Trump Said the Crowd at the Debate Cheered for Him. There Wasn't a Crowd There.

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Donald Trump claimed on Fox News last night that he received overwhelming support from the audience during his debate with Kamala Harris last week, saying the crowd "went absolutely crazy" when ABC News moderators fact-checked him over blatantly false assertions he made.

However, the debate had no audience present — it only included Trump, Harris, the moderators, and the TV crew. So what in the hell is Trump talking about?

Critics are questioning whether this, along with other recent statements he's made, suggests a decline in Trump's mental sharpness and if there should be more conversation about his fitness to serve as president, similar to the concerns raised about Joe Biden earlier this year.

From The New Republic:

Speaking in Long Island on Wednesday, Donald Trump was as bombastic and boastful as ever—but also slurred his words on several occasions.

Trump stumbled over words like “migrants” and “Russia” and had trouble stringing sentences together.

And from Salon, which quotes MSNBC's Chris Hayes's views:

MSNBC anchor Chris Hayes argued that the Republican candidate's remark validated concerns about his age and mental capacity.

"Trump talking about 'the audience' at the debate (where there famously was no audience) is more delusional and unsettling than any moment of Joe Biden misspeaking all year and it’s not close," Hayes wrote on social media.