As Nancy Pelosi’s husband Paul continues to recover in the hospital after being attacked in his home on Friday, “The View”Fox News is being blamed for the incident, according to Whoopi Goldberg. On Tuesday’s episode of the morning talk show, she called them out directly.
The attack led the day’s Hot Topics discussion, with the hosts mourning the increase in political violence, while simultaneously venting their anger over it. Golberg posed the question to her cohosts and asked them what they thought. “what else needs to happen”For Republican politicians to condemn extreme right-wingers’ actions.
However, Goldberg eventually offered her thoughts about who was responsible for the attack on the Pelosi household.
“Fox News, some of this is on your hands,”She spoke. “Some of this is on your hands. You know, you like to call people out, well, I’m calling you all out. Stop with the ‘that side is not good’ because this is what it puts out there. It tells people that you think it’s OK to do this. Stop doing it.”
Fox News did not immediately respond to ’s request for comment.
Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin and Goldberg were each supportive hosts “yeah”The host was adamant in this sentiment but didn’t elaborate further on the subject as the show ended. Alyssa Farah, a conservative host, criticized fellow party members for failing to condemn the violence that continues since Jan. 6.
“What is on the rise is political violence and I want to say, unequivocally, political violence — left, right, center — is wrong,” Farah Griffin said. “To those in my party who are not calling this out directly, shame on you. This is an 82-year-old man — he has been charged with elderly abuse for what he did.”
Farah Griffin also pointed out that she was working with the Freedom Caucus when several Republican lawmakers were attacked at a baseball practice, including Congressman Steve Scalise, and that the Democrats’ response was in stark contrast to Republicans today.
“The difference is, every Democrat roundly condemned it and they rooted for his recovery,”Farah Griffin also added. “What is happening, we should be ashamed of. Just the fact that we can’t unequivocally call out wrongdoing. This is, I fear, it’s gonna get worse before it gets better. I pray that that is wrong.”
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