Even in a hypothetical, The View’s Joy Behar couldn’t bring herself to care about the life of a Trump voter enough to want to save it. The ABC co-host wasn’t even answering someone else’s hypothetical situation; of her own volition, during Thursday’s show, she volunteered her position that she wouldn’t donate a kidney to save a Trump voter even if the person dying was her friend.
The cast was reacting to a scene from White Lotus where one character came out as a Trump voter, much to the dismay of the other characters. “I could be friends with a Trump supporter,” Behar proclaimed before adding that she wouldn’t want to save their life. “I won’t give them a kidney but I could be friends with them.”
She even went on to justify why their life wasn’t worth saving:
I meaning, the question -- the thing about it is, it's not just about politics, it's about morality, ethics, it's about cruelty, it's about discrimination, and it's about a lot of things. So, those are personal human values.
We're not really just talking about “fiscal conservative” who pays more taxes. We're talking about You as a human being. So, it's hard to be friends with someone who signs on to something like that. On the other hand, open to discussion, I like to talk to them and find out what exactly do you know about this guy?
It certainly doesn’t sound like you’re living up to those “human values” you claim to be a proponent of, Joy.
In a move that would surprise no one who watched the show, co-host Sunny Hostin agreed with Behar about not wanting to save the life of a Trump voter. “Yeah, I agree with that because I think, you know, we're in abnormal times. This is not the Republican Party of yesterday,” she said. “I think it's the trumplican party in many respects. It’s so extreme.”
She too voiced her justification for why the life of a Trump voter was not worth saving:
And if someone is voting for someone that is hurting members of my family, members of my community, our elderly, our children, gutting our government, firing people, I do have a hard time being friends with that person.
Co-host Sara Haines offered a more reasonable take about how to co-exist with friends of different political persuasions. “But I think that also growing up where I grew up it's very common to know people that vote differently,” she recounted. “I went from Midwest conservative life to super liberal east coast life and I also know that, Joy.”
She also explained that those people didn’t vote for the “awful human being you’re seeing” from their perspective:
HAINES: When you mention like how could anyone vote for that? When you go into their bubbles and see the coverage they're watching –
BEHAR: That’s right. That’s right.
HAINES: -- and their families and their churches, they're not voting on this awful human being you're seeing over here; they’re voting on the way it's captured with their own beliefs.
“…I love people that did vote for him and I love them, that part is more important to me. So, I'm more curious as to why you made that decision and getting to that understanding,” Haines said.
This seemed to cause Behar to take a different tone, suggesting: “And I think basic people are good. I do. I believe Americans are basically good people and have empathy for, you know.”
The transcript is below. Click "expand" to read:
ABC’s The View
March 6, 2025
11:15:49 a.m. Eastern(…)
JOY BEHAR: I could be friends with a Trump supporter. I won’t give them a kidney but I could be friends with them. I meaning, the question -- the thing about it is, it's not just about politics, it's about morality, ethics, it's about cruelty, it's about discrimination, and it's about a lot of things. So, those are personal human values.
We're not really just talking about “fiscal conservative” who pays more taxes. We're talking about You as a human being. So, it's hard to be friends with someone who signs on to something like that. On the other hand, open to discussion, I like to talk to them and find out what exactly do you know about this guy?
SUNNY HOSTIN: Yeah, I agree with that because I think, you know, we're in abnormal times. This is not the Republican Party –
BEHAR: You think?
HOSTIN: -- of yesterday. This is sort of – I think it's the trumplican party in many respects. It’s so extreme. And if someone is voting for someone that is hurting members of my family, members of my community, our elderly, our children, gutting our government, firing people, I do have a hard time being friends with that person.
But what I will say about the show because I love White Lotus, this is its third season. These are friends that used to be very, very close and they now have grown apart. One is living in Austin, Texas. That's the Trumper. Sorry, the Trump voter. There's another one who is a New York lawyer, and there's another one that lives in Los Angeles, who’s an actor. So, they are now getting back together and realizing that their friendship has changed and that does happen.
SARA HAINES: But I think that also growing up where I grew up it's very common to know people that vote differently. I went from Midwest conservative life to super liberal east coast life and I also know that, Joy, when you mention like how could anyone vote for that? When you go into their bubbles and see the coverage they're watching –
BEHAR: That’s right. That’s right.
HAINES: -- and their families and their churches, they're not voting on this awful human being you're seeing over here; they’re voting on the way it's captured with their own beliefs.
I tend to show – what you said – is more curiosity. Cause if I share the values – which I love people that did vote for him and I love them, that part is more important to me. So, I'm more curious as to why you made that decision and getting to that understanding.
BEHAR: I think that you can talk to people because they don't -- they're getting their information from sources --
HAINES: Very different silos.
BEHAR: Yeah, I know. And I think basic people are good. I do. I believe Americans are basically good people and have empathy for, you know.
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