Joe Biden’s 2024 Debate With Trump ‘Frightened’ Jill Biden — The View

[0:00] Former purse lady Jill Biden is opening up about what's really going on through her mind [0:04] during the 2024 presidential debate. [0:07] Joe Biden's performance left a lot of people concerned about whether he was up to the job. [0:11] Remember that? [0:13] But Jill didn't seem to be worried that night. [0:15] Now, watch. [0:17] We continue to strengthen our health care system, [0:20] making sure that we're able to make every single solitary person eligible [0:26] for what I've been able to do with the COVID, excuse me, [0:30] with dealing with everything we have to do with, look, if we finally beat Medicare. [0:41] Thank you, President Biden. [0:42] President Trump? [0:43] Joe, such a great job. [0:45] You answered every question. [0:47] You knew all the facts. [0:59] Okay, that was then. [1:01] She just gave a much different version of events this week to CBS Sunday Morning. [1:06] Take a look. [1:07] Were you horrified as you saw it unfold? [1:11] I wasn't horrified. [1:13] I was frightened because I had never, ever seen Joe like that before or since. [1:23] Never. [1:23] Or since? [1:24] Yes. [1:25] Or since. [1:25] You've never seen him like that? [1:26] Never. [1:27] No. [1:28] What happened? [1:29] I don't know what happened. [1:31] I mean, as I watched it, I thought, oh, my God, he's having a stroke. [1:34] And it scared me to death. [1:37] So why do you think she's saying this now? [1:40] She didn't say it then. [1:42] What do you make of this whole thing? [1:44] People lie after debates, right? [1:46] I mean, it's like called spinning. [1:48] Every time, I have seen debates where there's clearly one candidate who has bombed. [1:54] And next thing you know, you get the press. [1:56] So-and-so won the debate handily. [1:58] That's, you know, that's happening. [1:59] She's not going to go out there and say, Joe, you bombed. [2:03] You know, he was still running for president. [2:05] Wait, what would you have said if you were her? [2:07] Joe, you did great. [2:09] I mean, if it's your husband running for president. [2:12] So she did what she thought she should do. [2:13] I think she was doing what a political spouse and what somebody supporting her husband. [2:19] At that point, they didn't know if he was going to continue running or not. [2:21] He was still running. [2:24] I, you know, I believe her because I think, I believe her in this interview. [2:28] I think Jill Biden is a truthful person. [2:33] And I also think, I suspect she's watched it a lot of times since, [2:37] which is different than watching it in real time when you watch. [2:41] Like, we just watched it right now. [2:42] And we both said, this is painful to watch. [2:44] It was painful to watch. [2:46] Him, yeah. [2:46] You agree with that? [2:48] Yeah. [2:48] I mean, she has to spend. [2:49] That's the only thing she can do the morning after. [2:51] But I'm not really interested in litigating what Jill Biden did or didn't know. [2:55] I'm going to take her at her word. [2:56] But I would say this. [2:57] I came to this table the morning after the election and was not remotely surprised that Donald Trump won. [3:02] There were glaring signs, I argued it, at this table for two plus years [3:05] that however anyone might personally feel about Joe Biden, [3:09] he was losing the country because there were concerns not about his ability to do the job while still in office. [3:14] It was that he was going to have four more years and be the oldest president in history. [3:19] And we had seen some slowing down. [3:20] 72% of Americans said that before this debate. [3:24] And he stayed in for another month after that, [3:27] which led this narrow window for Kamala Harris to try to do a Hail Mary and win. [3:31] A lot of why we are here in this moment that we're in, [3:34] where a lot of us are afraid of the direction the country is going, [3:37] is because people who were raising their voices and saying, [3:40] America deserves other options than this, [3:43] we're told to shut up, sit down, and not use their voice, [3:46] but stand up for democracy somehow. [3:47] How are you standing up for democracy if you're not allowed to have an opinion [3:50] on the state of the commander-in-chief? [3:52] Right. [3:52] I say that now, too. [3:53] Mm-hmm. [3:54] About somebody else. [3:56] It's, you know, the one thing that I've always said about Joe Biden, [4:01] and now that I've come to know her, [4:03] and something that I've always admired about her, [4:06] is that she stands by her man. [4:08] She stands by her family. [4:09] And it's always very obvious. [4:10] It's been obvious when she's come on the show with Joe Biden, [4:16] and there have been moments where he has faltered, [4:19] where he has lost his train of thought, [4:21] and she will jump right in. [4:22] We all have seen that. [4:24] And so I am not surprised that what she said in real time right after the debate, [4:31] but I have to say I'm a little disappointed in the fact that she was living with Joe Biden. [4:39] She must have seen some of his decline. [4:42] She must have seen it. [4:44] Although she did say, [4:45] I had never seen him like that, [4:47] and I haven't seen him like that since. [4:49] Uh-huh. [4:50] I can't imagine that the Joe, [4:52] they've been together so long, [4:53] I can't imagine that the Joe Biden leading up to that debate, [4:57] she had not seen his decline. [4:59] So you're saying it would have been her duty to say the truth, right? [5:01] I think she should have privately told him, [5:04] Joe, do you really think you should run again? [5:06] Because he promised us that he was going to be a one-term president. [5:11] Sonny, the thing that gets me is you said she stands by her man. [5:13] When I hear what she's saying there, [5:15] I can't help but think my first response would be you've served your time. [5:20] You got the end of this 50 year of service. [5:23] You were the president for four years. [5:25] Now you've served enough. [5:27] If she thought he had a stroke, [5:29] when you have someone in your life that's had a medical concern, [5:31] your immediate reaction is, okay, enough here. [5:34] We all know the presidency ages people. [5:36] It beats them up. [5:37] He's heading into another four years. [5:39] I said at this table over and over, [5:41] why is the family not saying we want the end with you? [5:44] We want you. [5:45] I want to say something, though. [5:47] I watch this administration, Donald Trump's. [5:51] He's falling asleep at every cabinet meeting. [5:53] That's right. [5:53] Okay? [5:54] The guy is not making sense when he speaks anymore. [5:58] Should Melania now stand up and say, [6:00] my husband cannot do the job? [6:01] Yes. [6:02] Yes. [6:02] Absolutely. [6:05] I'm not saying publicly. [6:07] I'm saying privately. [6:08] But I also think... [6:09] You tell your spouse, Sonny... [6:10] But you think Melania can tell Donald to get down and step down? [6:12] No, I don't think anyone believes that. [6:14] And he's going to do it? [6:15] I think she should try to counsel him. [6:16] But guys, we have to be consistent here [6:17] because either you could go to the argument, [6:20] Donald Trump is slowing down and falling asleep, [6:22] or every day on the show, [6:23] we're like, he is moving at such a clip, [6:25] doing so many things that are scaring us, [6:27] we can't even keep up with the headlines. [6:28] But he's doing dementia things. [6:29] It's... [6:29] Well, it's... [6:30] That's a third. [6:31] No, but I mean... [6:32] Now you have... [6:34] The DNC finally released its autopsy, [6:37] this investigation of what went wrong and why they lost. [6:40] There is not one mention of Joe Biden's age [6:43] or his refusal to get out of the race [6:45] and leave this tiny runway for Kamala Harris. [6:47] That is malpractice on the part of the Democrat National Committee, [6:49] which, by the way, is in debt right now, [6:51] while the RNC has tens of millions of dollars. [6:52] I think both things can be true. [6:54] I think his physical and cognitive decline [6:58] are, to me, clearly evident. [7:00] I mean, his physical decline, [7:01] we see the bruises on his hands that he's had for months. [7:04] The rash on his neck. [7:04] The rash on his neck. [7:05] The swollen ankles. [7:07] These things you can't erase. [7:08] You can't not see. [7:09] According to him, he's 100% healthy. [7:10] And we see the insane things that he's tweeting out [7:13] in the middle of the night, [7:14] which then explains why he's falling asleep [7:16] in the middle of the day. [7:18] But... [7:18] And he's doing... [7:20] Demensive things. [7:21] Insane things that do scare me. [7:24] He's doing Project 2025. [7:25] He didn't run on going to war with Iran. [7:28] He didn't run on deporting grandmothers and tias. [7:32] He ran on deporting the worst of the worst. [7:33] I remember that with what Alyssa's saying about... [7:36] I also spoke up here and got a lot of flack [7:38] when I said I thought he should step out, [7:41] President Biden, early on. [7:42] Well, because of who he was running against. [7:44] No. [7:44] That's really, I think, what it was. [7:45] Right after the debate, I said, [7:46] you know what? [7:47] People have been concerned in the fact [7:49] that it's pulling so high [7:50] and people are being told, [7:52] shut up, don't notice his age, it's not a problem. [7:53] And then it became a problem [7:55] and everyone decided it was a problem. [7:57] It bothers me because every time we wanted to rehash this, [8:00] even at this table, [8:01] people said, it's over, we're done. [8:02] Part of the distrust as an independent [8:04] that I got furious at was, [8:06] don't tell me to fall in line. [8:08] That's what the Republicans do. [8:09] They fall in line with no thought [8:10] or critical thinking. [8:12] They fall in line behind a demented guy. [8:14] Right. [8:14] But my point is, [8:16] the Democrats needed to come out [8:17] and say, we had some infighting, [8:19] but we agree. [8:20] We see what the voters are saying. [8:21] They should have had a primary, [8:22] which is what Representative Clyburn said, [8:25] rather than force it. [8:26] That would have been good. [8:27] The secrecy and the lack of trust voters had [8:29] and now we're being confirmed. [8:31] No, we weren't honest. [8:33] The reason they couldn't have a primary [8:34] is because Joe Biden likely stayed too long in the race. [8:38] All right. [8:39] Back to the original point. [8:40] And he gave no runway for the vice president. [8:42] I believe in a primary, [8:43] I believe she would have been the candidate [8:45] and she wouldn't have voted on. [8:46] And at least voters would have picked her [8:48] and they could have said, [8:49] okay, but we, [8:50] this is only one little clip [8:52] of one part of her book. [8:54] She's got a whole book [8:55] that I think we need to read. [8:57] And she's coming on The View [8:58] this Tuesday, Jill Biden is. [9:00] Yeah. [9:01] And maybe we can discuss [9:02] dozing Don that day.