National calls for unity following the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump were not enough to keep the women of “The View” from condoning inflammatory rhetoric.
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Less than a week after a young man tried to take the life of the former president, “The View” is trying to defend heated rhetoric coming from the left as somehow being different than what is being discussed by conservatives.
Playing a clip of President Joe Biden talking to NBC’s Lester Holt, walking back previous remarks about putting Trump in the “bullseye,” Whoopi Goldberg asked about there “being a huge difference in the rhetoric coming out from either side.”
Sunny Hostin was the first to respond.
“I think so. I mean, I think one of the other things he said was ‘How do you talk about the threat to democracy, which is real when a president says things like he says,’ meaning the former president, ‘do you just not say anything because it may incite somebody? I have not engaged in that rhetoric,’ Biden continued. ‘My opponent is the one that has engaged in that rhetoric.'” Sunny read. “So I just think that calling out the truth is not turning up the heat, right, and I think it’s really important. Tone matters, words matter, but facts matter too, and so if you see behavior or you see policy or you see rhetoric that is inappropriate and improper, I don’t think we should be silent about that because silence can be complicity.”
Alyssa Farrah Griffin was up next:
“I think it was important that Biden acknowledged the statement wasn’t something he should have used,” she said. “That is refreshing, politicians admit they’re wrong about something. We all — it’s something we need to be checking ourselves, the way we talk in this environment. We’re living in an era of political violence even before the Trump assassination attempt. I’m mostly struck by Biden’s been out there more. We’ve seen him more since the debate. I’m not any more confident. I’m curious how the table is.”
“I’m more confident,” Sunny immediately chimed in.
Sara Haines shared that sentiment.
“I felt better watching him the last few times he’s spoken partially because of the content of his message. I thought it was very presidential how he handled the response to the, you know, the assassination attempt. I thought it was very unifying,” she pointed out. “I also think, though, when we’re speaking of rhetoric and engaging it’s your intention because you see President Biden and the way I see a lot of those people they’re saying we got to win at the polls. It’s not like we’ve got to storm the Capitol. Like, there is a difference where are you inciting mobs and followers and saying come with me, let’s do this or are you saying change matters, let’s use our voice at the ballot box and I see a very clear difference in the rhetoric.”
Joy Behar challenged Haines in her previous calls for Biden to step out of the race, following his disastrous debate against Trump.
“Do you now believe he should not step down because you said he should.”
“What I’m waiting for I don’t know if he can win in November was my message. I will be voting for him,” Haines admitted. “I’m letting those conversations play out as they will because I will support him if he’s on the ballot and I will support anyone else that they were — if they were to select someone else.”
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Sierra Marlee is a millennial whose hunger for the truth in a world of fake news has led her to write. Marlee also contributes to BizPac Review.
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