During the broadcast of ABC’s “The View” on Wednesday, June 6, co-host Joy Behar decided to attack Trump supporters after commenting on her own trip to Normandy, France. In fact, she near-immediately went from saying America saved the world to attacking Trump for being a “convicted felon” and his supporters for flushing America down the toilet.
Behar’s rant began when, on a segment of the broadcast meant to honor the 80th Anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France, and liberation of Western Europe that resulted, she spoke about a trip she took and what the guide at the Normandy battlefields said to her. She then used that to attack the former president and his supporters.
She began, describing her trip. “When I was there, I had a guide who was French, and I said to him, ‘we saved France,’ and he said, ‘you saved the world.’” She continued, “That is the most touching thing anybody has ever said to me about this country, and for us to be throwing it down the toilet to a convicted felon, to somebody who was liable for rape, who lies and cheats.”
She then admitted that Trump is starting to do particularly well in the polling against President Biden, but used that not to admit Biden’s failures but rather to claim again that Trump will destroy the country. She said, “This guy is neck-and-neck with Biden.” She continued, “Today is the day to reflect on what we have in this country and what we could lose very easily if we don’t watch it.”
She then repeated a discredited story about what Trump said of the D-Day heroes, saying, “John Kelly, his former chief of staff, said Trump said U.S. service members were ‘suckers’ and ‘losers’ for risking their lives. There’s nothing in it for them. He refused to visit the graves in France. He didn’t want to be seen in the presence of military amputees because, quote, ‘it doesn’t look good for me.’ He criticized Gold Star families. He went against John McCain who was a hero.”
Chiming in, fellow “The View” co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin defended the state of the United States under President Biden, saying, “I think we are the greatest nation on earth and what makes us great — we show up for our allies, we fight for democracy abroad, we fight against autocracy, and when we saw [the] pure evil of Nazism, we showed up and fought back and defended our European allies. With what is happening in Ukraine right now, that is who America is. It is not what we are starting to careen toward. I mean freedom isn’t free, democracy is fragile, and now is the moment to remember those who are greater than us who served.”
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President Joe Biden visited Normandy for the 80th anniversary of the invasion, though that trip went less than well for him from a public relations perspective. He made a number of unfortunate gaffes and strange poses during the day’s events, leading many online to mock him and to question whether he is mentally competent enough to handle the presidency.
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