After waiting a week, NewsBusters can report that ABC’s The View had finally done the meme and falsely claimed Vice President Kamala Harris (the presumptive Democratic Party nominee) was “never” the border czar. In fact, during Wednesday’s episode, moderator Whoopi Goldberg literally held up a note card and seemingly read the widely spread Democratic Party talking points about “root causes” of migration and the lie that President Biden never appointed her to that role.
After playing dueling ads where the Trump campaign noted that Harris was the border czar, Goldberg snarkily suggested: “let’s get some factual information, right?”
Goldberg then proceeded to hold up a note card and read talking points off it:
Kamala Harris was never the border czar. Never. Her job was to deal and find out the root causes of migration from Central America. That was what Biden asked her to do. To lead diplomatic efforts to reduce poverty, violence, corruption in the northern triangle, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador.
Now, if y'all ain't sure about this, ask Joe Biden. He gave her the job. She made sure that she went to all these countries to see what was going on. That was the job she was asked to do, and that's what she did.
“So, if you're going to go after her, at least try to be factual,” she chided Republicans. “They don't like facts. They don't like facts and I get it but I can’t help it. I just get very annoyed.”
Pretend independent Sara Haines, clownishly added: “The facts aren’t on their side.”
Let’s take a look at the talking points the Democratic Party sent out and see how they match up with what Goldberg said.
“Vice President Harris was NEVER appointed ‘border czar.’” Check!
“Was NOT asked to lead on the Admin’s immigration or border enforcement policies. POTUS tasked her to lead Admins diplomatic ‘root causes’ strategies in Central America not border policy.” Check!
“Tasked with addressing ‘push’ factors driving migrants to flee these countries.” Check!
Strike one. Strike two. Strike three.
Interestingly, Wednesday’s episode was the first time since the talking points went out that faux-conservative co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin was not on set. As NewsBusters has shown in the included video, Farah Griffin had indeed referred to Harris as the border czar while doing her CNN gig.
Further in their conversation about political ads, Haines beclowned herself by gushing about Harris’s “bad ass swagger”:
HAINES: She comes out of like Air Force One and has this, like, I don't know if I can say -- badass look to her and then she goes and says this is what I'm going to do. This is who is stopping it. That is what’s gonna happen and this. That is hope, inspiration, aspiration. That's what moves people to do exactly what they're doing right now.
GOLDBERG: And what did you say she came off the plane with what?
HAINES: A badass swagger!
“That's not a phrase you should ever whisper. Never whisper badass. Say it,” Goldberg told her. “You say it with your full chest,” added staunchly racist and anti-Semitic co-host Sunny Hostin (the descendant of slave owners).
Liberals are so weird.
The transcript is below. Click "expand" to read:
ABC’s The View
7/31/2024
11:07:29 - 11:09:15 AMWHOOPI GOLDBERG: Also let’s get some factual information, right? Kamala Harris was never the border czar. Never. Her job was to deal and find out the root causes of migration from Central America. That was what Biden asked her to do. To lead diplomatic efforts to reduce poverty, violence, corruption in the northern triangle, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador.
Now, if y'all ain't sure about this, ask Joe Biden. He gave her the job. She made sure that she went to all these countries to see what was going on. That was the job she was asked to do, and that's what she did. So, if you're going to go after her, at least try to be factual. I know you don't like to do –
SARAH HAINES: They don’t have – The facts aren’t on their side.
GOLDBERG: They don't like facts. They don't like facts and I get it but I can’t help it. I just get very annoyed.
HAINES: Well I also love that what I always say is I just want to hear politicians with substance. I want – I want -- tell me what you're going to do. Because right now it's turned into such a mudslinging name-calling who can go lower.
Her contrast in that ad like he's doom, gloom and fear and mocking. She comes out of like Air Force One and has this, like, I don't know if I can say -- badass look to her and then she goes and says this is what I'm going to do. This is who is stopping it. That is what’s gonna happen and this. That is hope, inspiration, aspiration. That's what moves people to do exactly what they're doing right now.
GOLDBERG: And what did you say she came off the plane with what?
HAINES: A badass swagger.
[Applause]
GOLDBERG: Okay, yeah.
SUNNY HOSTIN: It's true.
GOLDBERG: If you’re gonna – you know that's not a phrase you should ever whisper. Never whisper badass. Say it.
HOSTIN: Yeah.
GOLDBERG: Because it’s how she came off the –
[Crosstalk]
HOSTIN: You say it with your full chest.
(…)