Actress and activist <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/maybe-i-was-set-up-jane-fonda-rambles-when-chris-wallace-presses-her-to-explain-hanoi-jane/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jane Fonda</a> scrambled to walk back comments she made on Friday&#8217;s broadcast of &#8220;The View&#8221; — when she suggested &#8220;murder&#8221; as the appropriate response to legislation restricting access to abortion on demand.
As her words quickly sparked backlash, Fonda claimed — in a <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/jane-fonda-walks-back-murder-comment-about-pro-lifers-after-getting-torched-online" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> released later that same day — that the comments she&#8217;d made on the ABC midday talk show had been &#8220;in jest.&#8221; She then pivoted to accuse her critics of focusing more on jokes than on &#8220;the actual problem at hand.&#8221;
&#8220;While women’s reproductive rights are a very serious issue and extremely important to me, my comment on The View was obviously made in jest. My body language and tone made it clear to those in the room — and to anyone watching — that I was using hyperbole to make a point,&#8221; Fonda said in a public statement.
&#8220;Women across the country are facing real threats when it comes to our bodies, and people lose faith in our mission to protect women when others choose to focus on tangential issues and passing jokes instead of the actual problem at hand,&#8221; she added.
Friday&#8217;s <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/jane-fonda-suggests-murder-in-response-to-overturning-of-roe-v-wade/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">conversation</a> began with Fonda&#8217;s claim that, after decades of women in America having access to abortion on demand, she didn&#8217;t care what laws were passed or what rulings were overturned: &#8220;We’re not going back, I don’t care what the laws are. We&#8217;re not going back.&#8221;
Co-host Sunny Hostin, who has often <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/proud-roman-catholic-sunny-hostin-thanks-the-view-for-teaching-her-she-was-wrong-to-tell-other-people-not-to-abort-their-babies/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claimed to be pro-life</a> herself, dismissed Fonda&#8217;s comment as proof that she was an activist at heart. &#8220;That&#8217;s the activist speaking, and she probably will get a Nobel Prize.&#8221;
&#8220;The View&#8221; host Joy Behar pressed Fonda on that point, asking what she thought could be done in addition to simply staging protests on the issue.
&#8220;Well, I&#8217;ve thought of murder,&#8221; Fonda replied.
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But despite Fonda&#8217;s later claim that it was &#8220;clear to those in the room&#8221; that her suggestion had not been serious, Behar immediately stepped in to inform the audience that it was a joke — a move which prompted a glare from Fonda and laughter from everyone else at the table.
But her critics were not so sure that it was a joke.
&#8220;Not sure why the outrage over this. I applaud Jane Fonda for her honesty. They all feel this way. At least she had the balls to say it. The rest of them just claim things like wanting your guns to &#8216;stop crime.&#8217; But this is how they really feel,&#8221; Jesse Kelly <a href="https://twitter.com/JesseKellyDC/status/1634281253389172737" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.

Jane Fonda & Greenpeace Brief UN On High Seas Treaty

‘Obviously Made In Jest’: Jane Fonda Scrambles To Walk Back Suggestion That She’d ‘Murder’ Pro-Lifers

Jane Fonda Scrambles To Walk Back Suggestion That She'd 'Murder' Pro-Lifers

Jane Fonda

Joy Behar

Media

Sunny Hostin

The View

U.S.

Joy Behar suggested on Thursday that residents of <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/pete-buttigieg-takes-personal-time-in-midst-of-east-palestine-disaster-asks-if-he-can-snap-photo-of-reporter-who-dares-to-question-him/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">East Palestine</a> were getting what they deserved — or at least what they had voted for — in the wake of the disastrous train derailment that occurred nearly three weeks earlier.
In the days since the derailment and crash — involving a number of cars that were carrying <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/evacuation-ordered-ohio-governor-warns-major-explosion-could-send-shrapnel-a-mile-from-derailed-train/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">toxic materials</a> — residents have worried that chemicals seeping into the ground and fumes from subsequent fires could introduce those toxins into the air and water supply for months or years to come.
But as Behar stated on ABC&#8217;s &#8220;The View,&#8221; because former President Donald Trump favored deregulation across most industries and those residents overwhelmingly voted for Trump, they were simply seeing the natural result of their own choices.
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Joy Behar says the residents of East Palestine got what they deserved because they voted for Trump. &quot;That&#39;s who you voted for!&quot; she shouted at the camera. &quot;In that district. Donald Trump, who reduces all safety. He did in those days.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/brMUQfthQj">pic.twitter.com/brMUQfthQj</a>
&mdash; Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) <a href="https://twitter.com/NickFondacaro/status/1628795437565059074?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 23, 2023</a></blockquote>
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The conversation began with co-host Sunny Hostin, who first praise Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg for not going to East Palestine until nearly <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/buttigieg-visits-ohio-town-weeks-after-devastating-train-crash-as-bipartisan-criticism-mounts/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">three weeks after</a> the train derailed. She claimed that it was obvious he was doing &#8220;the work&#8221; rather than simply going for a photo op.
Hostin then attacked former President Trump — who <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/you-are-not-forgotten-trump-visits-ohio-town-impacted-by-train-crash-hits-biden-over-lack-of-attention-toward-community/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">showed up</a> in East Palestine a day ahead of Buttigieg with trucks full of supplies and clean drinking water in tow — suggesting that his visit reminded her of the time he <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/watch-trump-tosses-paper-towels-crowd-puerto-daily-wire/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">threw paper towels</a> to people in Puerto Rico and was just for show. Co-host Sara Haines pushed back, saying that if the people needed water, it shouldn&#8217;t matter who was bringing it in.
Behar then pivoted to attack Republicans, claiming that airlines were only safe because the government regulated them and mandated safety standards. &#8220;Otherwise where are we?&#8221; she asked. &#8220;We&#8217;re all going to go up in flames.&#8221;
Republican host Alyssa Farah Griffin pointed out that Norfolk Southern had lobbied both Democrats and Republicans for looser regulations — and had donated quite a bit to President Joe Biden&#8217;s campaign — but Behar was adamant.
&#8220;That&#8217;s who you voted for, in that district,&#8221; she said, pointing her finger at the camera. &#8220;Donald Trump, who reduces all safety. He did, in those days.&#8221;
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Joy Behar Blames East Palestine Residents For Train Disaster Because They Voted For Trump

Donald Trump

East Palestine

Ohio Train Disaster

The hosts of ABC&#8217;s midday talk show &#8220;The View&#8221; — including new Republican co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin — were all in agreement on Wednesday when they attacked House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) for giving thousands of hours of January 6 footage to Fox News host Tucker Carlson.
The women on the panel voiced their concerns — ranging from complaints about the fact that Carlson works for Fox News to worries that anyone <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/speaker-mccarthy-releases-41000-hours-of-exclusive-jan-6-footage-to-tucker-carlson-report/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">releasing the footage</a> could give potential terrorists access to information about Capitol security.
Joy Behar led the charge, attacking Carlson and Fox News directly. &#8220;They go on the air and tell people all these lies that they don&#8217;t even believe themselves. And now he&#8217;s handed all this footage from January 6 to propagandize on Fox,&#8221; she claimed, adding that Carlson &#8220;is saying to us basically, don&#8217;t believe your eyes, believe what I tell you.&#8221;
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Alyssa Farah Griffin claims Tucker having the videos is a security risk for the Capitol. &quot;This raises huge safety and security concerns for the Capitol!&quot; She suggests Tucker will reveal evacuation points, saferooms, and security camera locations and will enable another 9/11. <a href="https://t.co/cC6uqXqMqR">pic.twitter.com/cC6uqXqMqR</a>
&mdash; Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) <a href="https://twitter.com/NickFondacaro/status/1628429080969224194?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 22, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;This raises huge safety and security concerns for the Capitol,&#8221; Griffin agreed, saying that showing that footage to the general public gave everyone access to the locations of security cameras throughout the Capitol building and could also reveal information about escape routes and safe rooms that are located throughout the facility.
&#8220;As a Republican, we always say we &#8216;back the blue,'&#8221; she said, adding, &#8220;Well, you just exposed the entire Capitol and undermined the Capitol Police and their safety precautions for something like a January 6, were it to ever happen again, or something like 9/11 where the Capitol was targeted.&#8221;
After Behar cut in to suggest that it might be illegal for Carlson to have the tapes, and while former prosecutor Sunny Hostin said that it was not illegal, she complained that Carlson was not real news and argued that he would not give the footage a fair showing.
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Sara Haines asserts Tucker &quot;only has bad intentions &#8230; nefarious intentions&quot; and will use the video to help terrorists scout the &quot;White House.&quot; She pushed the debunked conspiracy theory that Republican members of Congress helped rioters scout the Capitol. <a href="https://t.co/nhH6TqKq2K">pic.twitter.com/nhH6TqKq2K</a>
&mdash; Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) <a href="https://twitter.com/NickFondacaro/status/1628431774287101952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 22, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Co-host Sara Haines agreed that Carlson would not present the &#8220;news&#8221; and said she agreed with Griffin that the main concern was whether showing the footage would compromise security. She then claimed that it had been proven that Republican members of Congress had <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/capitol-police-nix-jan-6-panels-claim-gop-rep-led-recon-mission-day-before-riots/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">given tours</a> to people before the riot, showing them where certain things were located.
Haines then claimed that nothing good could come of Americans seeing the footage anyway, since the January 6 Committee had <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/anti-trump-republican-is-selling-autographed-copies-of-january-6th-report-for-charity/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">already concluded</a> its investigation and reported its conclusions.

2022 FOX Nation Patriot Awards

‘The View’ Hosts — Even The Republican — Are Really Mad That Tucker Carlson Got The J6 Tapes

'The View' Hosts — Even Republican Alyssa Farah Griffin — Are Really Mad That Tucker Got The J6 Tapes

Alyssa Farah Griffin

January 6

Tucker Carlson

Actor <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/liam-neeson-makes-cameo-on-atlanta-apologizes-for-hurting-people-with-racist-comment-from-2019/">Liam Neeson</a> admitted during a recent interview that he was not a fan of his own appearance on ABC&#8217;s midday talk show &#8220;The View,&#8221; complaining that most of the segment had been wasted on co-host <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/youre-gonna-you-could-die-joy-behar-claims-booster-is-the-only-reason-whoopi-survived-covid-twice/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joy Behar&#8217;s</a> crush on him.
The Irish actor appeared on the February 15th broadcast, and after a brief conversation about his new movie, &#8220;Marlowe,&#8221; the topic turned to Behar&#8217;s long-standing crush on the &#8220;Taken&#8221; star.
Noting that she had gotten a belated Valentine&#8217;s Day card from the actor before the show, Behar said that she had been disappointed to learn that he had given similar cards to her co-hosts as well. The segment concluded with nearly a full minute of past video clips of Behar fawning over Neeson.
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Liam Neeson — our Joy Behar&#39;s favorite actor — tells us about his new movie <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Marlowe?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Marlowe</a> and we look back on Joy&#39;s well-documented admiration for him! 🤣 <a href="https://t.co/cVclFZQU98">https://t.co/cVclFZQU98</a> <a href="https://t.co/xXlrLNyYH1">pic.twitter.com/xXlrLNyYH1</a>
&mdash; The View (@TheView) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheView/status/1625993360828948481?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 15, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Neeson <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/liam-neeson-has-some-regrets-marlowe-atlanta-the-view-james-bond-superhero-movies-1234680950/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told Rolling Stone</a> that he had been looking forward to talking about the film — and had been intrigued by the gun control conversation that was going on during the segment prior to his — but was disappointed and &#8220;not impressed&#8221; when nearly all of his time was taken up by Behar gushing over him.
&#8220;I was in the dressing room drinking a cup of tea, turned the TV up, and I thought, oh, this will be great. They’re talking about gun violence in America, and I agree that it’s an American problem,&#8221; Neeson said, adding, &#8220;I go onstage and join the ladies during the break, and I was congratulating them on this discussion.&#8221;
&#8220;And then our segment starts and it’s just all this BS,&#8221; Neeson continued, saying that the entire situation — with Behar fawning over him and the others cheering her on — had made for an awkward segment as far as he was concerned.
&#8220;I’ve known Whoopi for years and Joy a little bit, but I just wasn’t impressed. I’m uncomfortable in those situations, you know?&#8221; he continued. &#8220;One of the ladies [Sunny Hostin] is a prosecutor and we had a little chat afterward and it was a good, intelligent conversation, but then the segment’s all about this — oof —thirteen, fourteen-year-old crush. It’s just a bit embarrassing.&#8221;
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TODAY – Season 72

‘A Bit Embarrassing’: Hollywood A-Lister Says He ‘Wasn’t Impressed’ By The Ladies At ‘The View’

Liam Neeson Says He 'Wasn't Impressed' By The Ladies At 'The View'

Celebrities

Gun Control

Liam Neeson

&#8220;The View&#8221; got a bit heated on Tuesday as the co-hosts responded to former Governor Nikki Haley (R-SC), who <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/nikki-haley-declares-her-candidacy-for-the-presidency/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">formally announced</a> that she planned to seek the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.
Republican co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin defended <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/we-wont-see-an-apology-nikki-haley-doubles-down-after-dust-up-with-the-view/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Haley</a> — saying that she was happy to see someone ready to take on former President Donald Trump — but her co-hosts piled on almost immediately.
Whoopi Goldberg attacked first, saying, “Since you have been asleep this whole time and you just woke up, you’re just finding out that there are things about our country that are not perfect and for us to pretend that it is and that nothing happened is ridiculous, so you’re not saying anything new. And you of all people should know better because you used to actually have some sanity and knew right from wrong and then you lost your mind and went into some new direction, so don’t do that!&#8221;
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Joy Behar claims Haley is &quot;part of the invasion of the bodysnatchers,&quot; one of &quot;these politicians on the right who now have become mentally crazy.&quot; Joy falsely accuses her of being an election denier and racist Sunny Hostin calls it &quot;terrifying&quot; that she supported Herschel Walker. <a href="https://t.co/JBpRS9lOKF">pic.twitter.com/JBpRS9lOKF</a>
&mdash; Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) <a href="https://twitter.com/NickFondacaro/status/1625528625381490690?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 14, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Joy Behar weighed in next, calling Haley &#8220;part of the invasion of the bodysnatchers&#8221; and saying that the former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations was one of &#8220;these politicians on the Right who now have become like mentally crazy.&#8221;
Behar went on to call Haley an &#8220;election denier&#8221; and criticized her for supporting Senate candidate Herschel Walker (R-GA).
Griffin jumped in then, complaining that her co-hosts wouldn&#8217;t even give her a few minutes to be excited about <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/sunny-isnt-your-birth-name-nikki-haley-fires-back-at-the-view-for-calling-her-an-ethnic-chameleon/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Haley&#8217;s</a> candidacy, saying, &#8220;I’ve seen her take on dictators straight to their face. In every room I’ve been in with her, she’s the smartest in the room.&#8221;
Goldberg just laughed.
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Sara Haines whines about Haley&#39;s ad calling out Bernie Sanders, Biden, Pelosi, and Kamala as &quot;the socialist left.&quot; She does call out The View&#39;s video editors for cutting out the part of the ad where Haley talked about being an immigrant. She then attacks Haley as &quot;robotic.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/BKlbdoh1MK">pic.twitter.com/BKlbdoh1MK</a>
&mdash; Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) <a href="https://twitter.com/NickFondacaro/status/1625531347744833541?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 14, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Sara Haines attempted to rein in the criticisms, telling Griffin that she understood why people might see Haley as a &#8220;step up&#8221; from former President Donald Trump — the only other candidate to have formally declared a 2024 presidential run — but took issue with Haley for saying that Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Vice President Kamala Harris, and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) were all part of the &#8220;socialist Left.&#8221;
Sunny Hostin responded by attacking Haley for failing to get rid of the Confederate flag in South Carolina before a mass shooting at a church, adding, &#8220;I think she’s very much a political grifter and a chameleon and the bar is very low because it’s on the ground.&#8221;
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Racist Whoopi says she can&#39;t tell the difference between Senator Tim Scott, who is black, and Senator Rick Scott, who is white. <a href="https://t.co/4lWXy4IJmy">pic.twitter.com/4lWXy4IJmy</a>
&mdash; Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) <a href="https://twitter.com/NickFondacaro/status/1625534982935527429?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 14, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Griffin pushed back, saying she believed the American people deserved two strong parties from which to choose — and argued that Haley&#8217;s inclusion made Republicans stronger.

Nikki Haley Visits “Hannity”

‘The View’ Goes Wild When Republican Host Defends Nikki Haley: ‘The Smartest In The Room’

'The View' Goes Wild When Republican Host Alyssa Farah Griffin Defends Nikki Haley

2024 Election

Nikki Haley

Whoopi Goldberg

On any other day, all the hosts of ABC&#8217;s midday talk show &#8220;The View&#8221; — save for Republican host <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/thats-not-fairsuch-a-cheap-shot-the-view-blows-up-as-alyssa-farah-griffin-and-kellyanne-conway-clash/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alyssa Farah Griffin</a> — might have trashed former Vice President <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/report-classified-documents-found-at-former-vp-mike-pences-home-in-indiana/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mike Pence</a> when news broke that he had discovered classified documents in his possession.
But during Wednesday&#8217;s broadcast, the hosts seemed amused and even relieved to hear the news claiming that the reports took some of the sting out of the still-unfolding scandal surrounding President Joe Biden and the multiple classified documents found at his home, in his garage, and at the Penn Biden Center in Washington, D.C.
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Alyssa Farah Griffin explains the chaotic transition period in the Trump White House leading The View cast to suspect that she might have classified documents. &quot;So should we be concerned about you? Do you have boxes?&quot; Whoopi asks. Alyssa responds with a nod, a smile, and a laugh. <a href="https://t.co/pjSX88alBU">pic.twitter.com/pjSX88alBU</a>
&mdash; Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) <a href="https://twitter.com/NickFondacaro/status/1618281805605380099?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 25, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Whoopi Goldberg opened the conversation, asking with a laugh whether every former president and vice president should be checking their offices and libraries just to be sure they hadn&#8217;t taken anything they shouldn&#8217;t have.
Sunny Hostin was the first to give Pence a pass, arguing that in all of the chaos after the January 6 riot on Capitol Hill, the vice president may have panicked and packed in a hurry.
&#8220;I feel like now every president and vice president is a suspect,&#8221; she said, adding in mocking tones, &#8220;Are the documents in the conservatory with the wrench?&#8221;
Griffin agreed, explaining that Pence had always been extremely careful when she worked for him — even to the point of doing briefings in the Situation Room just in case anything classified might come up.
She went on to say that she believed the chaos of the transition — and a possible staffer error — was likely the reason classified material had gotten into Pence&#8217;s home.
&#8220;So should we be concerned about you? Do you have boxes?&#8221; Goldberg asked Griffin then, getting a laugh.
Goldberg then went on to argue that the news took some of the heat off Biden, saying, &#8220;Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.&#8221;
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Joy Behar is excited that Pence had documents because it supposedly means AG Garland can try to put Trump in prison again.&quot;I thought, maybe Merrick Garland would think it was just politically motivated to go after Trump &#8230; Now they don&#39;t have to worry about that&#8230;&quot; <a href="https://t.co/VdZQM3HHlY">pic.twitter.com/VdZQM3HHlY</a>
&mdash; Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) <a href="https://twitter.com/NickFondacaro/status/1618286142905880576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 25, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Joy Behar said that Pence finding documents opened the door for Attorney General Merrick Garland to move forward with anything he had wanted to pursue with regard to former President Donald Trump. &#8220;I thought, maybe Merrick Garland would think it was just politically motivated to go after Trump &#8230; Now they don&#8217;t have to worry about that,&#8221; she said.
Hostin concluded by noting that she was a <a href="https://twitter.com/NickFondacaro/status/1618300942364905476" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bit concerned</a> about former President Barack Obama&#8217;s legacy — especially if it were later discovered that he had anything classified in his possession.
&#8220;But I do feel like now every president and vice president is a suspect,&#8221; she repeated, adding, &#8220;They have been looking to tarnish [Obama&#8217;s] legacy forever.&#8221;

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‘The View’ Hosts Are … Happy That Mike Pence Had Classified Docs?

'The View' Hosts Are ... Happy That Mike Pence Had Classified Docs?

classified documents

Joe Biden

Mike Pence

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joy-behar" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joy Behar</a> appeared to suggest on Thursday that classified documents found at President Joe Biden’s think tank, his home, and even his garage may have been planted, expressing skepticism that they would mysteriously &#8220;appear&#8221; in time to draw attention away from a probe into former President Donald Trump&#8217;s own handling of secret documents.
Behar joined her co-hosts on ABC&#8217;s &#8220;The View&#8221; to discuss the most recent reports of <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/biden-responds-to-classified-docs-found-at-his-home-were-in-a-locked-garage-as-well-as-my-corvette/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">classified documents</a> — apparently taken from the White House when Biden left the vice presidency — that were discovered first in Biden&#8217;s office at the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement, and then in both his home and his garage.
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Whoopi shouts at Lindsey Graham through the camera because he called on AG Garland to hire a special counsel to investigate Biden&#39;s mishandling of classified docs. Earlier this week, Whoopi claimed Biden never brought classified documents home (which is UNTRUE). <a href="https://t.co/TgJBiECSSH">pic.twitter.com/TgJBiECSSH</a>
&mdash; Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) <a href="https://twitter.com/NickFondacaro/status/1613571863858274304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 12, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Whoopi Goldberg began the attack, lashing out at Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) for calling on Attorney General Merrick Garland to <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/classified-documents-bidens-vice-presidency-found-think-tank-cbs-news-2023-01-09/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">appoint a special counsel</a> to investigate — which Garland later did — and claiming that Biden&#8217;s classified documents were completely different than the <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/breaking-merrick-garland-to-name-special-counsel-to-determine-charges-against-trump-report/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">documents discovered</a> in former President Trump&#8217;s Mar-a-Lago home.
&#8220;Let&#8217;s find out what they discover first, and then do whatever needs to be done,&#8221; she said. &#8220;We all know this needs to be investigated, but it is not the same.&#8221;
Sara Haines agreed, arguing that the volume of documents found in each place was enough to show that the two situations were entirely different.
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&quot;Just as we&#39;re this close to getting [Trump], somehow these documents appear.&quot; &#8211; Joy Behar The View suggests Republicans PLANTED the confidential documents in Biden&#39;s garage and think tank! &quot;Does it feel like the Republicans are behind it?&quot; &#8211; Sunny Hostin <a href="https://t.co/40tED0Yy6p">pic.twitter.com/40tED0Yy6p</a>
&mdash; Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) <a href="https://twitter.com/NickFondacaro/status/1613574953487536134?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 12, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Behar worried that the sudden appearance of classified documents tied to Biden might jeopardize any case that was building against Trump, and she voiced her suspicions: &#8220;You know what I think? I’ve never seen a luckier person than Donald Trump. Just as we&#8217;re this close to getting him, somehow these documents appear!&#8221;
&#8220;Here&#8217;s the thing,&#8221; Alyssa Farah Griffin cut in. &#8220;Biden is wrong to have done this. He was in office for —&#8221;
&#8220;Let&#8217;s find out what this is first. Again, one of the things that gets me crazy is before we know, it&#8217;s already been spun a specific way,&#8221; Goldberg said again, asking how the documents could have been missing for all those years without anyone noticing that they were gone.
&#8220;Because to me, if you are missing classified information, I don&#8217;t mean to laugh, but in my house, if stuff is missing, I know it&#8217;s missing,&#8221; Goldberg said.
&#8220;Does it feel like oppo-research to you? Does it feel like the Republicans are behind it?&#8221; Sunny Hostin asked.
&#8220;It did originally,&#8221; Goldberg admitted, but she said that Biden&#8217;s response had led her to believe that it was more likely an accident.

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Actor <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/samuel-l-jackson-invokes-racial-slur-goes-after-justice-clarence-thomas-marriage-after-abortion-decision/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Samuel L. Jackson</a> mocked the furor over Twitter — and the recent takeover by billionaire entrepreneur <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/uh-oh-stephen-king-and-elon-musk-are-fighting-again/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Elon Musk</a> — during a Tuesday morning appearance on &#8220;The View,&#8221; reminding the audience that Twitter wasn&#8217;t the real world and questioning whether Musk himself was real.
Jackson and his wife LaTanya Richardson Jackson punctuated the interview — which was supposed to be a promotion of their Broadway show &#8220;The Piano Lesson&#8221; — with a call to get out the vote and support Sen. <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/raphael-warnock-diverted-campaign-funds-to-pay-child-support-report/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Raphael Warnock</a> (D-GA) in his upcoming run-off election, among other things.
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Joy Behar is &quot;frightened for Twitter&quot; because <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@elonmusk</a> is supposedly letting &quot;Nazis&quot; take over the platform. &quot;I have no idea what he [Elon Musk] is. I don&#39;t even know if he is a real person,&quot; actor Samuel L. Jackson said. <a href="https://t.co/DgZuRo5UK7">pic.twitter.com/DgZuRo5UK7</a>
&mdash; Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) <a href="https://twitter.com/NickFondacaro/status/1597634126982647809?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 29, 2022</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;So, Sam, you&#8217;ve been also — you&#8217;ve also been known to clap back at a politician or two in your day, which I enjoy,&#8221; <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/youre-gonna-you-could-die-joy-behar-claims-booster-is-the-only-reason-whoopi-survived-covid-twice/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joy Behar</a> began. &#8220;What do you make of what&#8217;s happening now that Elon Musk  has taken over Twitter. I&#8217;m a little frightened for Twitter, frankly, what about you?&#8221;
&#8220;Just quit it, you know,&#8221; Jackson replied, shaking his head. &#8220;There&#8217;s so many more important things that we have to deal with like we&#8217;re busy trying to get &#8230; Raphael Warnock elected.&#8221;
&#8220;Raphael Warnock,&#8221; LaTanya interrupted, talking over him. &#8220;Please go to the polls and vote.&#8221;
&#8220;As opposed to an idiot who probably doesn&#8217;t even have a Twitter account, that can&#8217;t use Twitter,&#8221; Jackson added, apparently referencing Warnock&#8217;s Republican challenger Herschel Walker — who does, in fact, have a Twitter account.
&#8220;That&#8217;s a big audience,&#8221; Behar objected. &#8220;These Nazis can come in on those social media &#8230;&#8221;
Jackson shrugged, adding, &#8220;Well those &#8230; people need to understand that, you know, everything that happens – Twitter is not a real world. You know, it&#8217;s a world for invisible people and —&#8221;
&#8220;And Brittney Griner is in the real world,&#8221; LaTanya interrupted again. &#8220;She&#8217;s in a real world. Tweet that.&#8221;
&#8220;Those are real world things that we need to deal with,&#8221; Jackson continued. &#8220;Elon Musk is &#8230; Elon Musk. You know, he&#8217;s — I have no idea what he is. I don&#8217;t even know if he is a real person.&#8221;
&#8220;He didn&#8217;t invent Tesla,&#8221; Behar asserted. &#8220;He&#8217;s a businessman.&#8221;
The Jacksons and &#8220;The View&#8221; co-hosts talked over each other for a few minutes, arguing over who had come up with the technology behind Tesla and prompting Whoopi Goldberg to wrap up the segment: &#8220;We don&#8217;t really care what Elon Musk is doing.&#8221;

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&#8220;The View&#8221; host <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/do-they-want-to-live-in-a-handmaids-tale-sunny-hostin-screams-at-white-women-compares-them-to-roaches-voting-for-raid/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sunny Hostin</a>, along with several of her co-hosts, suggested that Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett should recuse herself from cases involving religious liberty — and then claimed that if she were on the Court, she could be impartial.
Hostin — joined by co-hosts Ana Navarro and Joy Behar — argued that Justice Barrett&#8217;s <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/the-view-host-says-justice-barrett-deserved-a-religious-test-even-though-theyre-illegal/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">personal religious views</a> and associations made it impossible for her to be impartial when religious liberty was in question. Co-hosts Sara Haines and Alyssa Farah Griffin suggested that personal beliefs and legal philosophy were not necessarily intertwined.
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Anti-Catholic bigotry on The View. The cast calls for Justice Amy Coney Barrett to recuse herself from a religious liberty case because she&#39;s Catholic. Joy Behar accuses ACB of renouncing her faith and was corrected. Sunny whines that Catholic justices don&#39;t all recuse themselves <a href="https://t.co/7j5Ss13ag6">pic.twitter.com/7j5Ss13ag6</a>
&mdash; Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) <a href="https://twitter.com/NickFondacaro/status/1597265587536859138?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 28, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Behar began the segment by describing the case — which involves a woman who wants to post a statement declaring that she will not design wedding websites for same-sex couples because of her beliefs — and claimed that Barrett should recuse herself because the People of Praise group to which she belongs supports traditional marriage as well.
Hostin pointed out that Barrett — like several other justices on the Court — is Catholic, and the rest of the Catholic justices do not recuse themselves either. She went on to suggest that Barrett was especially problematic, however, and lamented the fact that there was no procedure for forcing judges to remove themselves from cases.
Griffin jumped in then, arguing that at some point people have to trust the justices to be professionals and pointing out the fact that Hostin is Catholic and could be impartial if called upon — and Hostin agreed, &#8220;I could be impartial.&#8221;
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Sara Haines defends ACB for not refusing herself, noting they need to cite and source their opinions. &quot;So despite maybe not liking where she gets through her legal philosophy, I don&#39;t think it necessarily is immersed in just her religious belief,&quot; she argued. <a href="https://t.co/Gw4fldDaS5">pic.twitter.com/Gw4fldDaS5</a>
&mdash; Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) <a href="https://twitter.com/NickFondacaro/status/1597267003215171584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 28, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Haines added that while she disagreed personally — with both Barrett&#8217;s judicial philosophy and her religious beliefs — she could also see how the two might not be intertwined.
Navarro objected, claiming that the Court was already facing a &#8220;crisis of credibility&#8221; and arguing that Barrett should recuse herself because the American people might not believe she was able to separate the two. &#8220;We can trust the process, but do I trust the justices?&#8221; she asked.
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Pure ignorance. Joy claims ACB holds the rank of &quot;handmaid&quot; within the Catholic Church, citing the Washington Post. Joy continued to condemn ACB for being a member of a Catholic group, which is not a party to the case coming before the court. <a href="https://t.co/Lfy5ymBrIM">pic.twitter.com/Lfy5ymBrIM</a>
&mdash; Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) <a href="https://twitter.com/NickFondacaro/status/1597268877280530433?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 28, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Behar rounded out the segment by noting that some had referred to Barrett as a &#8220;<a href="https://dailywire.com/news/newsweek-forced-to-issue-major-retraction-after-it-smears-amy-coney-barrett-claims-she-belongs-to-sect-that-inspired-the-handmaids-tale/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">handmaid</a>&#8221; within her organization and arguing that because she had some kind of leadership role in that community, that was &#8220;a little different from being a Catholic&#8221; in her mind.

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&#8220;The View&#8221; cohosts admitted they couldn&#8217;t even show the Balenciaga &#8220;fetish themed&#8221; ad on their show Monday during a discussion about the fashion house&#8217;s marketing campaign featuring children holding teddy bears that were wearing bondage gear.
During a panel discussion on the <a href="https://twitter.com/TheView/status/1597292992473309186?s=20&amp;t=dFXgU6DPA8O_zYzIHnRyPg">ABC daytime talk show,</a> Joy Behar talked about how the the fashion company &#8220;is under fire&#8221; for its BDSM-themed ad sexualizing children as her cohosts called them &#8220;distasteful.&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/balenciaga-apologizes-for-advertisement-showcasing-minors-holding-bdsm-teddy-bear-purses">Balenciaga</a> has apologized and has blamed the production company, which they are <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/balenciaga-suing-production-company-25-155314719.html">suing</a>, for the ad.
&#8220;I found this ad campaign particularly distasteful in this moment,&#8221; Alyssa Farah Griffin explained.
&#8220;Yeah,&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-view-host-claims-jesus-would-be-the-grand-marshal-at-the-pride-parade">Sunny Hostin</a> replied. &#8220;I mean, we can&#8217;t even show the picture because it&#8217;s so distasteful. But what&#8217;s also very distasteful is Balenciaga lately, I mean, their stuff is just ugly. I mean the bag that that little girl is holding is ugly. Do you remember when Kim [Kardashian] was dressed in Balenciaga for the Met Gala.&#8221;
The clip then went to a snap of the reality star covered head to toe in a black outfit, and Hostin remarked that Kardashian &#8220;looked like a bat.&#8221;
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BALENCIAGA PULLS AD CAMPAIGN AFTER BACKLASH: The luxury brand has issued an apology for its recent advertisements featuring children with sexualized teddy bears – <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheView?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TheView</a> co-hosts react to the controversial ads and Kim Kardashian’s response. <a href="https://t.co/Lf4LGBCI2E">https://t.co/Lf4LGBCI2E</a> <a href="https://t.co/j7QUbiYu3Q">pic.twitter.com/j7QUbiYu3Q</a>
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&#8220;So they are, I don&#8217;t know what they&#8217;re doing,&#8221; she added. &#8220;I don&#8217;t know if their intent is to be subversive and draw attention to the issues. Or are they just making ugly things.&#8221;
Ana Navarro asked how Balenciaga could now &#8220;sue somebody when they designed a bag for their holiday season.&#8221;
&#8220;The bag is shaped like a teddy bear wearing bondage gear,&#8221; Navarro added. &#8220;Now, it takes hundreds of people in a fashion house like Balenciaga to approve a design. To approve an ad campaign. So, I&#8217;m sorry you guys, I know you&#8217;re trying to cover your a**, but you got bigger problems then&#8230; you got to look inside your house, because you&#8217;ve got people who are not doing their job well. Who have no damn common sense.&#8221;
At one point, the cohosts talked about how Kardashian has since spoken out about the ad and said it might be time to re-evaluate her relationship with the fashion house, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kim-kardashian-slammed-for-statement-over-balenciaga-scandal-there-is-no-grey-area-here">reported</a>.
&#8220;As a mother of four, I have been shaken by the disturbing images,&#8221; Kardashian shared previously.  &#8220;The safety of children must be held with the highest regard and any attempts to normalize child abuse of any kind should have no place in our society — period.&#8221;
&#8220;I appreciate Balenciaga&#8217;s removal of the campaigns and apology,&#8221; she added. &#8220;In speaking with them, I believe they understand the seriousness of the issue and will take the necessary measures for this to never happen again. As for my future with Balenciaga, I am currently re-evaluating my relationship with the brand, basing it off their willingness to accept accountability for something that should have never happened to begin with — &amp; the actions I am expecting to see them take to protect children.&#8221;
The fashion house apologized and is taking legal action against its production company, Hostin noted.  She then shared that the set designer released a statement saying &#8220;everyone&#8221; at Balenciaga was on the shoot&#8221; and &#8220;worked on the edit of every image.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/outrage-ensues-over-balenciaga-using-young-children-to-advertise-alleged-bondage-teddy-bear-purses">Outrage Ensues Over Balenciaga Using Young Children To Advertise Bondage Teddy Bear Purses</a>

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<a href="http://www.dailywire.com/topic/joy-behar/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joy Behar</a> claimed on Wednesday that co-host <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/topic/whoopi-goldberg/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Whoopi Goldberg</a> — who is vaccinated and has had COVID at least twice — would have been killed by the novel coronavirus if she had not been vaccinated and boosted.
Goldberg, who just returned to the show following her latest bout with COVID, began the segment by lashing out at conservatives who have had their fill of outgoing National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Director — and White House Medical adviser — <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/were-going-to-change-the-rules-rand-paul-threatens-fauci-in-testy-senate-spat/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dr. Anthony Fauci</a>.
Referencing Fauci&#8217;s final White House <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/no-surprise-faucis-final-message-is-a-lecture-on-masks-getting-the-latest-booster/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">briefing</a> on Tuesday – during which he encouraged people to continue testing and getting updated vaccines for COVID as they became available — Goldberg noted that some critics were ready to throw out anything Fauci said on principle.
&#8220;A lot of conservatives who posted about how much they hate Dr. Fauci that they would rather get COVID than ever test again, let me explain something to you as somebody who’s just come off it again. And not a nice, light, you know, because I came off a tough ass [COVID diagnosis], OK?&#8221; Goldberg said. &#8220;You don’t want to get this. It’s not funny. You don’t want this. This will kill you! What’s the matter with you people?&#8221;
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Whoopi blows a gasket at Dr. Fauci&#39;s critics. &quot;You don&#39;t want this! This WILL kill you!&quot; she of the virus. Joy Behar claims the only reason Whoopi didn&#39;t die of COVID was because she was boosted. &quot;If you&#39;re not boosted you&#39;re gonna [die]!&quot; <a href="https://t.co/rPpV1F4UmI">pic.twitter.com/rPpV1F4UmI</a>
&mdash; Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) <a href="https://twitter.com/NickFondacaro/status/1595450184141574147?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 23, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Behar then argued that the only reason COVID hadn&#8217;t killed Goldberg was the fact that she had gotten her latest booster shot.
&#8220;The reason it didn&#8217;t kill you is because you&#8217;ve been boosted. If you are not boosted, you&#8217;re gonna — you could die. That’s the point,&#8221; Behar said. &#8220;People write on Twitter or someplace, you see? &#8216;Whoopi got it, and she has the vaccinations.&#8217; Yeah, but Whoopi&#8217;s sitting here. She’s not in a casket, thank you.&#8221;
&#8220;And people who are immunocompromised, you know, I have to stay well, so I don’t hurt anybody else. This is how we take care of each other,&#8221; Goldberg continued. &#8220;I don’t understand how a suggestion for making your life perhaps better for the holidays makes people crazy.&#8221;
Co-host Sunny Hostin jumped in then to defend Fauci, claiming that all he had ever wanted to do was help people. &#8220;He&#8217;s spent his entire life saving people&#8217;s lives,&#8221; she said.

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&#8220;The View&#8221; host <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/joy-behar-suggests-americans-who-are-worried-about-inflation-are-stupid/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joy Behar</a> drew a straight line on Tuesday from the Saturday night shooting at a nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, to Congresswoman Lauren Boebert&#8217;s 2021 Christmas photo.
Behar was discussing the <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/i-have-to-kill-this-guy-before-he-kills-us-army-vet-says-combat-mode-kicked-in-during-nightclub-shooting/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shooting</a> — which took place at Club Q, an LGBTQ establishment — with Colorado&#8217;s Democrat Governor Jared Polis, who is the nation&#8217;s first openly gay governor. Her argument was that whatever else set mass shootings apart from each other, the one thing they all had in common was the gun.
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&quot;Really makes me nuts!&quot; Joy Behar blames Congresswoman Lauren Robert&#39;s 2021 pro-Second Amendment Christmas cards for the shooting at the gay nightclub in Colorado Springs last weekend. &quot;That&#39;s a very bad message to send to people, especially to children.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/6j2fzIasWe">pic.twitter.com/6j2fzIasWe</a>
&mdash; Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) <a href="https://twitter.com/NickFondacaro/status/1595094231806349314?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 22, 2022</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Well, the one thing, Governor, that all these things have in common is the gun,&#8221; Behar asserted, adding, &#8220;The guns, I mean, they all have those AR-15s.&#8221;
&#8220;Lauren Boebert, the congresswoman in your state, posts pictures — Christmas pictures of her and her husband and her kids holding these guns,&#8221; Behar continued. &#8220;That&#8217;s a very bad message to send to people, especially to children, but that&#8217;s my own little aside here because that really makes me nuts.&#8221;
Boebert posted the photo in question <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/christmas-card-guns-lauren-boebert-thomas-massie-start-new-culture-ncna1285709" target="_blank" rel="noopener">in response</a> to Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY), who had shared an image of his very well-armed family sitting by their Christmas tree.
&#8220;Merry Christmas!&#8221; the tweet read. &#8220;p.s. Santa, please bring ammo.&#8221;
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Merry Christmas! 🎄 ps. Santa, please bring ammo. 🎁 <a href="https://t.co/NVawULhCNr">pic.twitter.com/NVawULhCNr</a>
&mdash; Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepThomasMassie/status/1467197523127422979?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 4, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Boebert responded with a since-deleted tweet showing her own family posing in a similar fashion by their own tree.
&#8220;The Boeberts have your six, @RepThomasMassie,&#8221; she said, adding, &#8220;(No spare ammo for you though).&#8221;
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Lauren Boebert’s latest stunt is posing with her young children holding semi-automatic rifles in front of a Christmas tree. She stole the idea from another GOP congressman who pulled the same stunt the other day. It’s not only sacrilegious, it’s also kind of nuts. <a href="https://t.co/oemgiiDHtp">pic.twitter.com/oemgiiDHtp</a>
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Both Massie and Boebert were immediately attacked on Twitter by users accusing them of promoting or even inspiring more gun violence. Some even drew comparisons to militant Islamist groups.
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Fellow Congressman John Yarmuth (D-KY) lashed out at his colleague in a series of tweets, saying, &#8220;I promise not everyone in Kentucky is an insensitive a**hole.&#8221;
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I’m old enough to remember Republicans screaming that it was insensitive to try to protect people from gun violence after a tragedy. Now they openly rub the murder of children in our faces like they scored a touchdown. Disgraceful.
&mdash; Rep. John Yarmuth (@RepJohnYarmuth) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepJohnYarmuth/status/1467226423475818507?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 4, 2021</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;I&#8217;m old enough to remember Republicans screaming that it was insensitive to try to protect people from gun violence after a tragedy,&#8221; Yarmuth continued. &#8220;Now they openly rub the murder of children in our faces like they scored a touchdown. Disgraceful.&#8221;
Parkland father and gun control advocate Fred Guttenberg responded to Massie as well, likening his family to the family of the school shooter who had <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/parents-of-michigan-school-shooting-suspect-may-face-charges/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rocked Michigan</a> just days earlier.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/RepThomasMassie?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepThomasMassie</a>, since we are sharing family photos, here are mine. One is the last photo that I ever took of Jaime, the other is where she is buried because of the Parkland school shooting.
The Michigan school shooter and his family used to take photos like yours as well. <a href="https://t.co/MsQWneJXAp">pic.twitter.com/MsQWneJXAp</a>
&mdash; Fred Guttenberg (@fred_guttenberg) <a href="https://twitter.com/fred_guttenberg/status/1467222605388296202?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 4, 2021</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;@RepThomasMassie, since we are sharing family photos, here are mine. One is the last photo that I ever took of Jaime, the other is where she is buried because of the Parkland school shooting. The Michigan school shooter and his family used to take photos like yours as well,&#8221; he said.

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