CNN host Don Lemon said President Trump appeared to be high on Adderall during the first presidential debate.
“I felt like I was watching a kid whose doctor had prescribed him too much Adderall,” Lemon said, who then appeared to mimic a person snorting the attention deficit hyperactivity disorder drug.
“Yeah,” CNN colleague Chris Cuomo responded. “You can’t just reach in the medicine cabinet … and hope it works.”
“Am I wrong?” Lemon asked.
“That’s how I feel because he was overly aggressive. It’s just like he was hopped up on — I don’t know what was going on,” Lemon said.
“I wish I could see it that way, because I think a lot of people share your observation,” Cuomo said. “This is the only guy I know.”
The comments come after the president urged that both he and Biden be tested for performance-enhancing drugs before the debate, pointing to a perceived cognitive decline he’s seen from the former vice president on the campaign trail.
“I will be strongly demanding a Drug Test of Sleepy Joe Biden prior to, or after, the Debate on Tuesday night,” Trump wrote. “Naturally, I will agree to take one also. His Debate performances have been record setting UNEVEN, to put it mildly. Only drugs could have caused this discrepancy???”
I will be strongly demanding a Drug Test of Sleepy Joe Biden prior to, or after, the Debate on Tuesday night. Naturally, I will agree to take one also. His Debate performances have been record setting UNEVEN, to put it mildly. Only drugs could have caused this discrepancy???
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 27, 2020
The Biden campaign denied taking such a test and instead mocked the president.
“Vice President Biden intends to deliver his debate answers in words. If the president thinks his best case is made in urine, he can have at it,” Kate Bedingfield, Biden’s deputy campaign manager, told Politico. “We’d expect nothing less from Donald Trump, who pissed away the chance to protect the lives of 200K Americans when he didn’t make a plan to stop COVID-19.”
Two more presidential debates will be held on Oct. 15 and Oct. 22.
