Joy Behar, who has defended “dog” Bill Clinton’s mistreatment of women because “he votes in my favor,” on Monday got angry at Donald Trump for being a “liar” and “sexually harassing” women. The View co-host reacted to a story in the New York Times that Trump has been inappropriate with women.
On the allegation that the businessman kissed a beauty contestant on the lips, Behar raged, “That's called sexual harassment! No one likes some big, overweight guy [forcing themselves on you]."
On the subject of Trump pretending to be his own spokesman for interviews, the co-host assailed, “He's a liar, because he already admitted that it was him. Now he says it’s not him. He’s a liar. He’s the one who calls Hillary a liar?”
Behar’s sudden concern for the truth and the dignity of women is hard to square with her comments about sleazy Democrats. On January 5, 2016, Behar admitted that she doesn’t care about sexual harassment, so long as the transgressors are Democrats:
JOY BEHAR: Teddy Kennedy. Remember Chappaquiddick? Am I the oldest person in the room? Chappaquiddick. I mean, a girl drowns and he abandons her and she drowned and women still voted for Teddy Kennedy. Why? Because he voted for women's rights. That's why. That's the bottom line of it in my opinion. I mean, I don't like either one of them, to tell you the truth, Teddy or Bill. They're both dogs as far as I'm concerned. But I still will vote for Bill Clinton because he votes in my favor.
On Monday, Behar said of the New York Times piece: “Are we gonna ask, blame Melania or this piece in the Times? So don't go after Hillary." Of course, as the MRC’s Kristine Marsh noted, “Hillary Clinton was not an innocent bystander during her husband’s affairs. She has a record of being complicit in his sexual misconduct, even threatening and bullying his victims to keep quiet."
A partial transcript of the segment is below:
The View
5/16/16
11:05[On Trump posing as his own publicist]
JOY BEHAR: He’s a liar. At the very least with this little latest caper here, he's a liar, because he already admitted that it was him. Now he says it’s not him. He’s a liar. He’s the one who calls Hillary a liar?
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[On the NYT article about him being inappropriate with women.]
MICHELLE COLLINS: The fact that he told a woman who's overweight that she is eating too much candy. You know men like this. There are boorish men out there.
BEHAR: Why does he have to be president of the United States?
COLLINS: The point that I’m saying, he's calling it a hit piece. Personally, I thought that it was saying a lot. The fact that he kissed women on the lips. Can you imagine that guy coming at you with those lips, like two dried apricots coming at you.
BEHAR: That's called sexual harassment. No one likes some big, overweight guy coming on and —
SUNNY HOSTIN: That's the issue, is he guilty of sexual harassment when he accuses Bill Clinton often of sexual harassment?
BEHAR: Okay, that’s another thing. You know what, tthey’re going to bring up he gets accused of this, he brings up Bill Clinton. Okay, Bill Clinton is a dog also. What does this have to do with Hillary Clinton?
