Sunny Hostin interrupted guest host Alyssa Farah Griffin during Tuesday’s broadcast of “The View” to repeatedly say “Death-Santis,” in an apparent move to get her co-host’s attention.
Griffin, who has often filled the “conservative” seat on the ABC midday talk show — left vacant with the contentious exit of former host Meghan McCain — began the conversation by asking whether President Joe Biden could beat former President Donald Trump in a second head-to-head match-up.
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Alyssa Farah Griffin questions whether Biden could defeat Trump head to head again — prompting Sunny Hostin to repeat "Death-Santis" over and over again. pic.twitter.com/LwStR1WwOh
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Fellow co-host Whoopi Goldberg noted that some had been critical of Biden because of his age — he will be 80 in November and will turn 82 just after the 2024 presidential election — and pointed out that many older Americans simply go about “doing their thing really beautifully” regardless of age.
“I think anyone looking at their retirement account yesterday, looking at fuel prices, looking at inflation, not all of which by the way are Biden’s fault — that creates a path and a window for a Donald Trump to come back in,” Griffin pushed back, noting that not all of the criticisms of Biden had anything to do with his age.
Griffin said that the real question should be “who’s best fit to beat Donald Trump because that man should never be president again,” adding, “I’m not sure I think it’s Joe Biden, and the fact that David Axelrod, senior Obama and Biden adviser came out and said he’s going to be 82, it’s not about age, I don’t think he has the same strength and sharpness I saw five years ago with Biden, and I have tremendous respect for the man. So I’m curious who are the Dems going to run, where is the Obama energy that we could bring?”
“I don’t know if we need Obama energy, we need somebody who gets the country back on, on line, in line,” Goldberg replied. “Because, you know, if you can name me a Republican who has a shot to do that, that’s what I’m more interested in –”
“I hope it’s not ‘Death-Santis,'” Hostin cut in and the others were still talking.
“I think it will be ‘Death-Santis,’ she repeated her name for Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL), saying once more when the others stopped talking. “I hope it’s not ‘Death-Santis’ over in Florida because I think he’s a fascist, ‘Death-Santis.’ I think he handled COVID miserably. I think he’s a fascist and a bigot.”
“Those are his good points,” Joy Behar laughed.
“Those are his good points,” Hostin repeated, nodding as the audience laughed and applauded. “I hate this talk about — I think people saying he’s too old, I mean, you know, if the former, you know, twice-impeached, disgraced president he’s such a young spring chicken he’s going to be 78 when Joe Biden is 81. I don’t like this ageism argument.”
Hostin went on to say that if another Democrat were to run, she would like to have it be someone like Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA) “because he’s really pretty to look at and I think he does a great job in California.”