UPDATE: Jane Fonda gave a statement to Fox News claiming she talked about murdering pro-lifers "in jest" to "make a point." Read more below.
Far-left extremist Jane Fonda said the quiet part out loud during her Friday appearance on ABC’s The View while hawking her new movie. When asked by co-host Joy Behar for a solution to the proliferation of pro-life laws around the country, the communist, anti-American activist declared that “it does involve murder” of Republican politicians. Fonda even shot a dirty look when Behar tried to claim she was “just joking.”
“We have experienced many decades now of having agency over our body, of being able to determine when and how many children to have. We know what that feels like. We know what that's done for our lives. We're not going back. I don't care what the laws are. We're not going back,” Fonda proclaimed ahead of her call for murdering Republicans.
Adding: “It's true. It's the truth. We're not going to do it. We’re going to fight.” To this, racist Sunny Hostin suggested that Fonda was set to “get a Nobel Prize very, very soon.”
Behar then asked Fonda for a better solution than just “marching and protesting,” for which Fonda proclaimed “it does involve murder.” She even reiterated it when her friend Lily Tomlin asked for clarification:
BEHAR: Besides marching and protesting, what else do you suggest?
FONDA: Well, it does involve murder.
LILY TOMLIN: Well, it doesn't happen overnight. It's not a miraculous – What did you say?
FONDA: Murder.
Behar immediately jumped in to attempt to defuse Fonda’s incendiary remark, suggesting, “She's kidding. Wait a second, she’s just kidding … She’s just kidding.” “Don’t say that,” Tomlin told Fonda.
“Oh, you don’t know. They'll pick up on that and just run with it,” Behar warned her. “Yeah, that’s the worst,” Tomlin agreed.
But as Behar was trying to talk her guest down, Fonda shot her a dirty look which drew laughs from The View cast and audience.
Obviously aware that Fonda was not “just kidding,” Hostin nervously suggested they change the subject. “Let's move on and talk about Jane's activism which is legendary,” she praised.
Fonda’s demand that Republican blood be spilled came at a time when Republicans have had their lives threatened and taken by liberal extremists. Last year, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Bret Kavanaugh and his family were the target of an attempted assassination, New York gubernatorial nominee Lee Zeldin fought off an attacker during a speech at a campaign stop, two New Jersey city council members Eunice Dwumfour and Russell Heller were gunned down in cold blood, and that’s not to mention the series of terrorist attacks on pro-life centers.
The rhetoric from Fonda was deadly serious and The View should have condemned her instead of trying to play it off.
In a statement to Fox News Friday evening, Fonda suggested "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."
Adding: "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."
But given Hostin's nervous attempt to change the subject, it wasn't so obvious even to the cast of The View.
The View’s refusal to condemn Jane Fonda was made possible because of lucrative sponsorships from Purina and Ensure. Their contact information is linked.
The transcript isbelow, click "expand" to read:
ABC’s The View
March 10, 2023
11:46:47 a.m. Eastern(…)
JANE FONDA: We have experienced many decades now of having agency over our body, of being able to determine when and how many children to have. We know what that feels like. We know what that's done for our lives. We're not going back. I don't care what the laws are. We're not going back.
[Applause]
JOY BEHAR: The women will rise up.
SUNNY HOSTIN: That's the activist!
BEHAR: That's Jane.
HOSTIN: Speaking and she probably will get a Nobel Prize very, very soon.
FONDA: It's true. It's the truth. We're not going to do it. We’re going to fight.
BEHAR: Besides marching and protesting, what else do you suggest?
FONDA: Well, it does involve murder.
LILY TOMLIN: Well, it doesn't happen overnight. It's not a miraculous – What did you say?
FONDA: Murder.
BEHAR: She's kidding. Wait a second, she’s just kidding.
TOMLIN: Don't say that.
BEHAR: Oh, you don’t know. They'll pick up on that and just run with it.
TOMLIN: Yeah, that’s the worst.
BEHAR: She's just kidding.
FONDA: [Shoots a disapproving look toward Behar]
[Laughter]
HOSTIN [nervous tone]: Let's move on and talk about Jane's activism which is legendary.
(…)
