The Cackling Coven of The View may have gotten ABC News into more hot legal water during their Monday episode. While the broadcaster was under increased scrutiny by the Federal Communication Commission for alleged election manipulation antics, co-host Sunny Hostin boasted about how much better Democrats were than Republicans and co-host Ana Navarro openly called on viewers to vote for Democrats “if Americans want this [President Trump’s presidency] to end.”
Reacting to the recent Louisiana primaries that saw incumbent Republican Senator Bill Cassidy lose to Julia Letlow (who was endorsed by President Trump), Hostin touted that the current political climate was “a great opportunity for the Democrats” as she proceeded to boast about how great she thought the party was:
And I see this as a great opportunity for the Democrats to show the American people that they are here for affordability, they are here for healthcare, they are here for education, they are here for making people's lives better.
She then proceeded to falsely suggest Republicans were the only party gerrymandering and were trying to outlaw blacks being allowed to vote: “This is a huge opportunity, despite the fact that they are trying to gerrymander the heck out of this country and take away the black vote.”
ABC News comes out in support of Democrats for the midterms.
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) May 18, 2026
Engaging in stochastic terrorism, Sunny Hostin suggests Republican are the only party gerrymandering and are trying to "take away the black vote." pic.twitter.com/unkgaRyuBg
While being one of the show’s purported Republicans, Navarro lashed out at Republican lawmakers for being “so far up Trump's ass”:
NAVARRO: I disagree with you that [Senator] Lindsey [Graham (R-SC)] was being honest there.
HOSTIN: That it's not the Trump party?
NAVARRO: No, I think Lindsey knows he's lying, because when Lindsey says that Cassidy lost because he was trying to destroy Trump. No, Cassidy lost because he did the right thing and stood up against a man who was trying to destroy democracy.
And the reason that Lindsey and practically every other Republican is so far up Trump's ass all you can see is the sole of their feet, is because they are afraid of them and they care a lot more than their jobs than they do about their constituents.
It apparently wasn’t enough for Navarro to slime Republican lawmakers. She then proceeded to call for Americans to go out and vote for Democrats.
Fake Republican Ana Navarro demands everyone vote Democrat:
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) May 18, 2026
"What I will say is this, though, this tells us why as long as Republicans are in power in the majority there will never be accountability, there will never be checks and balances, there will never be oversight.
So if… pic.twitter.com/Y3ZphFYUMG
“What I will say is this, though, this tells us why as long as Republicans are in power in the majority there will never be accountability, there will never be checks and balances, there will never be oversight,” she proclaimed. “And so, if Americans want this to end, want the abuses of power checked, they have got to vote Democrats in in November, period.”
The FCC was already reviewing The View over alleged violations of the equal time rule, so the naked endorsement of one party’s candidates over another could hurt them in the probe.
The transcripts are below. Click "expand" to read:
ABC’s The View
May 18, 2026
11:05:38 a.m. Eastern(…)
SUNNY HOSTIN: And I see this as a great opportunity for the Democrats to show the American people that they are here for affordability, they are here for healthcare, they are here for education, they are here for making people's lives better. This is a huge opportunity, despite the fact that they are trying to gerrymander the heck out of this country and take away the black vote.
ANA NAVARRO: I disagree with you that [Senator] Lindsey [Graham (R-SC)] was being honest there.
HOSTIN: That it's not the Trump party?
NAVARRO: No, I think Lindsey knows he's lying, because when Lindsey says that Cassidy lost because he was trying to destroy Trump. No, Cassidy lost because he did the right thing and stood up against a man who was trying to destroy democracy.
And the reason that Lindsey and practically every other Republican is so far up Trump's ass all you can see is the sole of their feet, is because they are afraid of them and they care a lot more than their jobs than they do about their constituents.
HOSTIN: I think we’re saying the same thing, this is the Trump party.
NAVARRO: No, it’s not. What I will say is this, though, this tells us why as long as Republicans are in power in the majority there will never be accountability, there will never be checks and balances, there will never be oversight.
HOSTIN: Correct.
NAVARRO: And so, if Americans want this to end, want the abuses of power checked, they have got to vote Democrats in in November, period.
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