He gets a pass on statements like this because he’s senile.
And has no policies of his own.
Then Hannity polled his audience (one of his audience on set shows) asking how many think Joey is a cognitive mess and Stephen kept saying to be nice as Hannity asked the question. He also said there's enough to attack Joey on over his policies instead of his verbal screw ups, so in essence, just ignore the crazy you hear from Joey boy. The audience did not agree with anything Stephen had to say about Joey. So Stephen is just another apologist for Joey's full on dementia and thinks it's just fine to be president in his condition. He also said other presidents have had issues, too, he named epilepsy and learning disabilities as examples.