While largely failing to have the media be held accountable for lying to the American people about President Biden’s failing mental acuity, Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson’s book Original Sin caused quite the stir on ABC’s The View. During Friday’s show, the liberal ladies were at each other’s throats as they battled over where or not it mattered that their Democratic Party lied to the American people. One of the purported conservatives even exclaimed: “We have Trump because you guys screwed this up!”
Pretend independent Sara Haines finally came out as a supporter of Democrats and said her criticism came from a place of love, and that she wanted them to gain the trust of the public again:
People lost trust in them because the voters were saying there was a concern. There were people across the board saying they had a concern, and the Democrats said, “no, no, over here, look over here.” They told the voters what to care about and did not listen when the voters said they cared.
So, these stories come out aren't about beating a dead horse, it’s saying if they could have a fair conversation that we heard you, we saw it as they saw it, they'd be gaining some of the voters back to say, okay, we're not going to keep saying.
As someone staunchly far-left, co-host Sunny Hostin rejected the idea that the Democratic Party needed to answer for their lies. “No, I don't. I think that I want to move on from why the Democratic Party lost and I want to hear from the Democratic Party about how we are going to take our country back,” she proclaimed.
She wanted to know “what they are going to do to combat fascism.” And like the staunch racist that she was, she wanted to lash out at white people some more: “I want to talk about why this administration is giving refugee status to South African white Afrikaners!”
Purported conservative Alyssa Farah Griffin noted that Trump’s approval rating was at “39 percent” compared to the “27 percent” for Democrats collectively. But before she could finish her thought, moderator Joy Behar rudely interrupted to claim it wasn’t because Democrats were “being bad” but rather “because they haven't fought hard enough” against Trump.
As Farah Griffin was pointing out that Biden had forgotten who George Clooney was (a friend of his), Behar defended the forgetfulness by suggesting Clooney “looks different lately. He does.”
Behar eventually resorted to shouting over Farah Griffin to stop talking about Biden’s failing mental acuity, to which Farah Griffin screamed back that they as Democrats “screwed this up”:
BEHAR: The ship has sailed! It's out in the ocean somewhere with Biden! It's over! Get over it!
FARAH GRIFFIN: We have Trump because you guys screwed this up! With all due respect.
BEHAR: Does it help to just keep going over the same material about Biden over and over again?!
The View cast were part of the cover-up of Biden’s failing mental acuity. In July of 2024, moderator Whoopi Goldberg proclaimed that declared that Biden could have “pooped his pants” and she still would have held water for him. In May of 2024, Behar admitted to guest Bill Maher that she self-censors her criticism of Biden lest she help Trump get elected.
The transcript is below. Click "expand" to read:
ABC’s The View
May 16, 2025
11:04:13 a.m. Eastern(…)
SARA HAINES: So, you tend to criticize the people that you line up more, that you care more about and that would be the Democrats for me.
People lost trust in them because the voters were saying there was a concern. There were people across the board saying they had a concern, and the Democrats said, “no, no, over here, look over here.” They told the voters what to care about and did not listen when the voters said they cared.
So, these stories come out aren't about beating a dead horse, it’s saying if they could have a fair conversation that we heard you, we saw it as they saw it, they'd be gaining some of the voters back to say, okay, we're not going to keep saying.
JOY BEHAR: You agree with that? You agree with that?
SUNNY HOSTIN: No, I don't. I think that I want to move on from why the Democratic Party lost and I want to hear from the Democratic Party about how we are going to take our country back.
[Cheers and applause]
And how -- what they are going to do to combat fascism and what they are going to do to stop the medicate cuts that are going on, to stop giving tax cuts to billionaires, to stop taking federal workers' pensions away, to stop taking federal jobs away, to stop taking education away, to stop attacking our institutions, to stop being – Why is this Trump administration stopping medical research, cancer?! I want to talk about why this administration is giving refugee status to South African white Afrikaners. As opposed to Afghans and Ukrainians and people of color. That's what I want to talk about.
BEHAR: I think that Sara's point is they have to admit what they did wrong before we can move on to that. Am I right?
HAINES: Yes.
[Crosstalk]
ALYSSA FARAH GRIFFIN: There's also a reality here. Just so we know, this table spends a lot of time criticizing Donald Trump and a lot of it is very valid and needs to happen, but it’s a fact his approval rating is 39 percent.
HAINES: It’s higher than the Democratic Party.
FARAH GRIFFIN: However Democrats is 27 percent. People felt gaslit and lied to. In 2023 –
BEHAR: Wait, part of that I think the low ratings for the Democrats – I think partly – I may be making this up – is because they haven't fought hard enough. What she's talking about. Not because they’re so angry with the Democrats for being bad.
FARAH GRIFFIN: That may be part of it. 77 percent of Americans in 2023 said Joe Biden was too old run again. And they were told: sit down, shut up, he is the nominee; and then when it became untenable and he stepped aside, they anointed Kamala Harris they were told. There was not a primary. There was not a democratic process.
BEHAR: I know. It was a mistake.
HOSTIN: I don’t think it was a mistake.
FARAH GRIFFIN: And then when she lost, they said, ‘don't look backward. We're moving forward, we’re not even going to talk about why we didn’t listen to you.
We had Joe Biden here last week. It was an honor to have him. I think he is a good man. I do not think he could have been president for four more years. The hardest job on the planet.
[Crosstalk]
BEHAR: And do you think – can this guy be president for four more years?!
FARAH GRIFFIN: He was elected. I didn't vote for him!
(…)
11:08:17 a.m. Eastern
FARAH GRIFFIN: People are quoted in this book saying the would be boxed out of meetings if they raised concerns and there's specific examples. George Clooney goes on the record to Jake tapper and says he moved mountains. He flew in from Italy to do this record fundraiser for Joe Biden. Joe Biden didn't recognize George Clooney. One of the most recognizable.
BEHAR: He looks different lately.
[Laughter]
He does.
FARAH GRIFFIN: One of the most recognizable men on the planet. Now, that is not a presidential duty. It's not the job -- you don't have to recognize George Clooney. Does that give you confidence that in the middle of the night that if China is about to attack us there's a war breaking out in Iran he is the sharpest person to be able to handle that?
BEHAR: Wait a second, which administration texted war plans to their brother?
[Applause]
Was that Joe Biden?! No!
FARAH GRIFFIN: Should we just keep lowering the bar because Trump is bad and nothing else is bad because Trump is bad?
[Crosstalk]
BEHAR: The ship has sailed! It's out in the ocean somewhere with Biden! It's over! Get over it!
FARAH GRIFFIN: We have Trump because you guys screwed this up! With all due respect.
BEHAR: Does it help to just keep going over the same material about Biden over and over again?!
(…)
