It’s hard not to take “The View” with a grain of salt.
The long-running talk show features some of the most ill-informed commentaries on the air, be it broadcast or streaming. The addition of Meghan McCain, a moderate Republican who did more pre-show research than her colleagues, elevated the discourse until she left last year.
Inexplicably, “The View” remains a TV staple, thriving well into its 25th year on air. It’s currently scrambling to find a Republican punching bag for the other hosts to pummel.
That search generated plenty of media heat, although it’s clear the producers will stretch it out as long as possible. Besides, what clear-thinking conservative woman would want the gig?
Lately, though, the show’s conversations have veered from comical to borderline dangerous.
Sound like hyperbole? Let’s hear what hosts Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar had to say on the latest episode.
Whoopi warns of the GOP's "big plan" to steal voting rights from black Americans then steal them from women.
She goes on to claim that schools are no longer allowed to teach kids about Anne Frank, the Holocaust, and slavery.
Behar says the right wants to destroy the country. pic.twitter.com/lnk0qigVgq— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) January 18, 2022
Building off of that, Behar asserts of Republicans: "You cannot reason with these people. They are shameless, and they will destroy us."
The panel doubles down and declares that the GOP is trying to take the right to vote away from women. "It's happening!" pic.twitter.com/uWGdp9oNTO— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) January 18, 2022
The irony of (in the first vid) saying people "want to be manipulated" when you're spewing this kind of hatred and dangerous rhetoric.
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) January 18, 2022
That irony is not lost on us.
But it’s definitely lost on the ladies of “The View.” A lot of things are lost on them.
tHeY aRe dOiNg wHaT tHeY aRe aCcUsInG yOu oF dOiNg. https://t.co/1R80pnl1U6
— Eduardo Gearhart (@Eddie753) January 18, 2022
Cable news isn't the only place one can find misinformation. https://t.co/z2Fkipo1Qb
— BatMN (@_BatMN_) January 18, 2022
These are crazy people.
— Michael Green (@MichaelGreen77) January 18, 2022
This is unhinged. https://t.co/5I1xDfQBo2
— Chris Stigall (@ChrisStigall) January 18, 2022
They've lost whatever was left of their minds. https://t.co/X7JlWjUfS7
— jimtreacher.substack.com (@jtLOL) January 18, 2022
What planet are these people living on? https://t.co/t0cHySvccq
— In The Middle (@UnhingedCenter) January 18, 2022
Whoopi Goldberg, the most pragmatic voice on the panel, uncorked some of the most divisive rants heard in recent memory.
The subject? The manufactured attack on voting rights by the GOP, a talking point uttered by too many progressives totally. Goldberg dug deep into this unhinged conspiracy theory, while far-left co-host Sunny Hostin nodded grimly along.
“This is part of the big plan to control what happens in America, I believe,” Goldberg said of the GOP. “You take those voting rights away, people are gonna be so angry, but there will be nothing they can do about it because we’re in charge. The next thing comes to the women. We’re gonna take your rights away, just like we’re taking X, Y, and Z because they’ll be nothing you can do.”
Can she quote any facts, statistics, or other data to support her rant? Of course not. It doesn’t exist.
Next, Goldberg said schools can no longer teach “what happened to black people,” possibly a reference to Republicans attacking Critical Race Theory. No mainstream Republican suggests the horrors of slavery are off-limits in the classroom.
None.
The “Sister Act” star then argues those who disagree with Republicans, like her, are quickly dismissed.
“Oh, that’s just you whining, that’s just you saying this is happening to me,” she added, while another voice said the effort underway is “coordinated.”
Behar, a less cogent voice than Goldberg, took the crazed comments even further. She suggests what’s happening in other countries, where freedom is in short supply, will sprout up stateside.
“[L] et’s saying the autocrat who’s running gets, like 90 percent of the air time. The other one gets 10 percent. They are, you know, censoring journalists. That will happen here,” Behar said. “That will happen here, I think if the Republicans are back in power.”