The confirmations of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to HHS and Tulsi Gabbard to DNI sent ABC News’s Joy Behar over the edge during Friday’s edition of The View. She became so unhinged that she cooked up an unfounded conspiracy theory that the reason so many GOP lawmakers had voted to confirm President Trump’s nominees was because he was threatening to kill their them and their families. And she was serious about it.
She kicked off their Valentines Day episode with no love lost for outgoing Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY), who she blamed for Trump getting elected again. “There was only one GOP senator who voted ‘no,’ the soon-to-be-retired Mitch McConnell, the man who got us into this mess,” she decried.
Her whining continued: “He stole a supreme court seat from Obama, voted to acquit Trump after the insurrection, and even endorsed him for president again. Thanks for nothing, Mitch. Don't let the door hit you on the way out.”
Further in the segment, fake Republican Ana Navarro explained that McConnell was only able to oppose those nominations because he’s retiring and “has no fear of retribution from Donald Trump. Whereas, everybody else is terrified of him and toeing the line.”
But Behar had her own bonkers conspiracy theory: that Trump was threatening to kill their families.
“Somebody said they were afraid for their lives and also the lives of their children and their wives. It's not just not being re-elected. It's physical threats that go on,” she proclaimed without evidence.
Adding: “All I can say is get your vaccines now, America.”
At one point, pretend independent Sara Haines said the confirmation of RFK Jr. made her “really nervous.” “RFK Jr. is scary to me because a lot of things we've talked about, vaccinations but we're also seeing a huge uptick of health problems,” she argued, even though he’d only been on the job for about a day.
“How do you think RFK is going to handle bird flu? Just run over the chickens and then cook them? Or what? What is he going to do?” Behar quipped. “Leave them in Central Park,” chimed in faux conservative Alyssa Farah Griffin.
On the confirmations, Sunny Hostin opined: “I don't even know what to say, like, we in trouble. Like, this is bad.”
The transcript is below. Click "expand" to read:
ABC’s The View
February 14, 2025
11:02:17 a.m. EasternJOY BEHAR: So, here's the story. Two of Trump's most controversial cabinet nominees were confirmed, Tulsi Gabbard is our new director of National Intelligence and RFK Jr. is the head of Health and Human Services. There was only one GOP senator who voted “no,” the soon to be retired Mitch McConnell, the man who got us into this mess.
He stole a supreme court seat from Obama, voted to acquit Trump after the insurrection, and even endorsed him for president again. Thanks for nothing, Mitch. Don't let the door hit you on the way out.
[Laughter and applause]
So, ladies, what do you think of these confirmations?
SARA HAINES: I'm really nervous -- about the whole kit and caboodle but RFK Jr. is scary to me because a lot of things we've talked about, vaccinations but we're also seeing a huge uptick of health problems.
(…)
11:06:55 a.m. Eastern
BEHAR: How do you think RFK is going to handle bird flu? Just run over the chickens and then cook them? Or what? What is he going to do?
ALYSSA FARAH GRIFFIN: Leave them in Central Park.
SUNNY HOSTIN: I don't even know what to say like, we in trouble.
[Laughter]
Like, this is bad. [Makes a distressed face]
[Applause]
(…)
11:08:43 a.m. Eastern
ANA NAVARRO: But you know why was Mitch McConnell able to do it now? Because now he has no fear of retribution from Donald Trump.
BEHAR: Yeah, that's right.
NAVARRO: Whereas, everybody else is terrified of him and toeing the line.
BEHAR: Somebody said they were afraid for their lives and also the lives of their children and their wives. It's not just not being re-elected. It's physical threats that go on. All I can say is get your vaccines now, America.
