If you thought the hosts ofThe Viewwould be celebrating over Tucker Carlson‘s dramatic exit from the Republican party, well, they were not.
On Tuesday’s (June 23) episode, all of the hosts took turns slamming the former Fox News primetimer for announcing his departure from the party because of Donald Trump‘s war in Iran, calling it “immoral” on a podcast.
Joy Behar was first up, saying, “The people in his party are … very disappointed. Trump goes out a few years ago and says, ‘no more interventions,’ and then he’s in the middle of an intervention. He says prices have to come down, and prices are going up, and inflation is rising.”
Then, it was Alyssa Farah Griffin‘s turn. “I’m all for people evolving on viewpoints,” she said. “This is a little different than Bill Cassidy, Thom Tillis, John Cornyn, these die-hard Republicans who have seen enough of Trump and are now speaking out against him. Both Marjorie Taylor Green and Tucker Carlson … really pointed out the reason they’re breaking with Trump. Yes, the war, but they say because Israel has too much influence on politics, Israel is controlling the president.” Griffin then went on to challenge Carlson and his ilk by demanding, “Don’t point to Israel or point to JD Vance. It’s Donald Trump you have a problem with, and say it with your full chest.”
Sara Haines agreed, adding, “And you also voted for him, knowing he had a massive ego and is possibly a certified narcissist. The reason Donald Trump went into Iran was not for Israel. It’s because he has a massive ego.”
Sunny Hostin then criticized Carlson for supporting Trump in the past, “in spite of the fact that, in my view, he is a racist, he is a homophobe, he is a malignant narcissist, he’s an anti-Semite. [Carlson] was OK with all of those things.”
Griffin then predicted, “Tucker Carlson is going to be back with Republicans as soon as there’s another election, and he’s going to appear on stage. He’s going to follow where the money is.”
Whoopi Goldberg also agreed, saying, “When you support this president, it’s problematic, and you knew it’s problematic. You knew who he was when he came in. He said what he was going to do.”
Griffin took another jab at Carlson before the segment was finished, saying, “I do think he’s one of these folks who goes where the wind blows,” citing his condemnation of the January 6th riot and later aboutface on the issue.
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