ABC’s “The View” co-host Joy Behar attacked Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and admitted she wants Donald Trump to be the GOP presidential nominee so Democrats can win in 2024.
During a segment on the Wednesday show, the women discussed the possibility of DeSantis securing the presidential nomination in 2024 after being floated as a potential candidate. While DeSantis has seen popularity after his midterm re-election, Behar insisted that the governor was a “dweeb” and that Trump needs to be the nominee for Democrats to win.
“DeSantis is what they call a dweeb. And Trump is the one who needs to get the nomination, because then the Democrats will win. He’s a two-time loser already. Hellooooo! Loser!” Behar joked, putting an L-sign on her forehead, while Alyssa Farah Griffin asked, “But isn’t that a risk?”
A new Fox News poll showed Trump leading DeSantis by double digits among Republican primary voters. The poll also showed an 11% increase in support for Trump since February.
Other members of the panel agreed that DeSantis does not have the stamina to take on Trump in a potential primary.
“The View” co-host Joy Behar said she hopes former President Donald Trump wins the 2024 GOP nomination. ABC via Getty Images
Joy Behar called former President Donald Trump a “two-time loser.” AP
Joy Behar called Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis a “dweeb.” AP“I have been saying at this table for months, I think Ron DeSantis is the most over-hyped politician in America. I think this notion that he’s going to save the GOP from Trump, and score the nomination, it’s over-hyped. He had a good midterm election. He got re-elected in Florida,” Griffin said.
She continued, “He got re-elected. He did a good job. This is a man that I want to see two things from, I want to see him with a neutral interviewer like George Stephanopoulos and actually answer tough questions. I have never seen him do a major national sit-down interview. And secondly, you don’t beat Trump by not going after Trump. I want to see him take a punch at Trump.”
“He’s gonna miss,” Behar joked.
Co-host Sara Haines added, “He also lacks charisma. And not that this is good or bad, we’ve watched some of the magic and he also had other skills, but President [Barack] Obama came onto the stage and the whole crowd was enthralled. He had the ‘it’ factor. Donald Trump, whether you liked ‘it’ or not, he had a factor.”
“Ron DeSantis, there’s nothing there. I don’t think you can win in the media coverage, with some kind of gravitas that he just does not have,” she said.
Additional polls have shown Trump with a double-digit lead over DeSantis. However, an NPR/Marist poll found that only 38% of national adults would want to see Trump as president again with the former commander-in-chief receiving only a 39% favorability rating.
