The liberal co-hosts of "The View" mercilessly criticized former President Trump's speech at the Republican National Convention, calling it a display of "cognitive decline," "xenophobia," and "beneath the dignity" of the office.
Former President Trump's address at the Republican National Convention on Thursday in Milwaukee was met with a barrage of scathing reviews from the liberal co-hosts of "The View" on Friday morning.
Co-host Ana Navarro, a staunch defender of President Biden, claimed the over-90-minute speech exhibited Trump's "cognitive decline." She expressed surprise that the media and Washington were not paying more attention to Trump's mental fitness instead of focusing on Biden's age.
'The View' Hosts Eviscerate Trump's RNC Address, Label It "Narcissistic" and "Xenophobic
"If Joe Biden had been up there giving that speech, men in white coats would have interrupted him and carted him off and put him in a padded wagon," Navarro lamented. "I thought today I would wake up and the TV would be full of like, doctors talking about Donald Trump's cognitive decline. I thought it would be full of Republicans hanging their heads in shame like Democrats did."
Navarro quipped that the bandage on Trump's ear, from a recent golf outing, should have been over his mouth instead.
'The View' Hosts Eviscerate Trump's RNC Address, Label It "Narcissistic" and "Xenophobic
Co-host Sunny Hostin accused the former president of xenophobia for his immigration rhetoric and his use of the term "China virus" to refer to COVID-19 during the speech. She also criticized Trump for making digs at his political rivals throughout the address.
Hostin described the speech as "performative" rather than unifying, and she condemned it as "beneath the dignity of a national convention from the nominee of a major party." She labeled it a "xenophobic, ugly vision of America speech."
'The View' Hosts Eviscerate Trump's RNC Address, Label It "Narcissistic" and "Xenophobic
Co-host Joy Behar also took aim at Trump's remarks about God's providence in sparing his life in an assassination attempt. She argued that Trump was being self-centered in crediting God because another man, Corey Comperatore, had been killed in the shooting.
"When something like this happens to you, like this assassination attempt, and you say something like, ‘God was watching me,’ that is a very un-Christian thing to say because he's very narcissistic. What about Corey? What's his name? The fireman who also got killed. What about all those guys who got killed on Sandy Hook?" Behar asked.
"Oh, 'God was watching me and not watching them'? There's something very disturbing about that," she scoffed.
Behar noted that while Trump spoke extensively about Comperatore's family, he failed to acknowledge the other victims of the assassination attempt.
Despite Trump's tribute to Comperatore, Hostin maintained that the speech was devoid of compassion and empathy. She argued that Trump's focus on his own experience rather than the broader tragedy of the shooting was emblematic of his "deeply flawed character."
The Trump campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.
