Lunacy ran rampant on the set of ABC’s The View on Thursday as the liberal cast was up in arms over the Republican-controlled House in Montana barring a trans lawmaker after he disrupted official proceedings. They falsely claimed there were no rules or “law” of decorum that the lawmaker needed to follow and moderator Whoopi Goldberg shouted about how “God was really clear” in the Bible that kids needed to have access to so-called “gender-affirming care.”
“Now, the House Republicans banned her from the chamber for the remainder of the legislative session claiming she broke the rules of decorum, but protesters are demanding they let her speak,” Goldberg sneered following a soundbite of trans Representative Zooey Zephyr claiming Republicans have “blood” on their hands.
Goldberg then teamed up with racist co-host Sunny Hostin and Joy Behar to falsely suggest there were no rules of decorum (arguing “there’s no law that says that”,) and that the Republicans were banning free speech:
GOLDBERG: What are the rules that say, “I don't like what you're saying, so I'm going to get a whole bunch of people to think like I think and we're going to ban you from talking.” When did that become the law of the land?
SUNNY HOSTIN: Funny you should ask, because I looked it up, and there's no law that says that.
GOLDBERG: No, no.
BEHAR: There is no law!
HOSTIN: There is no law that says that.
Back in reality, Chapter 2 of the Rules of the Montana House of Representatives covers decorum and the removal of representatives.
The unhinged screed eventually turned into a lecture where Goldberg was trying to tell Republicans about what it truly meant to be for parental rights. “You're telling me that, as a parent, I'm not smart enough to decide if my child and I need to have gender-affirming [care],” she scoffed.
Things turned to the heretical as Goldberg decried those citing the Bible to oppose mutilating children with transition surgeries. “[T]hey keep saying it and I keep saying, what Bible are you reading? Cause God was really clear,” she shouted. She also got backup from Hostin, who was a self-described devout Catholic. She agreed God was “Very clear. Very clear.”
Faux-conservative Alyssa Farah Griffin was as useless as ever. “I don't know personally where I am on minors getting – transitioning,” she admitted as she went on to claim Goldberg’s comments were “conservative.”
This provided a springboard for co-host Sara Haines. “Jumping off Alyssa's point where she said, ‘And I don't even know where I stand on this.’ The problem with the issue we're talking about here, it doesn't even matter what's being talked about,” she said.
Haines went on to assert the Montana GOP was shutting down Zephyr’s First Amendment rights. “And this country was built on protests. That's why it's protected by that First Amendment,” she huffed.
After comparing Zephyr to the Boston Tea Party and the civil rights movement, Haines warned Republicans that they were inviting violence against themselves. “Conversation is the last step before violence. And now to shut down the one voice you have in this House, who is transgender, is problematic…” she declared.
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The transcript is below, click "expand" to read:
ABC’s The View
April 27, 2023
11:15:06 a.m. Eastern(…)
WHOOPI GOLDBERG: Now, the House Republicans banned her from the chamber for the remainder of the legislative session claiming she broke the rules of decorum, but protesters are demanding they let her speak.
Now, what the hell is going on in this country? That's what I want to know.
JOY BEHAR: Yeah, what are the rules of decorum?
GOLDBERG: What are the rules that say, “I don't like what you're saying, so I'm going to get a whole bunch of people to think like I think and we're going to ban you from talking.” When did that become the law of the land?
SUNNY HOSTIN: Funny you should ask, because I looked it up, and there's no law that says that.
GOLDBERG: No, no.
BEHAR: There is no law!
HOSTIN: There is no law that says that.
GOLDBERG: Because the whole point of this country is, we have to figure out how to live together! I don't have to agree with everything that you agree with. You don't have to agree with everything I agree with. That is why we have two parties. That is why we have these conversations.
HOSTIN: Don't we want someone from the transgender community in the legislature to speak to her lived experience, to speak on behalf of her constituents?! Because what she was saying is, I am fielding calls from families in Montana! That's the type of representation you need!
(…)
11:16:45 a.m. Eastern
GOLDBERG: My God. This is a party that says, “We believe in parents’ rights.” You're telling me that, as a parent, I'm not smart enough to decide if my child and I need to have gender-affirming -- or doctors are not involved? What is going – I can't decide what my kid reads. I can't decide for my child what my child says is going on. You're telling me your beliefs – and they keep saying it and I keep saying, what Bible are you reading? Cause God was really clear.
[Applause]
HOSTIN: Very clear. Very clear.
(…)
11:17:37 a.m. Eastern
ALYSSA FARAH GRIFFIN: I don't know personally where I am on minors getting – transitioning. But to your point, Whoopi, you actually said it in a conservative manner, that's for me and when I’m a parent to decide.
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11:22:49 a.m. Eastern
SARA HAINES: Jumping off Alyssa's point where she said, “And I don't even know where I stand on this.” The problem with the issue we're talking about here, it doesn't even matter what's being talked about. We are in a democracy where it was one vote – one person, one vote, and our elected representatives. They are shutting this person down, not only doing her job, but as an American.
Our first amendment rights protect our right to speak and do her job, but also protest. They came after her one more time and said she was inciting an insurrection. Which was very rich. We looked into it, there was no violence, there was nothing happening. And this country was built on protests. That's why it's protected by that First Amendment. When you look back to the Boston Tea Party to the civil rights movement to a woman's right to vote, that's what this country is.
And we need to be having more conversations. We talk here at this table a lot about not even being able to finish Thanksgiving dinner because we're not talking. Conversation is the last step before violence. And now to shut down the one voice you have in this House, who is transgender, is problematic because I believe everyone should be able to talk, regardless of identity, about every topic. It is mandatory to have the lived experience represented at those tables.
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