September 29, 2022 1:30pm EDT
'The View' hosts slam criticism of Biden's 'where's Jackie' gaffe, say America is 'ageist'
Biden appeared to look for deceased Congresswoman Jackie Walorski in the crowd during an event on Wednesday
By Hanna Panreck | Fox News
"The View" hosts slammed criticism of President Biden's "where's Jackie" gaffe on Thursday and said that America was "ageist."
"I mean, she passed last month not, like, a hundred years ago," co-host Whoopi Goldberg said. Joy Behar added that former President Donald Trump forgot Fredrick Douglas was dead.
Sara Haines compared Biden's moment to a "brain fart" and "mommy brain."
Reacting to White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre answering questions about the obvious gaffe, Haines declared: "That was very apparent, what this gaffe was, I think her explanation made it worse though because in that moment I probably would have just said, ‘okay guys, he had a moment, who in this room hasn't?’" The co-host added that Jean-Pierre kept repeating the same words.
Behar claimed Republicans have "weaponized" Biden's gaffes in the past and have said that he's "senile."
"I think what it really shows is this country is so ageist. This country has a problem with age," co-host Sunny Hostin said. "You go to other countries and our elders are revered and they're revered because of the knowledge that they have acquired and this is a man who has worked in government his entire life, this is a man who probably had a relationship with this woman."
Hostin argued that something like Biden's comments could happen to anyone and that people should "stop weaponizing his age."
"I hate that about this country," she added.
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