Nancy Pelosi scolds CNN host Jake Tapper live on air for bringing up wild Trump claims about Kamala Harris

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Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi reprimanded a CNN host in a testy exchange for mentioning recent comments about Vice President Kamala Harris's cognitive ability.

The hot-tempered response from the San Francisco Democrat came after CNN Host Jake Tapper asked her about recent comments by former President Donald Trump.

'Donald Trump is saying that Kamala Harris has bigger cognitive problems than Joe Biden,' Tapper began as he appeared poised to finish his question. 

Then Pelosi abruptly cuts in: 'Why would you even cover that?' 

Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi snapped at CNN Host Jake Tapper after he raised comments about her cognitive ability given by Trump

Wide-eyed, Pelosi looked incredulous at the words coming out of Tappers mouth. 

She immediately continued her push back on his line of questioning. 

'This is a person who's not on the level,' she said. 'He is their nominee for president.'

'He is incompetent,' she continued.

Pelosi also said that Trump's suggestion that Harris has 'cognitive problems' is a sexist attack on women.  

'Let's not even talk about the silliness of it all and the weirdness of it all, and the assault on women that it is.'

Though Tapper seemed as though he wanted to clarify the remarks made by Trump, Pelosi immediately told him that the story was not worth CNN's coverage

Tapper did not seem amused by the sharp-tongued response from the former speaker 

Former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (C), U.S. Senator Laphonza Butler (L) and California Governor Gavin Newsom (R) applaud as U.S. Vice President and 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks at the Democratic National Convention (DNC)

Trump's comment that earned Tapper the scorn of Pelosi came as the former president campaigned in Georgia on Tuesday. 

'All over the world they're laughing at us,' the ex-president said during the rally. 'You know what they're really laughing at? Kamala.' 

'They can't believe that she's really going to be president.' 

'You talk about cognitive problems? She has bigger cognitive problems than he has in my opinion.' 

During his remarks he did not note specifically what he believed made Harris's mental state worse than Biden. 

Trump called into question Harris's mental ability at a campaign event on Tuesday

Trump has, however, ridiculed Biden for being too old for office, a line of attack that grew in credibility earlier this year when the Department of Justice determined Biden appears 'elderly' and has a 'poor memory.' 

Now that Biden is out of the race though, Democrats have since claimed Trump is too old and has too diminished of a mental state to serve in the Oval Office.