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Pelosi accused U.S. farmers of “self-inflicted damage,” resulting from proposed tariffs by the Trump administration, before having to fix the statement she read from her notes.

“Farmers are struggling with plummeting prices, great economic uncertainty, and self-inflicted damage of the Trump tariffs. I say self, self— for our country,” she said.

Then she had trouble even getting the words out of her mouth.

“Republicans wrote a bill that abandons farmers, uh, uh, fam— farming families. It weakens, the farmers’ safety net…” Pelosi accused.

Talk about food stamps, she said, “1.5 million veterans,” stopping and staring amid a brain freeze, before continuing, “are involved in the nutrition program.”

After claiming a Republican priority is “taking the food out of the mouths of babies,” she turned to prescription drugs, saying, “President Trump’s monthl— month, months-delayed speech on prescription drugs…”

Recalling the Democrats’ victory in 2006, she said the party had six agenda items, but only held up five fingers.

Pelosi suffered another brain freeze, finally blurting out “possibility”.

Attempting to answer a reporter’s question, Pelosi offered gibberish, before finally saying, “Are you confident in the White House?” before saying, “Next,” and bursting into a strange laugh.

Concluding her remarks, Pelosi said, “Thank you, bye bye.”