus the "Trump virus," in an escalation of her rhetoric over Trump's handling of the Covid-19 crisis in the country. Pelosi made her remarks while appearing on CNN's 'The Situation Room'. "Well, I think with the president's comments today, he recognized the mistakes he has made by now embracing mask-wearing and the recognition this is not a hoax," she said.