The Cackling Coven of ABC’s The View will, without fail, adopt the most ridiculous political position and defend that hill in the most clownish way possible. Such was the case on Thursday’s episode when all but one member of the cast defended President Biden’s vicious dog Commander after it attacked 24 people. They even suggested the animal was justified and the victims should have known better.
While introducing the segment, moderator Whoopi Goldberg struck a mocking dramatic tone as she reported: “A Secret Service report was just released about a Biden family member who's caused a lot of controversy at the White House. Their dog. His name is Commander, the report found that there were at least. 24 incidents of him biting folks.”
“Well, it makes you wonder. What did he see that nobody else saw?” Goldberg defended the poorly trained beast.
Goldberg and staunchly racist and anti-Semitic co-host Sunny Hostin (the descendant of slave owners) suggested that Commander was just being a good guard dog on the lookout for bad people, meanwhile, faux-conservative Alyssa Farah Griffin called him cute. A picture of the violent animal got awws from the rabidly liberal audience:
GOLDBERG: Okay, look. Look at him. He is standing there –
[Aws from the audience]
HOSTIN: He's seeing something.
ALYSSA FARAH GRIFFIN: Oh, he's cute!
GOLDBERG: He's like, “I know you got something in your pocket. I don't know -- you can say it's your hand but, let me check!” And he checked and it was the guy's hand.
“You might have missed the 24-bite part of this story when you ‘aww,’” co-host Sara Haines pushed back. She was also the only cast member to question the attacks in any way, wondering why the dog hadn’t been euthanized yet. “How does it last 24 bites? Cause you have a lot of one-bite rules in states everywhere,” she pointed out.
Co-host Joy Behar suggested it was just a story Republicans were looking to exploit. “I have a question for the Republicans, how can we blame this on Hunter Biden? There's got to be a way,” she quipped. Hostin pushed past Haines’s questions by arguing that it was no big deal because he was only attacking Secret Service agents.
Literally barking like a dog, Goldberg and Hostin argued that the agents should have known by his name and just looking at him that Commander wasn’t to be messed with:
GOLDBERG: All you have to do is look at him.
HOSTIN: Look at him!
GOLDBERG: Can you show that picture again?
HOSTIN: Look at his little [inaudible]
GOLBERG: He’s like, “That’s right. I'm walking. I’m walking here. I'm walking here, woo, woo.”
HOSTIN: Listen to his name, “Commander!” He’s in charge!
GOLDBERG: “Imma bite your ass! Woo, woo!”
HOSTIN: He’s a guard dog!
“A lot of people just don’t understand some things when it comes to dogs, it's just innate. It's part of their nature,” Hostin asserted.
The transcript is below. Click "expand" to read:
ABC’s The View
February 22, 2024
11:13:11 a.m. EasternWHOOPI GOLDBERG [in a mocking dramatic tone]: Welcome back. A Secret Service report was just released about a Biden family member who's caused a lot of controversy at the White House.
JOY BEHAR: Yeah.
GOLDBERG [in a mocking dramatic tone]: Their dog. His name is Commander, the report found that there were at least.
BEHAR: There's a lot.
SARA HAINES: There's a lot.
GOLDBERG [in a mocking dramatic tone]: 24 incidents of him biting folks.
[Laughter from the audience]
Well, it makes you wonder. What did he see that nobody else saw?
SUNNY HOSTIN: Yeah! Right?
GOLDBERG: Okay, look. Look at him. He is standing there –
[Aws from the audience]
HAINES [to the audience]: You might have missed the 24-bite part of this story when you “aww.”
HOSTIN: He's seeing something.
ALYSSA FARAH GRIFFIN: Oh, he's cute!
GOLDBERG: He's like, “I know you got something in your pocket. I don't know -- you can say it's your hand but, let me check!” And he checked and it was the guy's hand.
BEHAR: I have a question for the Republicans, how can we blame this on Hunter Biden? There's got to be a way.
[Laughter from the audience]
HAINES: How does it last 24 bites. Cause you have a lot of one-bite rules in states everywhere where –
HOSTIN: Well, they were Secret Service agents. So, like, you know.
HAINES: So, they keep it secret?
HOSITN: Kind of.
[Laughter from the audience]
(…)
11:14:50 a.m. Eastern
GOLDBERG: All you have to do is look at him.
HOSTIN: Look at him!
GOLDBERG: Can you show that picture again.
HOSTIN: Look at his little [inaudible]
GOLBERG: He’s like, “That’s right. I'm walking. I’m walking here. I'm walking here, woo, woo.”
HOSTIN: Listen to his name, “Commander!” He’s in charge!
GOLDBERG: “Imma bite your ass! Woo, woo!”
HOSTIN: He’s a guard dog!
[Laughter]
GOLDBERG: “Woo, woo!”
HOSTIN: That’s why I think people don't understand – A lot of people just don’t understand some things when it comes to dogs, it's just innate. It's part of their nature. You know if you have a Chihuahua you may have a nipper.
HAINES: Waiting for those presidential Chihuahuas.
(…)
