Texas Sen. Ted Cruz told Fox News host Laura Ingraham on Wednesday that 2024 GOP presidential contender Nikki Haley’s claim that her main competitor and leading Republican candidate Donald Trump is fading cognitively after one slip-up this week is “ridiculous.”

During the segment, he also suggested a novel way to choose the next president: Have Joe Biden and Donald Trump both take the same cognitive test, and whoever did the best would win the White House.

“Thirty percent doesn’t beat 70, and so I think the rational thing for her to do is recognize Trump’s gonna be the nominee, and I gotta say, some of the things she’s saying about his mental cognizance are just ridiculous,” Cruz said about Haley’s primary vote results in New Hampshire on Tuesday.

“But there’s a reason for it. Joe Biden obviously has diminished massively, and so the left is worried about it. People recognize Joe Biden– you wouldn’t let Joe Biden handle the remote control on your television, and he’s got the nuclear codes, so the left’s talking point and the Democrats’ talking point is, Well Trump’s old too and he’s diminished…Nikki is echoing that and they’re doing it to defend Joe Biden,” he added.

“What I suggested in the podcast today, I said, alright, fine, I suggest this for the general election. Let’s do a cognitive test, Joe Biden versus Donald Trump, the winner is president. I’m very happy to take those odds because Trump will whip Biden’s ass,” Cruz continued.

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@SenTedCruz suggests former President Trump and President Biden take the same cognitive test, and the winner gets the White House.

"Trump would whip Biden's ass."

He also rapped @NikkiHaley for trying to make an issue of Trump's cognitive state. pic.twitter.com/pmEMeR0bkb

— Jon E. Dougherty (@TeflonJon2) January 25, 2024