In the heated run-up to the 2024 presidential race, the co-hosts of "The View" have expressed their exasperation with voters who remain undecided about supporting Vice President Kamala Harris.
Joy Behar, one of the co-hosts, confessed to experiencing a "breakdown" due to the anxiety surrounding the election results.
According to Fox News, the co-hosts were discussing a town hall in Pennsylvania where Harris addressed undecided voters. A clip was played featuring a voter criticizing the rhetoric of both candidates, which prompted a strong reaction from Behar. "Get off the fence, all right?" she retorted. "Its a presidential candidate with credentials versus some kind of a nutcase. Thats what you are up against. Stop with the fence already, Im sick of it. I cant take this anymore."
Behar's frustration was palpable as she expressed her longing for Election Day, saying, "You see Im having a breakdown. I cant wait for Election Day, so I can sleep at night!" She also voiced her hope for a "blue tsunami" to secure a decisive victory in the race.
Whoopi Goldberg, another co-host, also expressed her criticism of swing voters who were hesitant to support Harris. "If youre not sure now, I dont know what else it is people are looking for. She has turned herself inside out practically," Goldberg said, referring to Harris' increased media presence in recent weeks. "Shes doing the best she can with what shes got, and if its not good enough, then were in trouble," Goldberg added, expressing her concern.
Earlier in the program, co-host Sunny Hostin argued that Harris was being held to a "different standard" than former President Trump. "She is being held to a different standard. She has to be perfect while he has been the most imperfect candidate we have ever seen for presidency in our lifetimes. That is just a fact," she declared.
Hostin continued, criticizing the scrutiny Harris was under. "I want someone who is disciplined near the nuclear codes. I want someone who is moderate near the nuclear codes, and so all this criticism that shes getting makes it very clear to me that not only is it a binary choice, people are holding her to this different standard, because you have a maniac on the other side," she stated.
Behar concurred, stating, "He doesn't even have to appear sane, that's the bar at this point. She has to appear presidential."
However, not all commentary on Harris' town hall was positive. CNN commentators criticized Harris' responses, suggesting she gave "word salad" answers when she didn't want to answer a question. "The thing that would concern me is when she doesnt want to answer a question," said former Obama adviser David Axelrod. "Her habit is to kind of go to word salad city, and she did that on a couple of answers. One was on Israel. Anderson [Cooper] asked a direct question, Would you be stronger on Israel than Trump? And there was a seven-minute answer, but none of it related to the question he was asking."
Axelrod also criticized Harris' response to questions about the Biden-Harris administration's border policies, calling it a "mistake." Harris stated that she believed the administration did "the right thing" by waiting until 2024 to take executive action to curb illegal immigration.
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