With President Biden’s announcement that he was running for reelection in 2024 came the usual announcement video with glowing language about an incumbent president’s perceived accomplishments and rose-colored-glasses look to the future. But according to some of the cast of ABC’s The View on Wednesday, it was the greatest video ever that showed him “champing at the bit” to face Republicans and “unifying the soul.”
While the ladies spent considerably more effort deriding the Republicans’ AI-generated response video, they still had to squeeze in some praise for their candidate’s ad.
Faux-conservative co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin boasted that Biden’s video “signals” the President “is champing at the bit to run against Trump or Ron DeSantis. He’s going after – he’s rightly saying, ‘Oh, they're going to target LGBTQ individuals, they’re going to go after abortion rights.’”
Suggesting “the ad is written for those races,” Farah Griffin asked Republicans “Are you tired of losing?” and pushed for New Hampshire Republican Governor Chris Sununu, suggesting Biden’s attacks would be useless:
I would pose to the GOP: are you tire of losing? Because if Chris Sununu, for example – I know I hype him a lot – but if a moderate, middle-of-the-road person who wants to run on the economy, on inflation, on border security got in, none of those attacks apply. He’s not targeting those.
The idea that Democratic attacks wouldn’t be effective or exist at all against a “moderate” Republican like Sununu was naïve and laughable. Back in 2012, then-Vice President Biden falsely asserted that the Republicans’ Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan ticket would bring back slavery and put black folks “back in chains.”
Farah Griffin did have a concern about how Vice President Kamala Harris was heavily featured in the ad, noting that it was a nod to Biden’s advanced age and questions about him finishing a full second term. Co-host Sara Haines stepped in to dissuade that line of thinking.
“My take on how many times the Vice President appeared was more to say with all these conversations that are being had around the issue, it's like, ‘I'm with her,’” she suggested. “It felt like they were saying, ‘We don't have to talk about this; we’re coming in together.’”
Doing her part to buoy Biden’s campaign ad, Haines suggested Biden was like America’s “soul cycle instructor” telling us all “You can do this, go to the top of the mountain.” “I believe in the soul cycle vision. You have to be hopeful. And I think that's what works in this country when you're a politician,” she added. She went on to proclaim that Biden’s campaign ad was helpful in “unifying the soul.”
And despite Biden’s 2022 midterm speeches warning that half the country was dangerous to the future and safety of America, Haines latched on a part of the video where Biden says he believes “Americans are good people.”
“And I've always held onto that no matter how divisive this country gets, that I believe there is so much potential when we harness it together,” she hyped herself before hypocritically chiding the how “that GOP ad was so disturbing.”
The View’s profuse praise for Biden’s campaign ad was made possible because of lucrative sponsorships from General Mill and Progressive. Their contact information is linked.
The transcript is below, click "expand" to read:
The View
April 26, 2023
11:04:47 a.m. Eastern(…)
ALYSSA FARAH GRIFFIN: Two initial observations. On the Republican side, this signals to me that Joe Biden is champing at the bit to run against Trump or Ron DeSantis. He’s going after – He’s rightly saying, “Oh, they're going to target LGBTQ individuals, they’re going to go after abortion rights.” The ad is written for those races.
I would pose to the GOP: are you tired of losing? Because if Chris Sununu, for example – I know I hype him a lot – but if a moderate, middle-of-the-road person who wants to run on the economy, on inflation, on border security got in, none of those attacks apply. He’s not targeting those.
JOY BEHAR: Yeah, but he can't win in a primary. Let me ask you something. If it was Biden against Trump, who would you vote for?
FARAH GRIFFIN: I'll never vote for Trump again. I’ve been clear on that. I would tend to write-in. I don't think I should have to change my Republican values because two parties are putting up options I don't like.
BEHAR: You're not changing values, you’re just voting.
FARAH GRIFFIN: I would write someone in. I would never vote Trump.
(…)
11:07:22 a.m. Eastern
SARA HAINES: My take on how many times the Vice President appeared was more to say with all these conversations that are being had around the issue, it's like I'm with her. It felt like they were saying, we don't have to talk about this; we’re coming in together.
But when I watched the two ads, I thought there were two people in – there are two types of people in this world. There are the people that are motivated by a soul cycle instructor, like, “you can do this, go to the top of the mountain,” or a boot camp instructor. I believe in the soul cycle vision. You have to be hopeful. And I think that's what works in this country when you're a politician.
BEAHR: It does.
HAINES: I don't think anyone lives their best life afraid. And I think that whole ad he did was about unifying the soul. And he also made a – at one point he says a line of, “I believe Americans are good people.” And I've always held onto that no matter how divisive this country gets, that I believe there is so much potential when we harness it together. But that GOP ad was so disturbing.
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