The View welcomed back Rachel Maddow to the Hot Topics table this morning, where the MSNBC host reminded everyone that there’s a lot on the line tonight when Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris face off in their first presidential debate.
Trump and Harris will be meeting face-to-face for the very first time this evening at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia (and if you’re looking for info on how to watch the presidential debate, check out our handy guide while you’re here.)
Considering the fallout from the last presidential debate — which was so bad for President Joe Biden that he dropped out of the race — Maddow confessed to The View that she’s feeling a little anxious about what’s in store tonight.
“I was as surprised as anybody when President Biden dropped out, but it shows you the power of a debate,” she told the co-hosts. “We’ve never had a debate as consequential in American history as that last debate.
“In five minutes in that last debate, his presidency became a one-term presidency, the Democrats changed their candidate, it was a month before the conventions and it’s an all-new general election,” she continued. “Which makes me feel humble and worried about what’s gonna happen tonight.”
Maddow added, “Anything could happen. I’m braced for anything from zero to a million.”
When she previously appeared on a June 18 episode of The View — days before Biden’s disastrous debate with Trump later that month — Maddow suggested Democrats didn’t need a “back-up plan” with President Biden as their nominee. Instead, she said, “the back-up plan is run a better campaign,” adding, “there’s no reason I think to have it be this fantasy that Biden is not the president and that Biden isn’t the nominee. He is an he’s gonna be, and I think that’s a fixed variable.”
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The View played a clip of her last appearance before Maddow joined the Hot Topics table today. Obviously, her “fixed variable” prediction did not pan out, but Maddow took it all in stride.
“A little humble pie, anyone?” she asked with a laugh. She then noted, “I feel like the universe feeds us things like this back just to keep our egos in check a little bit. This is a good reminder, don’t believe anything anybody says.”
