View co-host Joy Behar suggested that Biden apologize for the classified documents found in his home and office and admit that he “looked hypocritical.”
The 80-year-old Democrat, who declared on Tuesday’s show that she “loves Joe Biden,” slammed the president for not speaking earlier about the classified documents kept at his think tank office, the Penn-Biden Center, and his home found in Wilmington, Delaware.
“It would have been helpful for Joe Biden when it first came out to say, ‘We have a tape of Joe Biden saying Trump did something stupid and shouldn’t have done it, and it was bad,'” he said them on the show. “Well, he should have said, ‘Look, I know I look hypocritical on this tape, I’m sorry about that, I didn’t know about it. And now that I know, I’ll do whatever it takes to uncover this one.”
“He should speak to the American people or just act like a Republican and say, ‘It’s a witch hunt. And let’s shoot [US Attorney] Merrick Garland.’
In September, Biden, 80, called former President Donald Trump, 76, “irresponsible” for having hundreds of classified documents at his home in Mar-a-Lago, Florida.
‘How could this happen, how could someone be so irresponsible?’ Biden said in a 60 Minutes interview. “And I thought what data is in there that could compromise sources and methods. By that I mean names of people who have been helped or whatever.’
Since the disclosure of more documents found at Biden’s Delaware home, House Republicans have demanded to see visitor logs to see who had access to the classified information. However, the White House claimed there were no logs from the Wilmington estate because it was the President’s personal property.
Joy Behar, 80, (pictured Tuesday) criticized the president for not speaking out about the classified documents earlier and suggested saying, “Look, I know I look hypocritical on this tape, that sorry i didn’t know about it. And now that I know, I’ll do what I can to uncover it.
Joe Biden, 80, (pictured) was found with more than a dozen classified documents at his home in Wilmington, Delaware (pictured) and at his Penn-Biden Center office
Sunny Hostin, 54, agreed with Behar, saying the president should come forward and admit he was negligent and suggested the government “investigate the processes in place” that have allowed both presidents to take classified documents home gain weight.
However, Hostin believes Biden’s mouth has been sewn shut since Garland’s special counsel was called.
She also criticized how the information was released to the public, saying: “First it was 10 documents in one place, and then it was just a few more and now four different documents have been found.”
Behar, who has always been a strong defender of the Democratic Party, snorted back, “Now how many documents did they find at Mar-a-Lago?”
Republican co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin, 33, who was formerly the Trump administration’s director of strategic communications, agreed, saying the Democratic leader needs to “come out and set expectations.”
The former Defense Department employee also said she has “regular access to classified information” and needs to transport information about her in a certain way so that the information is not breached.
In September, Biden called former President Donald Trump, 76, “irresponsible” after he was found with hundreds of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago mansion. ‘How could this happen, how could someone be so irresponsible?’ Biden said in an interview
“If I were to take something from my office, it would be a SCIF [Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility], it was locked, no cell phones were allowed in there. I’d carry it in a padlocked lead case to take it upstairs to the Secretary of Defense’s office because state secrets are so serious.
Hostin, who used to work for the US Attorney’s Office, said she had to do grand jury transcriptions in a similar way.
“We would do the same. There was a locked bag, you would take the log to your office, you would sign it off, and then you would bring it back and sign it back on,” she said.
“What processes are taking place in the White House?” she exclaimed. “Is it a document that is free for all?”
Griffin doubled down on believing it was an employee issue, as she said on the show last week should have noticed the “cover sheet that said Top Secret” as they packed Biden’s boxes to move out of the VP office.
Alyssa Farah Griffin, 33, (right) and Sunny Hostin, 54, (left) both lamented their time at the Department of Defense and the US Attorney’s Office, respectively, and the processes put in place to protect confidential information, including having the documents locked in a bag . “What processes are taking place in the White House?” exclaimed Hostin. “Is it a document that is free for all?”
Whoopi Goldberg, 67, the loudest Democrat on the podium, jumped in to remind the audience that “we don’t know if that didn’t happen.”
Sara Haines, 45, jumped up and said: “Whether it’s intent or negligence, the risk is the same.”
The Conservative said she didn’t want to know what was in the documents. She said: “I don’t want them to announce what’s inside these. The whole point of not taking her out of the office was so we wouldn’t know what was going on there. It’s secret for a reason.”
Democrats have tried to downplay the discovery of the documents, often saying that cases between Trump and Biden vary widely — something the ladies of The View lamented Tuesday.
The argument made by the Liberals is that Biden willingly produced the documents after finding them at the Penn-Biden Center on November 2, and informed the National Archives the day after and the Justice Department the following day.
By comparison, Trump had to be subpoenaed for the documents and his home was searched to obtain the top-secret information.
In November, a “small number of documents with classified markings” were found at the Penn Biden Center, but were not disclosed until Monday
A total of six classified documents were found at Biden’s Delaware home (pictured)
Liberals have urged the president to be more transparent relative to Trump throughout the situation – a point not lost on The View, which thoroughly touts the liberal agenda.
“The false equality [sic] what it brings out is that he did something wrong, but don’t we need to know what it is?’ Goldberg questioned on Tuesday.
Behar reiterated, “I want to get this straight, I know there’s a difference between what he did and what Trump did. And a lot of people don’t because of the way it’s overcast.
Griffin, a Conservative, even acknowledges there were differences between the cases but said “I don’t want to downplay it as it’s very serious.”
Despite the nonchalant attitude of The View ladies about the documents that continue to be discovered in Biden’s procession, Republicans are not sweeping them under the rug.
Even Griffin said last week she believes the discovery is a “huge win for Trump.”
“Because if you’re Merrick Garland, who’s already extremely cautious and doesn’t want to break the longstanding precedent of not impeaching a president, it’s very difficult to get Donald Trump impeached for that,” she said. “Even if the facts are different, if he can argue, ‘Well, now the vice president took home classified documents too.’ I think that kills the case.’
Kentucky Representative James Comer, who is now chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, said he also wants before the end of the month all documents and correspondence related to searches at the President’s home in Wilmington between the inauguration date of March 20 and April 20. 2021 to January 2023.
In a letter Sunday to White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain, Comer criticized the searches of Biden officials as the Justice Department began investigating, saying Biden’s “misuse of classified information raises questions about whether he compromised our national security.” endangered”.
On CNN’s State of the Union, Comer called Biden’s home a “crime scene,” but acknowledged it wasn’t clear if any laws had been broken.
“My concern is that the special counsel was called in, but hours after that we still had the president’s personal attorneys who don’t have security clearance still poking around the president’s residence looking for things — I mean that would essentially be a crime scene so to speak,” said Comer.
Democrats are said to be concerned that the documents scandal will ruin Biden’s reelection chances and morph into the Hillary Clinton email scandal.