Joy Behar stood up for President Biden ahead of his highly anticipated debate with Donald Trump, saying it is “not fair” to suggest he is suffering from “senior moments.”
The View host was staunchly anti-MAGA, arguing that Trump should be forced to speak from an “isolation booth.”
“The idea of Trump turning off his microphone if he keeps talking isn’t enough because Joe Biden can still hear him,” Behar said.
“And that whole senior moment, everyone has a senior moment… it’s still not fair to that person.”
The View host Joy Behar argued that it’s “not fair” to suggest President Biden is suffering from “senior moments”
President Biden will face off against former President Donald Trump on Thursday night, which The View hosts say Trump should do from an ‘isolation tank’
The rematch between Biden and Trump is expected to be one of the most watched debates in American history, with both sides seeking to downplay expectations for each other’s performance in advance.
But The View criticized CNN for claiming that they will not fact-check the candidates in real time, which they said would benefit Trump.
If Biden or Trump say something prematurely, their microphones will be turned off. Behar felt that wasn’t enough to stop the former president from drowning out Biden if he doesn’t take his words seriously.
“The idea of Trump turning off his microphone if he keeps talking isn’t enough because Joe Biden can still hear him,” Behar said.
“He is as you are to me. If you keep whining, I can still hear you. They must be in one of those quiz show isolation booths.”
Behar felt that while Biden had a “minute” to refute everything Trump claimed, the network made the decision not to fact-check live to leave it “up to Joe.”
“So if he says something stupid and lying, it’s on Joe,” she said.
‘And this senior moment. Everyone has a senior moment. It’s still not fair to the man.
‘When he thinks and stutters. He has overcome many disabilities. The poor man in his life, you know, and leave him alone.”
Behar appeared to allude to Biden’s past problems with stuttering, amid a growing perception among voters that the 81-year-old is too old for another four years in the White House.
This combination of photos taken in Columbia, SC shows former President Donald Trump, left, on February 24, 2024, and President Joe Biden on January 27, 2024. The clash between Biden and Trump on Thursday, June 27, could be the most consequential presidential debate in decades.
It comes as millions of Americans count down to the CNN debate, featuring President Biden seen earlier on Thursday for the first time in seven days.
Biden had spent a week of debate prep at Camp David before leaving on Marine One
The debate could be a defining moment for the 81-year-old president as Americans are wary of giving the oldest president in history a second term.
It will be a major test of the president’s mental fitness as he will stand on stage with only a notepad, a pencil and a bottle of water.
While both candidates are known for their gaffes, debate coaches told DailyMail.com that Biden is in greater danger of coming off worse because of voters’ perceptions of his age.
“If Biden drops out, that’s the ball game. That’s it for him, because he has so much more to lose in this debate than President Trump,” said GOP debate coach Gail Gitcho.
Brett O’Donnell, who has also coached Republican presidential candidates, agreed that Biden could not afford a major blunder but argued that it was just as much “high-stakes” for Trump.
“Remember the rule of debates is: you can’t win elections in a political debate, but you can lose them,” O’Donnell told DailyMail.com. “Donald Trump is currently winning. The only place he can go is down.”