Its a ‘legitimate question’ whether Biden’s debate performance was a ‘condition’ or just an ‘episode’ [Video]

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said Tuesday that it’s valid for people to ask whether President Joe Biden‘s poor performance at the debate Thursday night was just “an episode” or part of a “condition.”

“I think it’s a legitimate question to say, is this an episode, or is this a condition? And so when people ask that question, it’s completely legitimate — of both candidates,” Pelosi, still a prominent member of the House Democratic Caucus, said in an interview on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports.”

“Both candidates owe whatever test you want to put them to, in terms of their mental acuity and their health — both of them,” she added.

Asked for further clarification, Pelosi spokesperson Ian Krager said that she “has full confidence in President Biden and looks forward to attending his inauguration on January 20, 2025.”

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters at the daily briefing later Tuesday that the …