Piers Morgan suggested Monday that ABC’s “The View” was canceled after President Donald Trump’s victory, leading the host to repeatedly question what was “wrong” with America.
“I don’t like cancel culture. But since the hosts of ‘The View’ have worked so hard to cancel Donald Trump, it’s time for them to be canceled themselves,” Morgan wrote in his editor’s comments. The New York Post–
The ABC News show is hosted by Whoopi Goldberg, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Joy Behar, Ana Navarro and Alyssa Farah Griffin, all of whom voted for Vice President Kamala Harris this year and regularly criticize the president-elect. Navarro and Griffin identify as Republicans.
“They all despise the man who will become president again. And that short-sighted and tedious unilateral action simply doesn’t work now. when he received overwhelming approval from the American people,” Morgan wrote.
Sparks fly as ‘THE VIEW’ hosts clash over reasons for Harris’ brutal defeat: ‘What happened to America?’
The co-hosts have repeatedly discussed what has happened to Democrats in recent weeks. Because hostins often blame racism. sexism and hate women That cost the vice president She also said It was “not related to politics” but rather “cultural dissatisfaction”.
Morgan said of his co-hosts: “Extremists competing with each other to see who hates Trump the most.”
“Because ‘The View’ has become a pointless, unrelated parody of itself. This requires urgent elimination of it and our misery,” he added.
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Many pointed to Hostin’s question to Harris during an on-air interview with the vice president in early October. As part of the reason why she lost to Trump, Hostin asked the vice president if there was anything she would do differently than President Biden has done in the past four years.
“Nothing comes to mind,” Harris responded, which has allowed her critics to more directly connect her to the unpopular incumbent.
On a recent episode of the show, Hostin and Griffin argued over school options. Meanwhile, it discussed the president’s choice of education secretary, which Goldberg quickly shut down before liquidating his commercial venture.
After returning from a commercial break, Goldberg pointed out that the “beauty” of their show was that they had different opinions, and co-host Joy Behar chimed in to declare that they were all “miserable.”
“We lost the election, we are miserable, half of this country is miserable. And let’s tell the truth. We hate that he won, we hate it, and now everyone is shocked and crazy,” Behar said.
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This drama has been touting its ratings in recent weeks. After criticism that the drama did not follow the steps In response to reports that it would change course or even find a pro-Trump host, a spokesperson said, “’The View’ is an opinion-based show that features a diverse group of women with different viewpoints. The current group is clearly resonated with the audience as the series had its highest-rated episode in over a decade and highest total viewers in four years.”
A spokesperson for the show did not respond to a request for comment.