In a time when the liberal media chorus sings in unison about how ‘democracy is in danger’ and there’s rampant ‘voter suppression,’ one would think they would be relieved and supportive of those who braved the worst mother nature could throw at them to exercise their right to vote. Of course, that’s only if they supported who the media wanted them to support. During their Tuesday reaction to former President Trump’s victory in the Iowa Caucus, the cast of ABC’s The View suggested Iowans were stupid to brave the cold and snow to vote for Trump.
Insisting that she was still a “proud Iowan,” co-host Sara Haines proclaimed “It's disappointing as a non-Trump supporter to see that” Trump won the Iowa Caucus Monday night. She also asserted that the results really didn’t mean anything because such a small slice of the electorate decided to participate:
Only five percent of the population of the state caucuses so when you see Iowa swept or Trump swept Iowa, no, he did not. He swept five percent of the population of the state caucuses. So, when you see, “Trump swept Iowa,” no he did not! He swept five percent of the population.
Only 13 percent of registered Republicans in the state of Iowa, 13 percent of the party showed up for that. And only three times in the past eight Republican caucuses have they even predicted the candidate.
Haines also scoffed at Iowa’s “first-in-the-nation” status for party nominations, suggesting her home state was overhyped. “Although, I'm a proud Iowan and we love our caucus time because it makes you feel seen…We didn’t ‘earn it,’ we just get it historically,” she chided the state.
Bitter Joy Behar lashed out at Iowans directly to smear their character. She suggested since they voted for Trump they’re pro-rape and falsely suggested they voted for a guy who called himself a “grand wizard” of the KKK. She also insinuated that they were stupid for braving the elements to exercise their right to vote:
You voted for a guy who said, “Come, risk your lives for the grand wizard. Come, in the snow and the sleet because I am more important than your life.” That's who the five percent voted for.
Staunchly racist and anti-Semitic co-host Sunny Hostin brushed aside Haines’s argument that the five percent who voted didn’t represent all of Iowa. Of course, her argument boiled down to the skin color as she bloviated about how she was “disgusted” by how they voted.
“But Trump won 98 out of 99 Iowa counties that did vote, and out of those he lost the 99th by just one vote. So, the notion somehow that that is just not representative of Iowa, I think, is actually a little bit misleading,” she chided.
Hostin even seemed to suggest that Iowa shouldn’t even get to vote because “everyone said” they would have a racist result. “But I don't think that it is so outrageous that they did, because I mean we could have figured that out without the caucus. Everyone said this would happen and it's because of the electorate,” she declared.
Blinded by her racism, she refused to acknowledge the fact that majority-white Iowa went for former President Barack Obama in both 2008 and 2012.
The transcript is below. Click "expand" to read:
ABC’s The View
January 16, 2024
11:03:33 a.m. Eastern(…)
SARA HAINES: Honestly, it's disappointing as a non-Trump supporter to see that—
JOY BEHAR: And an Iowan.
HAINES: And an Iowan – Well, let me offer color to this to clarify this. It’s disappointing to see that come out of Iowa. But let me add a little perspective and context. That's very important.
Only five percent of the population of the state caucuses so when you see Iowa swept or Trump swept Iowa, no, he did not. He swept five percent of the population of the state caucuses. So, when you see, “Trump swept Iowa,” no he did not! He swept five percent of the population.
Only 13 percent of registered Republicans in the state of Iowa, 13 percent of the party showed up for that. And only three times in the past eight Republican caucuses have they even predicted the candidate.
Although, I'm a proud Iowan and we love our caucus time because it makes you feel seen in a country where Iowa we admittedly we lead simple lives. No body’s checking on us, we’re fine. We love the caucuses. We didn’t “earn it,” we just get it historically.
It's important to know those numbers when you’re reading headlines, because the headlines don't give you context. These are small numbers, and it's very important to remember that.
BEHAR: So, what did you say, five percent?
HAINES: Five percent of the entire voting population in the state showed up.
BEHAR: But this is what the five percent voted for. They voted for a guy who today had to come to New York to show up in court in a case against a woman that a federal judge has already said he raped. That is who you voted for. You voted for someone who has lost so many times now that this [gestures an ‘L’ on her forehead] applies to him. Let's see. What else. You voted for a guy who said, “Come, risk your lives for the grand wizard. Come, in the snow and the sleet because I am more important than your life.” That's who the five percent voted for.
(…)
11:07:37 a.m. Eastern
SUNNY HOSTIN: Okay. So, I understand you're putting it into context and only five percent of people showed up and I understand what you're saying of the population. But Trump won 98 out of 99 Iowa counties that did vote, and out of those he lost the 99th by just one vote. So, the notion somehow that that is just not representative of Iowa, I think, is actually a little bit misleading because Iowa --
HAINES: Five percent of the population shows up, I don't think that's representative in general.
ALYSSA FARAH GRIFFIN: Iowa nominated Barack Obama. I don't feel like you can—[trails off]
HOSTIN: I think it is a little bit disingenuous to say that five percent is not reflective of the rest of Iowa. The other thing I wanted to say was --
BEHAR: But based on what?
WHOOPI GOLDBERG: Let her finish. Let her finish.
HOSTIN: Trump's share was 51 percent. DeSantis finished a pretty distant second at 21 percent and Nikki Haley at 19 percent. So, I think we're all sitting here disgusted that they would vote for someone like this. But I don't think that it is so outrageous that they did, because I mean we could have figured that out without the caucus.
BEHAR: We knew it was coming.
HOSTIN: Everyone said this would happen and it's because of the electorate.
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