If anyone with critical thinking skills watched The View over the last few days, they would – like this writer – be suffering from massive whiplash as they bounced back and forth between praising election denialism to decrying it to praising it again (depending on the party affiliation of the one speaking). Celebration was on the rebound Wednesday as the cackling coven welcomed longtime-election loss-denier Stacey Abrams, the Democratic gubernatorial candidate in Georgia.
First up to ask questions, Sunny Hostin mocked Republican incumbent Brian Kemp for his past debate performance (which didn’t matter because he became governor). She then praised Abrams for how she “didn't traditionally concede” to Kemp in 2018, adding that she “appreciated” it because Abrams “cited voter suppression.”
“I appreciate the question and the framing,” Abrams thanked her. She then fictitiously claimed: “I have never denied that I lost.”
The failed gubernatorial candidate was allowed to lie and explain away a video of her falsely claiming she won the election (click “expand”):
ABRAMS: And there is this clip that's going around, and it shows me saying that we won, and what I was referring to was that we won in terms of communities that were long left out of the electoral process.
HOSTIN: Right.
ABRAMS: Finally participated in '18 at outstanding numbers.
[Applause]
HOSTIN: Right.
[Applause]
ABRAMS: But I'm not delusional. Just so that's clear.
[Laughter]
Back in reality, in an April 2019 interview with The New York Times, Abrams claims she “won” against Kemp. “Now, I cannot say that everybody who tried to cast a ballot would’ve voted for me, but if you look at the totality of the information … I feel comfortable now saying, ‘I won.’”
But surely the conservative on the panel would call out Abrams for her BIE LIE and revisionist history, right?
Unfortunately for the truth, faux “conservative” Alyssa Farah Griffin was the token right-winger and she was more concerned about making friends with the leftists that hate her (and making a buck) to stand up for the facts. “May I just say it's – um – thank you for just admitting outright you didn't win. That's such a rare thing. Cc: our former President,” she sniped at her former paycheck writer.
This gave Abrams the opening to opine about how “words matter” and she doesn’t “say things without evidence”:
I did it on the day I didn't win. I gave a speech. I love words. Words matter. They have meaning and heft. And one is: I'm not the governor. The other is: [the] election wasn't fair to voters. Also said that.
In this country, we have the responsibility to challenge broken systems. If we do not lift up problems, we will not get answers. What we don't have the right to is a violent response or to spin out conspiracy theories. I don't say things without evidence.
And as they were wrapping up their conversation, co-host Whoopi Goldberg bashed Georgians who were thinking of voting for Kemp. “And if the voters in Georgia are smart, and I'm sure they are, they'll look and see who has my best interest at heart. That's what this is about,” she declared.
As for the whiplash, last week, The View defended White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre’s 2016 election denialism. Yet, earlier this week, they called Ginni Thomas a “wack job” for her comments about 2020. Now, this.
This support for Democratic election denialism was made possible because lucrative sponsorships from Procter & Gamble and Macy’s. Their contact information is linked.
The transcript is below, click "expand" to read:
ABC’s The View
September 14, 2022
11:25:35 a.m. Eastern(…)
SUNNY HOSTIN: So, this is your second run against incumbent Brian Kemp for governor, and polls show a tight race, especially the poll this morning. Now, when you lost in 2018, you didn't traditionally concede, which I appreciated because you cited voter suppression.
Are you confident that this will be a free and fair collection -- sorry -- election, and not a repeat performance of what happened before?
STACEY ABRAMS: So – I appreciate the question and the framing. I have never denied that I lost. I don't live in the governor's mansion. I would have noticed.
[Laughter]
And there is this clip that's going around, and it shows me saying that we won, and what I was referring to was that we won in terms of communities that were long left out of the electoral process.
HOSTIN: Right.
ABRAMS: Finally participated in '18 at outstanding numbers.
[Applause]
HOSTIN: Right.
[Applause]
ABRAMS: But I'm not delusional. Just so that's clear.
[Laughter]
(…)
11:28:09 a.m. Eastern
ABRAMS: And so I think that we have the capacity to have free and fair elections, but we have to work at it. And the challenge is, it shouldn't be work to be a citizen in the United States. That's the issue.
HOSTIN: Right.
[Applause]
ALYSSA FARAH GRIFFIN: May I just say it's – um – thank you for just admitting outright you didn't win. That's such a rare thing. Cc: our former President. That seems like a –
[Crosstalk]
ABRAMS: I did it on the day I didn't win. I gave a speech. I love words. Words matter. They have meaning and heft. And one is: I'm not the governor. The other is: [the] election wasn't fair to voters. Also said that.
In this country, we have the responsibility to challenge broken systems. The we do not lift up problems, we will not get answers. What we don't have the right to is violent response or to spin out conspiracy theories. I don't say things without evidence.
(…)
11:39:20 a.m. Eastern
WHOOPI GOLDBERG: We've spent time together, and people don't like to debate Stacey Abrams because --
HOSTIN: How can you?
GOLDBERG: -- Because she knows her stuff. And if the voters in Georgia are smart, and I'm sure they are, they'll look and see who has my best interest at heart. That's what this is about. What's best for Georgians? What's best for, you know, people in Massachusetts? You have to vote what's best for y'all, and I'm so glad you're running again. I'm glad they didn't run you off.
Our thanks to Stacey Abram. And we will be right back.
