This week on The View, host Joy Behar insisted that the 2024 election did not give Trump a mandate. Behar suggested that even though Trump won every swing state, the Electoral College and the popular vote, he didn’t win the popular vote by so much that it meant anything.
Stephen A. Smith of ESPN, a guest on the show, is not even a Trump supporter, but he schooled Behar on why it was a mandate, and he did a pretty good job.
The Daily Mail has details:
The View host Joy Behar was left speechless after receiving a dramatic dressing down by Stephen A. Smith on her show.On Tuesday, ESPN star Smith appeared on The View to discuss President Trump – but heated discussions turned sour when Behar put up resistance about accepting Kamala Harris’ defeat to the Republican.Behar started by addressing Trump’s first few weeks in office, proclaiming that his first six weeks ‘feels like six years, doesn’t it?”And he’s been going around with his cronies, toting his so-called “landslide” and “blow out win” but he won the popular vote by 1.5 percent, one of the smallest ever, and he won the general election by less than 50 percent. So what is this mandate, really?’ she said.Smith took no time putting Behar in her place with his scathing response.He defiantly said: ‘It is a mandate, and I’m going to tell you why,’ before stating that he is not a supporter of Trump, but instead he is a supporter of ‘truth.’The View guest then swept the floor with Behar’s lousy argument, telling her that Trump won ‘every swing state’ and increased his voter turnout in the black, Hispanic, and young people demographics.’Eighty nine percent of the counties shifted to the right,’ Smith said, before raising his voice to the panel: ‘That’s a mandate!”I don’t understand how people can look at that and say “that’s no mandate.”‘
Here’s the clip:
Ward Clark commented on this at RedState:
Yes, Democrats, pay Mr. Smith no mind. Continue doing what you’ve been doing. Listen to the harpies of “The View.” It will be fine! These people, honestly, are at the Animal House “Remain calm – All is well!” phase.Now, Stephen A. Smith gets a couple of things wrong; his insistence, for example, on looking at the “national popular vote” as though it means anything other than a statistical curiosity; that’s not how we elect presidents. But what he does understand is that President Trump’s winning the total overall vote count, while meaning nothing constitutionally, is nevertheless a publicity coup. It makes people like Joy Behar and constitutional (and in every other area) ignoramuses like her take a step back.
I’ve said this before, but it bears repeating. The View is the most politically toxic show on television. It’s stunning that it’s considered part of ABC’s ‘news’ division.
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