“The View” co-hosts sparred with former Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie Friday after he suggested that Republican nominee Donald Trump might win in November.
Christie said Harris has had “a bad 10 days” and is still unknown by the public, which he argued may have negative consequences for her on Election Day. The co-hosts heatedly argued that Harris is known by the public because she has been in office for 4 years and added that criticizing Harris is not helping her win.
“I think she’s had a bad 10 days,” Christie said. “There’s an advantage and disadvantage to coming into the race as late as she did. The advantage is she didn’t have to go through all the primaries and go through all that that kind of wears you down a little bit, but the disadvantage is that people don’t know her.”
“She’s been the vice president for almost 4 years, how can they not know her?” co-host Sunny Hostin interrupted, leading Christie to say vice presidents are often not known.
Christie further criticized Harris for not naming a policy that she would do differently from President Joe Biden during her Oct. 8 appearance on “The View,” suggesting her answer was dishonest. Hostin said the vice president is not going to openly criticize Biden, while co-host Joy Behar argued the Republican side is much worse than the Biden-Harris administration.
Harris has come under fire for not saying what she would do differently than Biden and for her performance during the Wednesday town hall on CNN, where she was accused of delving into “word salads.” Her popularity has waned significantly in a matter of weeks since she started her media blitz, causing Trump to secure a lead in some recent national polls.
The former governor said Harris needs “to close the deal” on the undecided voters who are unsure about her and know they do not want to support Trump. Co-host Ana Navarro then accused Christie of holding Harris to a higher standard than Trump.
“What we’re doing here is exactly what Charlamagne Tha God was talking about yesterday,” Navarro said. “We are holding her to this high standard of her closing message needs to be this, this, this and that. [Trump’s] closing message is Arnold Palmer’s package, dancing for 39 minutes like a whacko-job, making fries at McDonalds, so why don’t you tell him? What about his closing message? What do you think about that?”
“What I think about that is he is who he’s always been, and he’s not gonna gain any voters in these last 10 days,” Christie said.
Navarro said Christie intentionally does not want to criticize Trump’s campaign strategy and instead go after Harris.
“You don’t want to talk about this. You’re spending all this time criticizing Kamala!” Navarro shouted.
“No, I’m not criticizing. Let me be clear, Ana, you go to open your ears. What I’m saying is I’m trying to give her suggestions on how I think she can close the deal. That’s the difference,” Christie said. “The bottom line is, I’m not here to be a cheerleader for her, I’m here to say, based on what I’ve learned in politics over time, what she needs to do is close the deal.”
Christie further argued Republican voters have already made up their minds on voting for Trump, but Harris has the chance to campaign on being a president for all Americans rather than being a partisan Democrat. Navarro argued Republicans should change their minds after Trump’s longest-serving chief of staff, John Kelly, alleged that he “met the definition of a fascist” and praised former Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, which the Trump campaign has denied.
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