In the wake of Republican Herschel Walker’s defeat in Georgia for the Senate seat Wednesday, the vicious ladies of The View suggested that "white guys" in the Republican Party only supported female and minority candidates because they want someone they can control. They also took a swipe at Walker’s 1.7 million votes and wondered “Who are these … people?!” One even said Walker looked happy that he lost.
“I was surprised it was so close though,’ racist Sunny Hostin said before scoffing at Walker’s supporters. “As mentioned, 1.7 million people voted for Herschel Walker. Who are these 1.7 million people?!” she sneered in disgust.
Whoopi Goldberg asserted that all they cared about was winning and Hostin called that “terrible”:
GOLDBERG: People who wanted to win. I mean, remember what we've heard in the past.
HOSTIN: Just people who wanted to win?! And that's what's terrible.
GOLDBERG: It's just about winning.
Behar agreed and added that they also wanted “power.” She also suggested that Walker looked “relieved” to have lost the race because “these white guys,” like former President Trump and Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC), were only interested in “using him.”
Seeing an opportunity to attack “the white guys,” Hostin threw a hissy fit and whined about Republicans calling out Democrats for being obsessed with identity politics, and proposed that it was actually the other way around:
You know, the Republicans are always arguing about identity politics and how Democrats use too much identity politics, and we talk too much about race and we talk too much about the LGBTQ plus community, and it's not about identity politics. They made that race about identity politics. They tried to find a black man because there was another black man running.
She went on to call Walker “the worst, most unqualified, most undignified black man” and found it insulting that he was nominated to go up against “Senator Raphael Warnock who has so much dignity and is actually a pastor at Martin Luther King's former church!” “Like, how dare you think that that is okay,” she decried.
Of course, there was no mention of Warnock evicting his parishioners from their homes owned by the church, nor the allegation from his ex-wife that he ran over her foot with his car.
And to close out her argument that the GOP plays identity politics and not Democrats, she announced that she was registering her disgust “as a black woman.”
A couple of minutes later, Goldberg spouted off again this time building off of Hostin and arguing that Republicans only select women and minority candidates because they can be controlled:
GOLDBERG: You know, we saw them do it when John McCain was running [with Sarah Palin]. They decided, oh, we got to put somebody who can run against --
HOSTIN: “Oh, let's put a woman in there.”
GOLDBERG: Yes! “Let’s put a woman.”
BEHAR: Oh, Sarah.
Goldberg seemed to agree with Behar’s assertion, saying she was confident Walker “started recognizing that this was not a, ‘oh, we think you can do this.’ This was, ‘you'll do this and we'll tell you what to do.’”
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The transcript is below, click "expand" to read:
ABC’s The View
December 7, 2022
11:03:38 a.m. Eastern(…)
JOY BEHAR: I felt like he was relieved in a way. It's, like, somewhere in this guy's head, he must be thinking, these white guys, you know, Lindsey and the other one are, like, pushing him around. Trump telling him – they’re using him. I think he knew it and he looked relieved almost, to me.
(…)
11:04:27 a.m. Eastern
SUNNY HOSTIN: I was surprised it was so close though.
SARA HAINES: Yeah.
HOSTIN: As mentioned. 1.7 million people voted for Herschel Walker. Who are these 1.7 million people?!
WHOOPI GOLDBERG: People who wanted to win. I mean, remember what we've heard in the past.
HOSTIN: Just people who wanted to win?! And that's what's terrible.
GOLDBERG: It's just about winning.
BEHAR: And power.
HOSTIN: And I thought that – To your point about the white guys, about Mitch McConnell and Lindsey Graham. You know, the Republicans are always arguing about identity politics and how Democrats use too much identity politics, and we talk too much about race and we talk too much about the LGBTQ plus community, and it's not about identity politics. They made that race about identity politics. They tried to find a black man because there was another black man running.
BEHAR: Are you saying they’re hypocrites? Come on. Duh.
HOSTIN: And they found, to me, the worst, most unqualified, most undignified black man to run against Senator Raphael Warnock who has so much dignity and is actually a pastor at Martin Luther King's former church!
BEHAR: And a doctorate?
HOSTIN: And has a doc – I believe he has a doctorate. And so, that's an insult to me as a black woman. Like, how dare you think that that is okay.
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11:06:16 a.m. Eastern
GOLDBERG: This is a conversation we’ve been having. But listen. You know, we saw them do it when John McCain was running. They decided, oh, we got to put somebody who can run against --
HOSTIN: “Oh, let's put a woman in there.”
GOLDBERG: Yes! “Let’s put a woman.”
BEHAR: Oh, Sarah.
GOLDBERG: This goes on and on. But, you know, look. I appreciated that he recognized how to graciously --
HAINES: Yes.
GOLDBERG: -- say “I lost.” And for that, you know, with all the other stuff because I do -- I agree with you. I think they got behind him. The governor didn't even get behind him for quite some time. So, I'm sure he started recognizing that this was not a, “oh, we think you can do this.” This was, “you'll do this and we'll tell you what to do.”
HOSTIN: Yeah.
GOLDBERG: Maybe his – maybe – maybe this – maybe the next time he decides to do this, he'll come more prepared for himself.
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