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Fox News
18-07-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
'The View' co-host slams Democrats for 'broken trust' over Biden health cover-up
"The View" co-host Sara Haines slammed Democrats on Friday for their handling of former President Joe Biden's health cover-up, saying that they have created a "trust issue" with voters. "I do think these ceremonial hearings are a waste of money, so if I were in their place, I would plead the fifth just for fun," Haines said, referring to the congressional inquiry into Biden's use of the autopen during his administration. "I think the Democrats are missing the whole point here, because a lot of times when you talk about this topic, they say, 'Oh, that's the past, let's move on,' all this stuff. There was a trust issue with voters. We're watching it happen right now and love talking about it on the right," she said. "The GOP is splitting. They trusted the Trump administration on the Epstein files. They're not getting that." Haines also said that she thinks fewer people trust the Trump administration on the immigration issue, but also admitted that Democrats lost some credibility with voters when it came to the cover-up of Biden's health. "There was a trust broken when President Biden did the debate and people saw things and said, 'Oh, my gosh, but this concerns me' and everyone said, 'Shut up, you're disloyal. Don't talk.' No one wanted to hear it," she said. The conversation surrounding Biden's health reached a breaking point in May with the release of "Original Sin," by CNN's Jake Tapper and Axios' Alex Thompson, which looked into the efforts made by top Biden aides and allies to hide the truth about his mental and physical health. The book contained numerous scenes depicting a president who was confused, forgetful and diminished in office. Haines said that Democrats might be more trustworthy if they did not dismiss the concerns about the 46th president's health. "The problem is not what's going on with Biden and that's the past," Haines said. "But if elected Democrats do not recognize that they should concede that point when voters talk about it, they should be able to concede, 'We understand your concern. It was legitimate,' and then move on. It will never stop being talked about." Co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin also said Congress has a role to look into the questions surrounding Biden's use of the autopen.
Yahoo
08-07-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
‘The View' Texas Flood Debate Gets Heated After Sunny Hostin Points Out This 'Could Have Been Avoided': 'The Floods Don't Care Who You Voted For'
Alyssa Farah Griffin and Sara Haines may have 'respectfully' disagreed with Sunny Hostin on The View, but the discussion still took a heated turn as the ladies debated whether now was the 'right time' to be criticizing Texas lawmakers after the tragic floods as the state continues its recovery efforts. 'The floods don't care who you voted for,' Whoopi Goldberg said as she kicked off the segment. But she also noted, 'People in power have had the opportunity to make changes to the grid, to all of these things we are seeing. I'm just wondering, when is the right time to ask the question then?' Hostin responded, 'I think now is the right time to ask the question and I understand that people are grieving.' She explained that she recently sent her children away to camps in Maine and New Hampshire. 'The thought that my kids would not be coming back is unfathomable, and I feel such empathy for these families, but this could have been either mitigated or avoided altogether.' Hostin pointed out that a sirens system could have helped mitigate the tragic loss from the floods, as seen in certain counties where there were no deaths reported. While Haines agreed that 'sirens are the answer,' she felt that the focus should remain on rescuing victims and survivors. 'Right now, I can't help but imagine that if my children were gone right now and I heard someone say, 'It could have been avoided,' I don't know how I'd take my next step,' she said as tears sprung to her eyes. Griffin agreed that the focus should be on first responders and victims. 'Action and reports are really importing but politicizing and pointing fingers is not the answer,' she said. 'I don't think its about pointing fingers. I think it's about assessing how this could have been avoided,' Hostin maintained. 'When we have school shootings, everyone sends their thoughts and prayers but they never want to talk about it and then we forget about it because another school shooting happens.' Goldberg appeared to agree with Hostin as she said the state of Texas has been 'aware' of the necessary safeguards for some time now. 'I'm not pointing a finger at the man in the White House, I'm saying there's a state that is in trouble and has been and it doesn't seem like anything is changing and maybe we need to get on top of that,' Goldberg said. The View airs on weekdays at 11/10c on ABC.
News.com.au
27-06-2025
- Entertainment
- News.com.au
TV star accidentally flashed Jude Law in backstage mishap
Alyssa Farah Griffin confessed she once accidentally flashed two-time Academy Award nominee Jude Law backstage during a discussion on The View about 'embarrassing personal malfunctions.' 'This isn't quite the same, but I accidentally flashed my underwear to Jude Law backstage once,' she recalled as the show's hosts chatted about LeAnn Rimes' teeth falling out during a recent performance. 'My mic pack fell down my dress so at commercial I run back [stage]' for help from an audio tech, she divulged during Thursday's episode of the ABC talk show. 'I flashed up my skirt so she could help me move it, and Jude Law's just standing there,' she continued. 'And then in my embarrassment — he just says nothing — I go, 'I'm sorry, sir!' Like, I made it worse by calling him sir! And then I maybe curtsied! It was brutal.' Griffin's co-hosts Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines and Ana Navarro giggled hysterically and gasped over the jaw-dropping confession. It's unclear exactly when the mishap took place, though Law did make an appearance on the popular ABC talk show back in November. Meanwhile, Haines shared footage of a cringe-worthy on-camera moment during a 2013 appearance on Good Morning America. In the clip, Haines attempted a faux-faint into the arms of a man dressed as Spider-Man — but instead brushed past his arm and fell to the floor. 'I had a moment once on-air,' Haines recalled, adding that there had been 'rehearsals' before the shocking blunder. 'I was with Spider-Man, and [producers] said, 'Oh, you should do something damsel in distress-y,' she continued. 'And so we rehearse, rehearse, rehearse,' Haines continued. 'We went live, and it just didn't go as planned.' She added that tragically — even after three successful attempts — 'It was only the time cameras were watching that he missed me.' Despite the dramatic blunders, Behar pointed out earlier in the episode that such moments aren't unheard of. 'How many of you have ever experienced an embarrassing personal malfunction?' Behar asked the audience, encouraging them to 'clap' if they had. 'The whole audience?' she marvelled. 'Wow, it must be very common.'
Fox News
20-06-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
'The View' host Ana Navarro pleads for Obama to speak out against Trump's 'American nightmare'
"The View" co-host Ana Navarro called Friday on former President Barack Obama to publicly condemn President Donald Trump, saying we are living in "an American nightmare" in his second term and it was his duty to take a stand. After Sunny Hostin and Sara Haines largely defended Obama's right to stay out of the limelight after recent media discussions about his role in the Democratic Party, Navarro pushed for Obama and other past presidents to use their platforms to fight against the Trump administration. "In normal times, former presidents would remain quiet and not criticize or attack the current president, particularly in year one when it was the honeymoon period. Well, this isn't the honeymoon period. It's a nightmare. It's an American nightmare. These are not normal times," she said. Navarro referenced the "No Kings" protests across the nation last weekend where an estimated 5 million people took to the streets to protest the president and his agenda, as Trump held a military parade in Washington, D.C., to mark the Army's 250th birthday. "The American people are taking it upon themselves. They're not waiting for a leader," Navarro continued. "They're not waiting for a great White knight or a Black knight or Latino knight to drive them out of the forest into the wilderness. They're doing it upon themselves." Navarro said she loved that Obama was "happy" and enjoying life out of the political spotlight by "making money" and "making movies." But she insisted it was his obligation to speak out against Trump for endangering the country. "America is in danger. Our democratic values are in danger. I think if you feel that way, each and every one of us has to do everything we absolutely can," she said. "Some of us have a bigger voice. Some of us have a smaller voice." Navarro suggested all the living presidents could come out and make a unified public declaration rebuking the sitting president. Some progressives shared their disappointment that Obama hasn't been more outspoken in his criticism of Trump during the president's second term. "There are many grandmas and Rachel Maddow viewers who have been more vocal in this moment than Barack Obama has," co-founder of the Progressive Change Institute, Adam Green, told The Atlantic in a report published earlier this month. "It is heartbreaking," Green said, "to see him sacrificing that megaphone when nobody else quite has it." Obama campaigned alongside former President Joe Biden before he dropped out of the race and also stumped for former Vice President Kamala Harris when she became the nominee last year. The former president spoke out against Trump in April at an event in New York, but has largely remained out of the spotlight since Trump won. This week in remarks in Connecticut, Obama took veiled shots at Trump but never mentioned him by name. He chided affluent liberals that they might have to go to uncomfortable places if they wanted to be truly progressive in this new era. Obama's office didn't return a request for comment.
Fox News
16-06-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
Anti-Trump Washington Post columnist admits he loved military parade
Anti-Trump Washington Post columnist Max Boot admitted on Sunday that he loved the military parade in Washington, D.C, in spite of his reservations about the event. Boot wrote he was initially concerned that President Donald Trump would turn the parade — held Saturday to honor the U.S. Army's 250th birthday — into a "political pageant." "But my apprehension began to melt away as soon as the music started to play and the soldiers began to march. Dear reader, I hope you do not think I am going soft on Trump if I tell you that I thoroughly enjoyed the entire parade," Boot wrote. Boot said he loved watching soldiers marching in period uniforms and added that he was "thrilled" by the flyovers. Prior to the parade, "The View" co-host Sara Haines said the event reminded her of Russia and North Korea. "I think of Russia and North Korea and visuals of people saluting and doing things and that's just not what I think of when I think of the U.S.," she said on Friday. However, Boot described the celebration as "America's army on display." "This was not a menacing, goose-stepping parade a la Moscow or Pyongyang. It was America's army on display, and I appreciated how many of the GIs were women or ethnic minorities — a reminder of the limits of [Secretary of Defense Pete] Hegseth's anti-DEI purges in a force that truly represents the entire country," Boot wrote. The anti-Trump columnist said one of the controversial parts of the parade included the "participation of [the] 70-ton M1 Abrams tank," as it could "recall unpleasant images from other countries of what happens when tanks enter the capital." "But I enjoyed seeing the smoke-belching monsters rattle down the street, and it was hard to see anything threatening about it when the crew members were smiling and waving at the spectators and, in some cases, making heart gestures with their hands," Boot said. Boot said his enjoyment of the parade was likely due to the fact that he wasn't near where Trump sat and spoke. "I was greatly relieved that Trump, in a rare amount of self-control, kept his remarks short and focused on the Army — not, as is usually the case, on glorifying himself or bashing his political opponents," he wrote. Boot also pointed to a Rolling Stone headline that read, "Trump's military birthday was a gross failure," adding, "I think that's right, but the flip side is that the Army's military parade was an absolute success."
