The Cackling Coven of ABC’s The View was extremely happy with the way their network’s 3-on-1 presidential debate turned out the previous night. According to their oh-so-insightful analysis, Vice President Harris doomed former President Trump just by initiating a handshake as they walked on stage. But even an anti-Trumper, former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie tapped the brakes on their hot take.
The liberal ladies were already several minutes into their gushing when moderator Whoopi Goldberg asked if they wanted to see her recreation of walkout and handshake. “I need to see it!” proclaimed faux conservative Alyssa Farah Griffin. “Yeah. Yeah. Yeah,” agreed pretend independent Sara Haines. “The walk out was the best!” added staunchly racist and anti-Semitic co-host Sunny Hostin (the descendant of slave owners).
Claiming it happened “just like this,” Goldberg proceeded to walk to the edge of their set and perform an exaggerated, swaggery walk to shake Hostin’s hand:
GOLDBERG: She said, just like this.
[Walks to the edge of the set]
Now, this may not be what was coming out of her mouth but this is what her body was saying.
[With a swagger, recreates Vice President Harris walking up to former President Trump to shake his hand with Sunny Hostin]
HOSTIN: Yes! Yes!
[Applause]
And then --
HOSTIN: That's what happened!
GOLDBERG: And then.
HOSTIN: That’s what happened!
“And then she said her name correctly. And you notice he didn't say it at all!,” Goldberg exclaimed. “Yes, she did!” touted Haines. “Well, he can’t remember it,” mocked co-host Joy Behar.
Goldberg added: “Because she said to him, ‘you want to say something to me, say it to my face!’ And she put her face right there and he couldn't do it. He couldn't do it.”
Several minutes later, when speaking with Christie, Haines insisted the handshake was “one of the boldest moves” of the night.
“[T]he Vice President came on that stage, she reached for his hand, and she was almost behind his podium because they were clearly not going to meet in the middle. Do you think that set the tone for the night? Because I thought that was such an amazing move,” she asked. Behar piped up and claimed “she threw him off” with the handshake.
But Christie wasn’t buying it, arguing that a handshake was a bar so low that it was sitting on the floor:
CHRISTIE: Look, if she threw him off, then he's even stupider than some people think.
[Laughter]
That was – I mean, look, she did -- she did well last night, but that was a layup. Okay? You go and you shake someone's hand.
HAINES: But that's how low the bar has been brought down.
CHRISTIE: Well, but that’s right, but she doesn't get credit for getting over a bar that's this high. My point is –
HAINES: But she didn’t set the bar down there.
CHRISTIE: No. No. That’s good and good for her and it's smart –
HOSTIN: But why didn’t he meet her in the middle?
CHRISTIE: Why didn’t he meet? Because that's not him.
“Why didn't he meet her in the middle, because he is so much larger than she is. She's my height. I’m about 5’6’’. He's got to be about 6'2" and she looked taller than he looked,” Hostin chided. Christie agreed: “Well, certainly she was taller than him by going and greeting him.”
The transcript is below. Click "expand" to read:
ABC’s The View
September 11, 2024
11:07:40 a.m. Eastern(…)
WHOOPI GOLDBERG: Let me show -- can I just do the walk out?
ALYSSA FARAH GRIFFIN: I need to see it!
SARA HAINES: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
SUNNY HOSTIN: The walk out was the best!
GOLDBERG: She said, just like this.
[Walks to the edge of the set]
Now, this may not be what was coming out of her mouth but this is what her body was saying.
[With a swagger, recreates Vice President Harris walking up to former President Trump to shake his hand with Sunny Hostin]
HOSTIN: Yes! Yes!
[Applause]
And then --
HOSTIN: That's what happened!
GOLDBERG: And then.
HOSTIN: That’s what happened!
GOLDBERG: And then she said her name correctly.
HOSTIN: Yeah!
HAINES: Yes, she did!
GOLDBERG: And you notice he didn't say it at all!
HOSTIN: No!
GOLDBERG: Because he knew –
JOY BEHAR: Well, he can’t remember it.
GOLDBERG: - because she said to him, ‘you want to say something to me, say it to my face!’
HOSTIN: And she said it to his face!
GOLDBEGR: And she put her face right there and he couldn't do it. He couldn't do it.
(…)
11:18:47 a.m. Eastern
HAINES: And last night though, one of the boldest moves, which we were just talking about, is the Vice President came on that stage, she reached for his hand, and she was almost behind his podium because they were clearly not going to meet in the middle. Do you think that set the tone for the night? Because I thought that was such an amazing move.
BEHAR: She threw him off.
CHRIS CHRISTIE: Look, if she threw him off, then he's even stupider than some people think.
[Laughter]
That was – I mean, look, she did -- she did well last night, but that was a layup. Okay? You go and you shake someone's hand.
HAINES: But that's how low the bar has been brought down.
CHRISTIE: Well, but that’s right, but she doesn't get credit for getting over a bar that's this high. My point is –
HAINES: But she didn’t set the bar down there.
CHRISTIE: No. No. That’s good and good for her and it's smart –
HOSTIN: But why didn’t he meet her in the middle?
CHRISTIE: Why didn’t he meet? Because that's not him.
HOSTIN: Why didn't he meet her in the middle, because he is so much larger than she is. She's my height. I’m about 5’6’’. He's got to be about 6'2" and she looked taller than he looked.
CHRISTIE: Well, certainly she was taller than him by going and greeting him.
GOLDBERG: Yes!
HOSTIN: Yeah.
CHRISTIE: And it was a display of confidence on her part as well.
HOSTIN: Yeah.
(…)
