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'The View' co-hosts challenge Joy Behar after she says Trump's health gets less media scrutiny than Biden's

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Panreck, H. (2026, September 18). 'The View' co-hosts challenge Joy Behar after she says Trump's health gets less media scrutiny than Biden's. Fox News. https://www.foxnews.com/media/view-co-hosts-challenge-joy-behar-trump-health-gets-less-media-scrutiny-bidens

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On "The View," co-host Joy Behar claimed that media coverage of President Trump's health issues does not receive as much scrutiny as it did for former President Biden’s. This prompted a debate among her colleagues, with Sara Haines and Alyssa Farah Griffin arguing that the media actually covers Trump’s health concerns extensively. The exchange highlights differing perceptions about how political figures' health is reported by the media and reflects ongoing discussions about cognitive decline in politicians.
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On "The View", co-host Joy Behar criticized the media for not scrutinizing President Donald Trump's health as closely as they did former President Joe Biden's. The comment sparked a debate among her fellow hosts, with Sara Haines arguing that Trump has always appeared unwell and that his condition is widely covered by the media. Ana Navarro highlighted instances of Trump falling asleep in public, while Alyssa Farah Griffin agreed that media coverage reflects Trump's declining health. This discussion came after a segment on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell returning to Congress, despite having fallen earlier this year. The conversation underscores ongoing debates about how political leaders' health impacts their roles and the media's responsibility in reporting it accurately.

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"The View" co-host Joy Behar got some pushback from fellow co-hosts after she said the media isn't covering President Donald Trump's health like they did former President Joe Biden's health, with Sara Haines noting Behar sounds the alarm daily.
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🔮 He’d put in a full day, and then at night he would — I’d be in bed, you know, reading my book, and he was still on the phone, reading his briefings.

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"The View" co-host Joy Behar got some pushback from fellow co-hosts after she said the media isn't covering President Donald Trump's health like they did former President Joe Biden's health, with Sara Haines noting Behar sounds the alarm daily. asserted
Behar → get → alarm
"The media does not cover Trump the way they covered Joe Biden," Behar said. asserted
Behar → cover → Biden
Behar's claim followed the co-hosts' discussion about Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and his return to Congress for a vote this week after several months away due to a fall he had in June. uncertain
he → follow → June
Haines said there was a contrast for Biden and argued, "Trump has always sounded like this. asserted
Trump → say → this
He moves all over to the point where you don’t remember what the original question was. asserted
question → move → point
She also said Biden "once sounded normal," and that there was a noticeable contrast for the former president. asserted
Biden → say → president
"No, no, no, no," Ana Navarro jumped in. asserted
Navarro → jump → ?
"He falls asleep in basketball games. asserted
He → fall → games
He falls asleep behind the Oval Office. asserted
He → fall → Office
His hands are purple," Navarro said. asserted
Navarro → say → ?
Haines said she wasn't defending Trump, and added, "The greater the contrast, the clearer the message. asserted
she → say → Trump
" "I think the media does cover that Trump is declining," co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin said during the exchange. asserted
Griffin → think → exchange
Haines then told Behar she brings it up daily on the liberal talk show. asserted
she → tell → show
"Here alone, Joy, you talk about him every day," she said as Behar broke for a commercial break. asserted
Behar → talk → break
"‘Joyless’ Behar is an extremely unlikable, talentless hack with a poorly rated TV show who clearly suffers from a severe and incurable disease known as Trump Derangement Syndrome. asserted
who → rat → Syndrome
I lose brain cells every single time I have the displeasure of hearing her speak," White House spokesman Davis Ingle told Fox News Digital in a statement. asserted
Ingle → lose → statement
Biden exited the 2024 presidential contest after a disastrous debate performance against Trump and weeks of pressure from fellow Democrats. asserted
Biden → exit → Democrats
During an interview on "The View" in 2025, Biden denied reports that he experienced cognitive decline. asserted
he → deny → decline
"They are wrong, there’s nothing to sustain that, number one," he said during the interview, which included his wife, former first lady Jill Biden. asserted
which → ’ → wife
"Number two, you know, think of what we left with," he continued. asserted
he → know → what
"We left with a circumstance where we had an insurrection when I started, not since the Civil War. asserted
I → leave → War
We had a circumstance where we were in a position that we — well, the pandemic, because of the incompetence of the last outfit, end up over a million people dying, a million people dying. asserted
people → have → outfit
And we’re also in a situation where we found ourselves unable to deal with a lot of just basic issues, which I won’t go into in the interest of time. asserted
I → ’re → time
And, so, we went to work, and we got it done and, you know, one of the things that well, I’m … " Jill Biden jumped in to say that anyone who wrote about it did not see her husband working in the White House on a daily basis. " asserted
husband → go → basis
Alyssa, one of the things I think is that the people who wrote those books were not in the White House with us," she said. asserted
she → think → us
"And they didn’t see how hard Joe worked every single day. asserted
Joe → see → ?
I mean, he’d get up. asserted
he → mean → ?
He’d put in a full day, and then at night he would — I’d be in bed, you know, reading my book, and he was still on the phone, reading his briefings. asserted
he → put → briefings
I mean, it was nonstop. asserted
it → mean → ?
Jill Biden praised her husband for working hard and said, based on the state of things at the time under Trump, "Give me Joe Biden any time," leading to loud applause from the audience. asserted
Biden → praise → audience
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