Nicolle Wallace, the former Sarah Palin staffer who made a name bashing her ex-boss, on Thursday yet again failed to offer the conservative perspective. The View co-host touted the liberal postal worker, a man who flew a gyrocopter into restricted Washington D.C. airspace in order to lobby for more left-wing campaign finance laws.
Wallace praised Doug Hughes, the postal worker who landed on the grounds of the Capitol, hyping, "He had a cause and I think he probably did his cause some good." The ABC host continued, "It's important to know about this guy, he's 61 years old and he's a political activist. And, so, he had a message."
Wallace spun, "He opposed a Supreme Court case called Citizens United, which a lot of its critics feel like open the flood gates for money to flow into our campaigns without being transparent."
Guest co-host (and frequent news reader on Good Morning America) Paula Faris cheered, "He even said I'd rather die in flight than live to be 80 and see our country fail. So, you're right."
At no point did anyone on The View label Hughes a liberal. As the Media Research Center's Kyle Drennen noted on Thursday, the same networks that skipped a liberal label for the gyrocopter pilot made sure to falsely blame conservatives for extreme acts.
Wallace has a long history of bashing conservatives and defending liberals.
A partial transcript of the April 16 segment is below:
WHOOPI GOLDBERG: Yesterday a guy was able to get past anti-aircraft devices and the Secret Service to land a bicycle-powered gyrocopter on the lawn of the Capitol building. Here's the kicker, he e-mailed the newspapers to tell them he was doing it.
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NICOLLE WALLACE: It's important to know about this guy, he's 61 years old and he's a political activist. And, so, he had a message. He opposed a Supreme Court case called Citizens United, which a lot of its critics feel like open the flood gates for money to flow into our campaigns without being transparent. So he had a cause and I think he probably did his cause some good. I think he's probably going to be behind bars and not able to go to door to door for a while.
PAULA FARIS: He even said I'd rather die in flight than live to be 80 and see our country fail. So, you're right.
WALLACE: He had a political message. It was is a political act.
