The View continues to ramp up its political coverage, with one segment on this morning’s episode focusing specifically on the varied calls to tone down incendiary rhetoric in politics, especially in light of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump.
The chat began with a clip from President Joe Biden‘s appearance on NBC News with Lester Holt last night (July 15), in which he clarified his previous language about Trump, especially his remark that the former POTUS should be put “in the bull’s-eye.”
Biden said, in part, “It was a mistake to use the word. I didn’t mean — I didn’t say ‘cross-hairs.’ I meant ‘bull’s-eye.’ I meant focus on him. Focus on what he’s doing. Focus on — on his — on his policies. Focus on the number of lies he told in the debate.”
After the clip of Biden’s interview played on The View, Alyssa Farah Griffin gave her take, applauding Biden for admitting his words were wrong.
“I think it was important that Biden acknowledge that the [word] was something that he shouldn’t have used, and I think it’s refreshing when politicians admit that they’re wrong about something,” Griffin said.
She continued, “It’s something we need to be checking ourselves, the way that we talk in this environment. We’re living in an era of political violence, even before the Trump assassination attempt.”
Later in the same segment, Griffin said that Trump’s speech at the Republican National Convention on Thursday (July 18) would be the perfect moment for him to try and bring our polarized nation together. Trump himself said that after the Saturday (July 13) shooting at his rally, he’s going to craft ” a whole different speech” that will “bring the whole country, even the whole world, together,” per Axios.
On this morning’s show, Griffin told her co-hosts, “It’s an opportunity for the former president to take the temperature down on Thursday and show that in his remarks, if he’s capable of it.”
Sunny Hostin could be hear replying, “I hope he’s capable of it,” but Goldberg had her doubts.
She hit back, “Listen, that’s what he’ll do. I don’t know if he’ll stay with it. You know, he’ll start that way. And then he’ll lose his mind and it’ll start again.”
The View airs weekdays at 11/10c on ABC.