The vitriolic vamps of “The View” marked the first anniversary of the overturning of Roe v. Wade on Friday with recollections of how “pissed” they were and a surprising dose of criticism for the Democratic Party — specifically, Vice President Kamala Harris.
“I was mad that day,” co-host Joy Behar said. “We were really pissed off. Remember how mad we were?”
As news broke last year of the landmark Dobbs decision that returned the right to legislate abortion back to the states, as per the United States Constitution, the ladies were headed for The Bahamas. At the time, Behar declared that she wanted to throw someone out of the plane, according to Fox News Digital.
(Video: Fox News Digital)
A year later, Behar actually displayed a bit of rational thinking.
The segment began with a recent MSNBC clip of Harris, who has glommed onto the abortion issue in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision.
“The United States Supreme Court took a constitutional right,” Harris said. “The United States Congress has the power to put in place a protection of that individual privacy right that all Americans should be entitled to.”
In a rare moment of lucidity, Behar took aim at her own party’s failures.
“It turns out that Democrats had the chance to codify Roe v. Wade in the past few decades, and they dropped the ball under [Bill] Clinton when they had the numbers in the Congress, and in 2009 under [Barack] Obama,” she said. “So what makes her think that… this is going to happen now?”
“Well, it’s the only way through, right?” replied co-host Sunny Hostin. “We know that the Supreme Court already overturned Roe v. Wade in the Dobbs decision, and the only way to do it is to codify it in Congress. They don’t have the numbers now. It won’t happen in this Congress, but I think maybe she is projecting into 2024.”
“It was just so shocking,” she stated. “I don’t think anyone imagined that the Supreme Court would overturn really a privacy right, because we have privacy via the Constitution.”
Kamala Harris makes up non-existent government agency to tout abortion pill https://t.co/cunZjiCSJv pic.twitter.com/lOMMWBep5N
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Hostin blasted past conservative SCOTUS nominees, who “swore an oath” to respect Roe v. Wade as a “super precedent” only to go back on their word.
Noting that the majority of Americans do not support a total ban on abortion but seek to eliminate abortions on demand, co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin said the Democrats have an obligation to find the middle-ground with Republicans “of good faith.”
Co-host Ana Navarro, who Fox News Digital describes as “a Republican who detests Republicans,” defended Democrats, saying, “the people who are squarely responsible for where we are are the Republicans.”
“I think everybody had let their guard down,” she added, according to the outlet.
For co-host Sara Haines, there is plenty of blame to spread around.
“Definitely the right and the far religious right have kept us here,” she said. “They’re the ones that fought for this for years and years and years, but my frustration is I think all politicians put this on the ballot to weaponize against the other side, the other point of view, and never solve it for the actual people. That’s what pisses me off — upsets me a lot.”
On Twitter, few were impressed with Behar’s reasoning.
“It’s called the Constitution Joy,” one user wrote. “The issue was always legally a State issue, even RBG stated federalizing Roe was not on solid ground.”
It’s called the Constitution Joy, the issue was always legally a State issue, even RBG stated federalizing Roe was not on solid ground. https://t.co/jyGNue9sQH
— Tom Counts (@Tommiecounts) June 23, 2023
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