Pleasure Behar wasted no time getting all the way down to enterprise on Friday’s (February 14) episode of The View. On the high of the hour, she launched the primary “Scorching Matter” to be the most recent confirmations.
Two of Trump’s most controversial cupboard nominees had been confirmed: Tulsi Gabbard is our new director of Nationwide Intelligence and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is the pinnacle of Well being and Human Companies. There was just one GOP Senator who voted no: the soon-to-be-retired Mitch McConnell.
Some information headlines about McConnell’s small act of resistance by way of his vote had been extra redemptive in nature. Axios dubbed it “revenge.” Politico known as him a “get together of 1.” And The Washington Submit wrote of it, “Welcome to the resistance?” Behar took a decidedly much less rosy tone and instantly known as him “the person who obtained us into this mess.”
Behar continued, “He stole a Supreme Court docket seat from Obama, voted to acquit Trump after the revolt and even endorsed him for president once more. Thanks for nothing, Mitch. Don’t let the door hit you on the way in which out.”
Joyful Valentines Day from The View as Pleasure Behar rants towards Senator Mitch McConnell and blames him for Trump getting elected once more:
“Mitch Mcconnell, the person who obtained us into this mess. He stole a Supreme Court docket seat from Obama, voted to acquit Trump after the revolt, and… pic.twitter.com/hHMT0Ef87c— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) February 14, 2025
Her cohosts went on to speak concerning the nominees in query, with Sara Haines expressing concern concerning the “entire equipment and caboodle” however particularly the risk that Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a reputed anti-vaccine advocate, may have on public well being. “The flu ranges within the US are larger than they’ve been in 15 years, and I’ve to consider a few of that comes from the COVID vaccine blowing again on all vaccines.”
In the meantime, Alyssa Farah Griffin took main challenge with Gabbard, saying, “She lacks the judgment to not amplify Russian propaganda. She repeatedly shared issues that had been very express Russian propaganda all through her affirmation listening to.” And when Behar requested about Gabbard’s controversial assembly with Basha al-Asaad, Griffin obtained much more animated and stated, “As a Syrian American, we’ll by no means forgive her for displaying up thereafter he had gassed his personal folks and making an attempt to principally whitewash his file.”
Sunny Hostin put it somewhat extra plainly, saying, “We in hassle, unhealthy … I don’t even know what to say. We’re speaking RFK Jr., an anti-vaxxer, being chargeable for a $1.7 trillion company. And one of many issues that I’m involved about are these which can be most weak in our nation are the aged… Medicaid at this level, if it’s scaled again, it’s given 22 million People entry to well being care. I’m disgusted. We’re in hassle!”
Ana Navarro, in the meantime, stated she was dissatisfied in these Republicans “who know higher” and stated that the rationale McConnell stands alone in standing as much as Trump on the Senate aspect is that the others are “terrified’ of Trump.
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