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By Erin Keller
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The View co-host Sunny Hostin says if there's one thing the American public can expect from Thursday's presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, it's that "Trump will lie a lot."
The hosts of the ABC daytime talk show opened Thursday's episode by discussing who the CNN debate is really for and almost unanimously decided it's for undecided voters who will be casting their ballots on November 5.
Co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin, who worked with Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence in the White House, said Biden appears to be taking this debate "incredibly seriously."
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From her experience, she claimed Trump has not prepared for the debate at all and "doesn't listen to feedback," so it will be "interesting" to see how he responds to topics like securing the border and the January 6th insurrection. She also warned if Trump "goes off the rails" like he did in the first 2020 debate against Biden, that could be bad for him.
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Griffin also said, "If that Donald Trump shows up tonight, that could have a real impact. On the flip side, if Joe Biden were to have a senior moment - if he had trouble gathering his thoughts or expressing what he is for an extended period of time - that could change the outcome."
Citing concerns about the debate not being fact-checked in real time, Hostin quipped, "I think one thing is certain that we can expect is that Donald Trump will lie a lot."
Hostin, who claimed that Trump "lied more than 30,000 times during his presidency", said the debate should be fact-checked.
"I think that's a real disservice to the American people, because unfortunately, his followers believe everything that he says, and he needs to be fact-checked in real-time," Hostin doubled down.
Griffin attempted to calm Hostin's fears, explaining CNN has stated they will interject if either candidate utters a "blatant lie."
"I think they should introduce Trump and say, 'Will the defendant please rise?'" Joy Behar joked.
Behar added Biden should be the one to fact-check Trump when he has his minute to rebut Trump's argument, per debate protocol.
Co-host Sara Haines and Hostin got into a disagreement about who this debate is really for. Hostin claimed it's for the "undecided" audience while Haines felt "unhappy voters" is the better term.
"'Undecided' makes it sound like you're looking at two things and you just can't decide," Haines claimed. "They're deciding - they're usually unhappy. They're anti-Trump, but they can't quite get on with Biden, or they were all in on Biden and now they're not feeling it."
She added, "I think Biden has a chance to win people like the [Nikki] Haley voters."
CNN's Jake Tapper will host the 90-minute presidential debate Thursday at 9 p.m. ET on the network. It will also be streaming on Max.
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