Alyssa Farah Griffin, a former Trump administration official and conservative co-host of ABC’s “The View,” is suggesting her old boss is showing signs of cognitive decline.
On Thursday, “The View” co-hosts discussed former President Donald Trump’s decision to question Vice President Kamala Harris’ heritage.
“What I was struck by wasn’t just the blatant racism, the lack of understanding of what it means to be biracial — I’ve said this for a while, he is slowing down. He’s never been a super eloquent person [but] he did not seem mentally sharp,” Griffin said.
She continued, “He walked into a room of Black journalists, and it kind of seemed like he was blurting out loud what he says privately with his advisors.”
“Like, he didn’t even try to hide or mask the racism, and that, to me, is a sign of decline. He was asked should he take a mental acuity test. I think he should. He does not seem right,” Griffin added.
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Co-host Whoopi Goldberg praised Griffin for her comment, “You were so good how you said that.”
On Wednesday, Trump visited the National Association of Black Journalists conference in Chicago, where he sat down for an interview.
ABC News’ Rachel Scott noted Republicans have attacked Harris as a “DEI hire” and asked if he finds that to be “acceptable language” and if he would tell his supporters and members of his party to stop using that line of attack.
“Well, I can say, no, I think maybe it’s a little different. I’ve known her a long time indirectly, not directly very much, and she was always of Indian heritage, and she was only Indian heritage,” Trump responded. “I didn’t know she was Black until a number of years ago, when she happened to turn Black, and now, she wants to be known as Black. So, I don’t know — is she Indian or is she Black?”
Scott interjected to note Harris has “always identified as a Black person” and went to a historically Black college. The vice president was also a member of the Congressional Black Caucus while she was in the Senate.
Trump went on, “I respect either one. But she obviously doesn’t. Because she was Indian all the way, and then all of a sudden she made a turn and she became a Black person.”
