Judge Judy recently spoke to CNN’s Dana Bash on Monday as to why she joined the campaign trail for Nikki Haley in the final days ahead of the New Hampshire primary and pulled no punches in tearing into both Donald Trump and Joe Biden via Mediaite.
“America’s favorite TV judge, Judge Judy Sheindlin, delivered her final verdict in the race for the White House ahead of New Hampshire’s make-or-break primaries. She is not a very political figure, she says. She’s only publicly endorsed one presidential candidate ever, and that was Michael Bloomberg in 2020. I caught up with her here and asked why Nikki Haley?” Bash said, introducing the interview.
“I met Nikki Haley about a year ago. Because I was impressed with her four years ago. And when she decided to dip her toe in the water, I said, it’s someone who I could embrace, but I first have to meet her,” Sheindlin said, adding:
So we spent some time together, and I was impressed enough with what I heard and her history to travel 1,700 miles tonight to convince whoever I can in the state of New Hampshire that Donald Trump should not be president again and that Joe Biden should not be president again. And Nikki Haley is a chance for America to redeem its rightful place in the world. That’s the reason. That’s an honest, long-winded reason.
“I read that you said neither Biden nor Trump would know a Houthi from a salami,” Bash followed up.
“Well, I said that they wouldn’t know a Houthi from a salami, unless someone whispered in their ear, that would be to Donald, or put it on a teleprompter, which would be President Biden,” Sheindlin replied, adding:
I don’t think that either of those two men have the intellectual gravitas to govern this great country. I’m not a Trump basher. I lived in New York City for many years. He got Wollman’s Rink up and running, and my mother loved ice skating. But even Donald knew. Years ago that he wasn’t going to be president, even though he didn’t think he was going to be president. It was a lark. It was a lark. And there he was.
And without getting into all of the controversy as to why, he did a couple of things that I agree with when he was president. But chaos follows him. And right now he’s embroiled in legal, financial, personal, civil, criminal actions. You need someone who is totally focused on being President of the United States.
I never saw greatness, and neither did anyone else in the 50 years that Joe Biden was in public office. He was an ordinary guy. He tried president twice and backed out. There was a reason for that. I don’t know how it comes about. It’s a for the same crazy way it came about that Donald Trump was president for four years. That was the same finessing that gave us Joe Biden. Neither one of those two men should be president for another four years. Joe Biden is now older. I’m not kidding. I don’t want to get into with you what everybody talks about with regard to his cognitive ability. But I know he’s my age.
“I run a big business. I’m the matriarch of a family of 20 plus. I make decisions that affect hundreds of people every day. I need a nap in the afternoon. So does Joe Biden. Probably two,” Sheindlin continued, hitting Biden over his age.
“Nikki Haley is better. She’s young, she’s vital. She’s focused. She has the intellectual capacity. She’s measured. She doesn’t get ruffled by bullies. She knows how to stand there. Stand your ground. Respond respectfully. I mean, if you listen to her. At the United Nations. She commanded respect. Well, that’s what I’m looking for in a president again, someone who commands respect. I believe she has that. I know. Donald does not. And I know that Joe Biden does not. I believe she does. That’s why I traveled 1,700 miles here,” Sheindlin concluded.
