Thursday on ABC’s “The View,” while discussing the immigration plan President Donald Trump is supporting that favors English speakers, co-host Joy Behar took a jab at Trump, saying he “doesn’t have basic English skills.”
Behar quipped, “I bet they’ll let them in if they speak Russian.”
Co-host Sunny Hostin said, “You know, I took personal offense to it because many people know Spanish is my first language. I learned English when I was five. The suggestion somehow that you have to speak English in order to merit being an American, it’s just shocking to me.”
Behar added, “But you know what, even the president doesn’t have basic English skills. I mean when you think about it. He doesn’t have — he speaks — the way he talks, he doesn’t know the difference between — what was it? Presidential and precedential by the way.”
Hostin said, “And his wife who is also an immigrant doesn’t speak perfect English.”
Behar interjected,”But she speaks Russian.”
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