ABC’s The View continued to spew their stochastic terrorism during Wednesday’s show as co-host Joy Behar, without evidence, accused former President Trump and Senators Lindsey Graham (SC) and Marco Rubio (FL) of treason, a crime which carried the death penalty. Moderator Whoopi Goldberg followed up by demanding they and Republicans leave the country to live under a dictatorship.
Their comments were spurred on by unverified claims made by former journalist and author Bob Woodward, who claimed in a new book that Trump sent COVID tests to Russian dictator Vladimir Putin.
Behar seemed to hold up the Kremlin as a credible source as she declared Trump guilty of treason:
And by the way, the Kremlin has confirmed that he sent the COVID tests to the Kremlin when Americans were in need of the COVID tests. Now, that is – I believe – that is the definition of a traitor. Am I wrong?
A short time later, she suggested that Graham and Rubio could also be guilty of treason because they support Trump for president:
BEHAR: By the way, does this make Lindsey Graham, Marco Rubio at least step up to the plate and say maybe we're dealing with a traitor and maybe that makes us traitors?
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BEHAR: I mean, they have not said a word.
She also lied about Trump not sending aid to blue states during the COVID pandemic. Despite the fact that he had funneled ventilators and a U.S. Navy hospital to New York City (while then-Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo was busy putting COVID patients into nursing homes), Behar denied any of that happened:
The thing about this is that during the COVID pandemic, the blue states didn't support him, so he didn't want to send the tests to the blue states, Trump. And he'll do that again, by the way. Cause he’s – He's already signaled that, you know, he's not going to help the blue states in case there is a hurricane or something. If you didn't vote for him, he’s not going to help you because he's only the president of the red states who voted for him.
Faux conservative Alyssa Farah Griffin, who used to work for Trump, didn’t want to share the truth. Instead, she gave the credit for blue state aid to her personal friend Dr. Fauci:
And by the way, one of the reasons who’s around a present matters is because supplies during COVID did get to blue states because of people like Dr. Fauci and Deborah Birx and people within the government who said you have to help New York as much as you have to, you know, a red state like Ohio.
As they approached the end of the segment, Goldberg lashed out and seemingly demanded that all named previously and The View’s critics should leave the country.
“I say, because y'all always saying for us to go, you go find somewhere, no, I'm going to invite you to do the same. You go and you live under a dictatorship because I want you to be able to come back and talk about it like you know something, not what you think, but what you know-know,” she screeched.
The transcript is below. Click "expand" to read:
ABC’s The View
October 9, 2024
11:04:37 a.m. Eastern(…)
JOY BEHAR: The thing about this is that during the COVID pandemic, the blue states didn't support him, so he didn't want to send the tests to the blue states, Trump.
SUNNY HOSTIN: Yeah.
BEHAR: And he'll do that again, by the way. Cause he’s – He's already signaled that, you know, he's not going to help the blue states in case there is a hurricane or something. If you didn't vote for him, he’s not going to help you because he's only the president of the red states who voted for him.
And by the way, the Kremlin has confirmed that he sent the COVID tests to the Kremlin when Americans were in need of the COVID tests. Now, that is – I believe – that is the definition of a traitor. Am I wrong?
HOSTIN: No.
ALYSSA FARH GRIFFIN: And by the way, one of the reasons who’s around a present matters is because supplies during COVID did get to blue states because of people like Dr. Fauci and Deborah Birx and people within the government who said you have to help New York as much as you have to, you know, a red state like Ohio.
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11:08:52 a.m. Eastern
BEHAR: He wants Trump to win, that's why. That’s why a lot of stuff you see online is coming from Russia. By the way, does this make Lindsey Graham, Marco Rubio at least step up to the plate and say maybe we're dealing with a traitor and maybe that makes us traitors?
WHOOPI GOLDBERG: Clearly not.
SARA HAINES: No.
BEHAR: I mean, they have not said a word.
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11:10:09 a.m. Eastern
GOLDBERG: So, yeah, you know, I feel like if you want -- if you really feel that strongly about staying in touch with, you know, dictators, try living in a country with one. I say, because y'all always saying for us to go, you go find somewhere, no, I'm going to invite you to do the same. You go and you live under a dictatorship because I want you to be able to come back and talk about it like you know something, not what you think, but what you know-know. I want you to tell us what -- come back and tell us what that two-year experience has been like and then let us decide if we want to join it.
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