Through the first “Sizzling Matters” section on Friday’s (Could 16) episode of The View, the panelists (sans Whoopi Goldberg) mentioned the brand new e-book Authentic Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cowl-Up, and His Disastrous Option to Run Once more, which was written by CNN’s Jake Tapper and Axios’ Alex Thompson.
Alyssa Farah Griffin introduced up a surprising declare made within the e-book: Joe Biden didn’t acknowledge George Clooney at a June 2024 fundraiser the actor was co-hosting whereas the previous president was operating for a second time period. Griffin expressed how flabbergasted she was by the story, which prompted Pleasure Behar to quip, “Effectively, he seems totally different currently.”
The viewers roared in laughter, and Behar stood by her remark. “He does!” she confirmed.
Behar launched the subject of the e-book by taking part in a video of Tapper admitting that it was powerful for him to get Democrats to talk on the report. She additionally shared a montage of clips displaying Democratic representatives avoiding questions on Biden’s time period and insisting that they need to “look ahead” as a substitute.
“Are they beating a useless horse or what? Avoiding the problem will make individuals lose extra curiosity in Democrats and the media,” Behar stated.
DEMOCRATS QUESTIONED ABOUT REPORTS OF BIDEN DECLINE: ‘The View’ co-hosts weigh in as Democrats dodge bombshell e-book claims that celebration members shielded the general public from considerations about Pres. Biden’s psychological and bodily health to serve one other time period. pic.twitter.com/rBlEBYz47Q
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Sara Haines then weighed in about what’s “actually irked” her in regards to the Democrats (she voted for Biden in 2020 and Kamala Harris). “Folks misplaced belief in them as a result of the voters have been saying there’s a priority,” Haines started. “There have been individuals throughout the board saying that they had a priority, and the Democrats stated, ‘No, no, no, look over right here.’ They informed the voters what to care about, and they didn’t hear when voters stated they cared. So these tales that come out aren’t about beating a useless horse, it’s saying, if they may have a good dialog that, ‘We noticed you,’ they’d be gaining among the voters again to say, ‘Okay, we’re not going to maintain saying that.’”
Sunny Hostin didn’t agree. “I believe that I need to transfer on from why the Democratic celebration misplaced and I need to hear from the Democratic celebration how we’re going to take our nation again,” she defined. Behar performed satan’s advocate, telling her cohosts, “I believe Sara’s level is that they must admit what they did mistaken earlier than we will transfer onto that.”
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Farah Griffin then identified that Donald Trump‘s approval ranking is 39%, whereas the Democratic Get together’s is just 27%. “Folks really feel gaslit and lied to,” she stated, with Behar leaping in so as to add, “A part of that … the low ranking for the Democrats, I believe, partly, I could also be making this up, is as a result of they haven’t fought laborious sufficient. Not as a result of we’re so indignant with the Democrats for being mad.”
“That could be a part of it,” Farah Griffin acknowledged. “Seventy-seven p.c of People in 2023 stated Joe Biden was too previous to run once more. They have been informed, ‘Sit down, shut up, he’s the nominee.’ Then, when it turned untenable and he stepped apart, they anointed Kamala Harris. There was not a main, there was not a democratic course of. After which when she misplaced, they stated, ‘Don’t look backwards, we’re not even going to speak about why we didn’t hearken to you.’” Behar agreed that was “a mistake.”
The ladies all praised Biden for “taking accountability” for every thing that occurred beneath his tenure (he appeared on the present simply final week and spoke to this).
When Ana Navarro received her probability to talk, she identified that she’s recognized Biden for years, and admitted that he’s not the “similar man” she knew 25 or 30 years in the past. Nevertheless, she stated, “What his spokespeople maintain saying, ‘Was there any occasion you may level to the place his cognitive talent in performing the job as president was compromised?’ They usually haven’t provide you with that.” She additionally slammed marketing campaign books the place individuals communicate anonymously and insisted that they need to have the “gonads” to speak on the report.
DEMOCRATS QUESTIONED ABOUT REPORTS OF BIDEN DECLINE: ‘The View’ co-hosts weigh in as Democrats dodge bombshell e-book claims that celebration members shielded the general public from considerations about Pres. Biden’s psychological and bodily health to serve one other time period. pic.twitter.com/rBlEBYz47Q
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