With Republicans taking control of the House, Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s time with the gavel is over and California Congressman Kevin McCarthy won the GOP’s nomination to be the next speaker. This didn’t sit well with the cackling coven of ABC’s The View on Thursday as they mourned for Pelosi, and co-host Joy Behar decried the constitutional process of redistricting (not gerrymandering) for Republican victories.
“So Republicans are officially back in control of the House by a slim margin. Kevin McCarthy is salivating to be the new speaker, and he wasted no time unveiling the GOP agenda,” Behar huffed at the top of the show.
They then played an edited collection of McCarthy soundbites to show that the GOP agenda would be to hold the Biden administration to account:
It is official. One-party Democrat rule in Washington is finished. We have fired Nancy Pelosi. [SCREEN WIPE] We want to know the origins of where COVID began so we never have that happen again. Who funded it? How did it get there? We want to know what happened in the last 60 days of Afghanistan. [SCREEN WIPE] Why did the DOJ go after parents and call them terrorists? How can we have a secretary of Homeland calling that this border is secure when you have more than 2.7 individuals illegally coming across? Or the number of people on the terror watch list coming into America? What do they have planned? Who are they talking to, and why are they here? That's just the start.
“Doesn't he have the answers to any of these questions? He's been there for quite a while,” she scoffed.
Behar argued that McCarthy “squeaked by … because of redistricting.” “That's why the Democrats lost the House of Representative[s]: redistricting. So it's not like this country is thrilled to have you there,” she sneered.
Usually, rabid liberals assert that Republicans can only with via gerrymandering, but attacking redistricting as a whole is a new level of ridiculous. Redistricting happens every 10 years in response to the results of the U.S. Census and appropriates quantities of representatives to states based on population.
So, judging by her gripe, Behar objects to red states getting more representation based on Americans fleeing blue states. Even that notion is silly because, as the left-leaning Cook Political Report admitted, the GOP won the nationwide popular vote.
With Pelosi now forced out of the speakership, the cast mourned her as though she had left this world. “And I want to give Nancy Pelosi some flowers today because it seems that she's going to make a very big announcement a little later in the day about what her future is. Looks like she may not stay as House speaker anymore. We're waiting to hear the announcement,” a crestfallen, faux Republican Ana Navarro lamented.
“She broke ceilings,” she howled. “She made it possible so our little girls can now see that a woman can hold that job.” Adding: “She's given some of the best memes in U.S. history as well. I just want to say, forget politics. Forget partisanship. As a woman, thank you, Nancy Pelosi for breaking that glass ceiling.”
Navarro also touted that McCarthy could learn a lot if he took Pelosi’s “master class” on leadership:
And, you know, I think Nancy Pelosi has given a master class of what it's like to lead with a very small margin. She had a – She had a squad to her left that gave her all sorts of heartburn for all these years. But she was masterful in managing that and in being the leader.
While The View celebrates every investigation into former President Trump, NewsBusters is prepared for them not to share the same excitement for Biden investigations.
The View’s lies about the GOP’s wins and the mourning for Pelosi were made possible because of lucrative sponsorships from Ensure and Progressive. Their contact information is linked.
The transcript is below, click "expand" to read:
ABC’s The View
November 17, 2022
11:02:21 a.m. EasternJOY BEHAR: So Republicans are officially back in control of the House by a slim margin. Kevin McCarthy is salivating to be the new speaker, and he wasted no time unveiling the GOP agenda. Watch.
[Cuts to video]
REP. KEVIN MCCARTHY (R-CA): It is official. One party Democrat rule in Washington is finished. We have fired Nancy Pelosi. [Transition] We want to know the origins of where COVID began so we never have that happen again. Who funded it? How did it get there? We want to know what happened in the last 60 days of Afghanistan. [Transition] Why did the DOJ go after parents and call them terrorists? How can we have a secretary of Homeland calling that this border is secure when you have more than 2.7 individuals illegally coming across? Or the number of people on the terror watch list coming into America. What do they have planned? Who are they talking to, and why are they here? That's just the start.
[Cuts back to live]
BEHAR: Doesn't he have the answers to any of these questions? He's been there for quite a while, you know? And by the way, you know, you squeaked by, Kevin, because of redistricting. That's why the Democrats lost the House of Representative[s]: redistricting. So it's not like this country is thrilled to have you there.
[Laughter and applause]
My question to the panel is, is this a sneak preview of what we can expect for the next two years? Do Republicans have any interest in working with Democrats who actually solve problems or is this just going to be owning the libs yet again?
(…)
11:06:19 a.m. Eastern
ANA NAVARRO: And, you know, I think Nancy Pelosi has given a master class of what it's like to lead with a very small margin. She had a – She had a squad to her left that gave her all sorts of heartburn for all these years. But she was masterful in managing that and in being the leader.
And I want to give Nancy Pelosi some flowers today because it seems that she's going to make a very big announcement a little later in the day about what her future is. Looks like she may not stay as House speaker anymore. We're waiting to hear the announcement.
BEHAR: At 12:10 eastern standard time.
NAVARRO: No matter what happens. No matter what she announces, no matter what she decides to say, there is something nobody is ever going to be able to take away from Nancy Pelosi. She is the first woman speaker in U.S. history.
[Applause]
She broke ceilings. She made it possible for little girls. When we were growing up, we never saw a woman holding that gavel, and up there during the state of the unions. She made it possible so our little girls can now see that a woman can hold that job. And she's done it well and she's done it while being married. She's done it while being a grandmother, while being a mother, and while being a representative.
So whatever, you know, some people hate Nancy Pelosi. She's demonized on the right. Some people love Nancy Pelosi. She's given some of the best memes in U.S. history as well. I just want to say, forget politics. Forget partisanship. As a woman, thank you, Nancy Pelosi for breaking that glass ceiling.
(…)
