Alyssa Farah Griffin claims she feels 'duped' by Joe Biden’s team after debate, says she's been told 'this guy’s doing gymnastics'
WASHINGTON, DC: Alyssa Farah Griffin, the host of 'The View,' voiced strong criticism of President Joe Biden's debate performance against Donald Trump on June 27.
She expressed feelings of deception by the White House regarding Biden's fitness for office, according to The Hill.
Alyssa Farah Griffin says she feels 'duped' by Joe Biden's office
After watching Biden's incoherent debate performance, Griffin discussed the event on the ABC daytime talk show on Friday, June 28.
“I feel duped. I feel like I’ve been told this guy’s doing gymnastics,” she said.
White House's pushback on Joe Biden's fitness concerns
Earlier this month, a Wall Street Journal titled 'Behind Closed Doors, Biden Shows Signs of Slipping' raised questions about Biden's fitness for office.
In response, Biden campaign manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez stated, “As someone who has spent and continues to spend a lot of time with the president and continues to, I think ensure that I am living up to sort of his … strategic approach at every turn."
"I will say that he is, you know, just one of the strongest leaders that I’ve been able to engage and to be able to work with and to advise," Rodriguez said at the time.
Alyssa Farah Griffin says she was 'genuinely in shock' watching Joe Biden's debate performance
Expressing her shock at Biden's debate performance, Griffin who is also a CNN commentator said, “This is historically bad, and I think we need to be awake to the stakes of it, because the time is really critical."
“I was genuinely in shock last night watching this. Even though I had concerns for a couple of years about Biden’s age, it was stunningly worse than I expected,” she told her fellow 'The View' co-hosts.
The former Trump administration official-turned-fierce critic of Biden further noted, “Donald Trump was a mess, he lied his way through, but Joe Biden’s performance was so bad that it eclipsed everything that Donald Trump said because the distraction was on Joe Biden’s performance."
“Biden has been running on Donald Trump as a threat to democracy. He’s a threat to our values. I agree with him on that. Donald Trump is a threat to American democracy,” she said, before joining other prominent voices who have questioned whether Biden should seek a second term following his debate performance," said Griffin.
"We need someone who can beat [Trump]. I’ve been told for a long time, put … country before party and support Joe Biden’s run,” she added.
Griffin also stated that Biden “needs to put country before his own ambition, and he needs to step aside and pass the baton, because I’m telling you right now, Trump World is scared when they’re hearing rumblings that they’re putting someone else on the ticket."
"They know that any other Democrat, they’ll wipe the floor with Donald Trump," the host added.
