‘The View’ hosts think Biden could lose to Trump in a debate – here’s why

“The View” co-hosts went back-and forth on Monday over whether President Biden should debate Donald Trump, and Sara Haines argued the president could lose the debate if he flubs, but the same was not true for the former president. 

Alyssa Farah-Griffin said it was important the two debate, but said real-time fact-checking would be critical.

She also said Trump’s team would lean-in on the age, mental acuity narrative if Biden didn’t debate him. 

“I disagree with you, actually,” Haines replied. “I say that because normally, my gut would tell me it’s good for democracy. I caveat that with, if we do not know these two men as well as we do, it would be more important for them to be debating,” she explained.

“The problem is, for the reasons you just spelled out, Donald Trump comes on and without – I wish they would put him in phone booths and cut mics after a certain amount of time because, in addition to the fact checking, he overtalks, gaslights, and everything else. So oftentimes, the comparison to Donald Trump makes anyone look less-than on some level,” Haines said. 

She said she didn’t think Biden needed to debate because Trump has “done nothing to participate in this democracy since he lost.”