Joy Behar doesn’t do soft touches. On The View, she labeled Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart “stupid” and “racist” for introducing Donald Trump recently. The clip shows Dart at a campaign stop in Suffern, New York. He’s welcoming Trump for Rep. Mike Lawler.
“What an honor, what a privilege it is… I’m grateful, I’m honored… to introduce… President Donald J. Trump,” Dart says.
He means well. Maybe. But Behar sees history. She points to housing discrimination in the ’7s. Attacks on DEI. Pictures of the Obamas as apes. To her, supporting this guy when your team is mostly Black?
Stupidity. Pure and simple.
Trump made it weird. Later that day, he roasted Dart. Called his legs “tree trunks.” Tied it to a rant against trans athletes. Gross, sure, but also funny in a dark way. The quarterback got roasts for his body and the politics. Double whammy.
Not everyone agreed with Behar’s heat.
Whoopi Goldberg shrugged it off. “It’s America.” Alyssa Farah Griffin nodded along. Free speech, they said. But Sunny Hostin didn’t smile. She’s Black. She knows the history. “This feels personal,” she said. You can feel the bias in the air.
Sara Haines worried about the optics. Quarterbacks get magnified. Every word echoes. The NFL is heavily non-white anyway, close to 75%. Dart knew this. Maybe. Haines said she would’ve handled it differently.
“You need your linemen to protection,” someone joked off-camera.
Behar pounced. “Maybe he needs a little extra padding.”
It’s not just about one intro. It’s the pattern. Abdul Carter, another Giant, criticized Dart publicly first. Then backed off. Said no beef exists. That’s NFL logic. Don’t rock the boat. Behar thinks he did anyway.
Does free speech protect poor judgment? Probably. Does it shield you from the heat of the room? Harder to say. The conversation stayed hot. No neat bow at the end. Just the awkward reality of a athlete caught in the crossfire.
