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Huntsman of ‘The View’ declares Castro campaign dead after Biden moment

by Joe Concha - 09/13/19 12:27 PM ET

The hosts of ABC’s “The View” on Friday all ripped former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro for his attack on former Vice President Joe Biden.

Co-host Abby Huntsman said Castro’s campaign would not survive after considerable blowback from Democrats over his remarks widely seen as going after the 76-year-old former vice president’s age.

{mosads}“I found it cringe-worthy,” said Huntsman, the daughter of U.S. Ambassador to Russia John Huntsman. “And if I were to predict anything, that was probably the nail in the coffin for Castro. This is one of the last times you will see him on a debate stage.”

Castro is currently polling at 1 percent in the RealClearPolitics index of polls.

The former Obama Cabinet member went after Biden during a disagreement over health care. Castro claimed that Biden had made a mistake over who could be automatically enrolled in his plan — a matter the two camps were still battling over on Friday.

Castro got personal when he repeatedly criticized Biden’s memory.

“Are you forgetting what you said two minutes ago?” Castro said to Biden. “I can’t believe that you said, two minutes ago, that they had to buy in and now you’re forgetting that. We need a health care system where you’re automatically enrolled.”

Biden did not specifically say that consumers would be required to buy in to his plan despite Castro’s claim.

“Hey, Julián, don’t do that,” said “The View” moderator Whoopi Goldberg on Friday. “That was not what we needed last night.”

“It feels ‘yuck’ when you do something like that,” co-host Joy Behar said in agreement.

“I think it was just poor form on Julián’s part,” co-host Sunny Hostin said. “And it’s stupid because Bernie Sanders actually is 78. Elizabeth Warren is 70. Joe Biden is one of the younger ones. He’s 76, and Trump is older as well.”

If elected, Biden at 78 would be the oldest person to become president in U.S. history.