No, it wasn’t an April Fool’s joke. During Monday’s pre-taped edition of ABC’s The View, the liberal ladies whined about average Americans who worried about making ends meet and being able to afford food under the weight of Bidenomics. They seriously argued that Americans were better off under President Biden than they were under President Trump, and brought on a millionaire actress to downplay the struggles of average Americans.
The cast was triggered by a Republican Party campaign message asking the electorally famous question: “are you better off than you were four years ago?” The question was meant to have people ponder how well things had improved from the start of a president’s first term. But since four years ago was the heart of the pandemic, The View pounced.
“So, why is it that some people are having short memory issues? There are plenty of other reasons to feel good about where we actually are. So, why isn't that tracking?” moderator Whoopi Goldberg lamented to the rest of the table.
Faux conservative Alyssa Farah Griffin proclaimed that “Republicans are committing malpractice” by daring to ask if things were better under Biden than her old boss. “Four years ago we were literally hoarding toilet paper, like let’s just remember that!” she huffed.
She eventually admitted that the GOP message was in regards to “pre-pandemic” America. “They think, I had more money in my 401K, the economy was doing well, there were market gains. As juxtaposed to now,” she said, before quickly trying to appease the cast by proclaiming: “the economy is objectively doing better by most macro measures.”
Adding: “…but there's this huge issue of grocery price that voters feel. So, that’s kind of what’s going on there.”
Running cover for the Biden administration, pretend independent Sara Haines tried to suggest she understood what average Americans were going through in struggling to put food on the table, but suggested inflation was out of Biden’s hands:
I know that the economy, again, day-to-day, especially for people living check-to-check, you're not going to feel the recovery even though the numbers are on the way up, because even after the Great Depression, it took 11 years. People recover faster than economies do. It takes a long time. This is a global problem. It's not unique to the U.S. right now.
Of course, she never addressed the obvious cognitive dissonance that: if inflation was out of Biden’s control, why should he be given credit for the improvements that were supposedly happening?
The other faux conservative, Ana Navarro parroted the New York Times’ smear that Americans had “amnesia” about the Trump presidency and boasted: “...the Republicans asking this question gave an opening for Democrats to remind the country where we were four years ago.”
The four-years-ago conversation spilled over into their interview with actress Kyra Sedgwick who insisted: “...we are better off than we were four years ago.” She proceeded to downplay the struggles of average Americans and demand that they vote for Biden anyway. “Yes, I know certain things, you know, inflation, are still, like, an issue for people,” she bemoaned. “But we've got some serious issues on the line here, and should it go the other way, I feel like we're in trouble.”
The transcript is below. Click "expand" to read:
ABC’s The View
April 1, 2024
11:03:57 a.m. Eastern(…)
WHOOPI GOLDBERG: So, why is it that some people are having short memory issues? There are plenty of other reasons to feel good about where we actually are. So, why isn't that tracking?
ALYSSA FARAH GRIFFIN: Well – By the way, that triggers me to see the injecting bleach press conference. At some point, I'll tell you guys the back story of how I tried to stop that in the West Wing.
But listen, Republicans are committing malpractice here. Four years ago we were literally hoarding toilet paper, like let’s just remember that! But to put on my Trump-Republican hat, I think when Republicans –
GOLDBERG: Wait a minute, you. [Blows air at Farah Griffin, to blow off the figurative hat]
FARAH GRIFFIN: Blow it off! Blow it off! Okay, my Republican hat.
SUNNY HOSTIN: Just-Republican hat.
GOLDBERG: Your Republican hat.
FARAH GRIFFIN: Republicans talk fondly about the Trump era. They're talking pre-pandemic. They think,
I had more money in my 401K, the economy was doing well, there were market gains. As juxtaposed to now – were the economy is objectively doing better by most macro measures, but there's this huge issue of grocery price that voters feel. So, that’s kind of what’s going on there.But I would say this: when I was watched that ad, it just brings back to mind the single greatest accomplishment of the Trump administration was Operation: Warp Speed and getting the vaccine, and he doesn't talk about it because he wants to appeal to anti-vaxxers on the right and not take credit for what helped us get out of the pandemic.
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11:06:12 a.m. Eastern
ANA NAVARRO: There was an article the other day that said -- that asked, does America have amnesia? And so, I think the Republicans asking this question gave an opening for Democrats to remind the country where we were four years ago. And do you know what I think they should do? You said they should do more. They should allow people to download their own videos as to where they were four years ago.
SARA HAINES: Yes!
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11:07:52 a.m. Eastern
HAINES: I know that the economy, again, day-to-day, especially for people living check-to-check, you're not going to feel the recovery even though the numbers are on the way up, because even after the Great Depression, it took 11 years. People recover faster than economies do. It takes a long time. This is a global problem. It's not unique to the U.S. right now.
(…)
11:24:36 a.m. Eastern
KYRA SEDGWICK: I think we all need to get really busy. I think we all need to inspire each other, help to tell the story that we are better off than we were four years ago, many of us in many different ways. Yes, I know certain things, you know, inflation are still, like, an issue for people, 100 percent. But we've got some serious issues on the line here, and should it go the other way, I feel like we're in trouble.
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