It’s time to call for ‘The View’ to be canceled. They just proposed, on-air, to bring back McCarthyism. A campaign against alleged communists in the US government and other institutions was carried out under Senator Joseph McCarthy in the period 1950–54. Many of the accused were blacklisted or lost their jobs, although most did not in fact belong to the Communist Party.
They did not say it in so many words but the cast demanded that the DOJ investigate people who share different opinions. “They used to throw people in jail”, host Whoopi explained.
The hacks were discussing false claims that former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, and others, spread “Russian propagandists and shilling for [Russian President Vladimir] Putin.”
“I think that’s an incredibly relevant question. And I think DOJ in the same way that it is setting up a task force to investigate oligarchs should look into people who are Russian propagandists and shilling for Putin, that’s being if you are a foreign asset to a dictator, it should be investigated,” co-host Ana Navarro said. “In fact, I remember when Tulsi Gabbard, and I even hate that we’re discussing it because I think to myself, who was this woman? She’s a, you know, she’s no longer in Congress. She’s a failed presidential candidate. She only practically exists on Twitter. And the fact that we’re giving her oxygen is what makes her relevant, that we’re talking about her on our topics. But on the other hand, how do you not call out something that is repeating false Russian propaganda that has been brought down?”
Co-host Whoopi Goldberg quickly chimed in, saying, “They used to arrest people for doing stuff like this, if they thought you were colluding with a Russian agent, if they thought you were putting out information or taking information and handing over to Russia.”
“They used to actually investigate stuff like this,” Goldberg continued. “And I guess now, you know, there seems to be no bars and people are not being told to hate Putin. Putin doesn’t need a reason to be hated. It’s pretty much clear.
We learned in the McCarthy era that launching a neighbor-on-neighbor witch hunt has fatal consequences. Not to mention, the majority of people hurt or affected were, and would likely now, be completely innocent.
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This is so deranged. The View calling for Tucker and Tulsi to be investigated by DOJ and suggest prison. pic.twitter.com/t96QRUVKrb
— Watchdog (@LibWatchdog) March 14, 2022
TRANSCRIPT:
ANA NAVARRO, CO-HOST: I think that’s an incredibly relevant question. And I think DOJ in the same way that it is setting up a task force to investigate oligarchs should look into people who are Russian propagandists and shilling for Putin, that’s being if you are a foreign asset to a dictator, it should be investigated. In fact, I remember when Tulsi Gabbard, and I even hate that we’re discussing it because I think to myself, who was this woman? She’s a, you know, she’s no longer in Congress. She’s a failed presidential candidate. She only practically exists on Twitter. And the fact that we’re giving her oxygen is what makes her relevant, that we’re talking about her on our topics. But on the other hand, how do you not call out something that is repeating false Russian propaganda that has been brought down?
WHOOPI GOLDBERG: They used to arrest people for doing stuff like this, if they thought you were colluding with a Russian agent, if they thought you were putting out information or taking information and handing over to Russia. They used to actually investigate stuff like this. And I guess now, you know, there seems to be no bars and people are not being told to hate Putin. Putin doesn’t need a reason to be hated. It’s pretty much clear.
Erica Carlin is an independent journalist, opinion writer and contributor to several news and opinion sources. She is based in Georgia.
