Conservative ‘View’ co-host Meghan McCain sounded off immediately on the media for safeguarding and enabling the Cuomo household, after New York State Lawyer Basic Letitia James discovered that Governor Andrew Cuomo had sexually harassed and touched a number of girls inappropriately. Whereas the liberal hosts have been way more reserved of their criticism of the formerly-loved Democrat, McCain shredded the media for ignoring his nursing house scandal and accused CNN of “the worst form of nepotism.”
Reliably, the conservative was the one host to hit the media for treating the Democrat governor like some form of “deity” in the beginning of the pandemic:
I believe there’s a whole lot of points with — with Andrew Cuomo, and the way in which he is been lined for the previous few years throughout COVID. In the event you keep in mind there was this complete like Cuomo sexual phenomenon within the media and with celebrities and I keep in mind Chelsea handler tweeted that that they had crushes on him. I all the time get uncomfortable when politicians are held to this deity commonplace. I all the time assume its harmful
McCain might’ve been speaking about The View’s personal community. One yr in the past, ABC’s Amy Robach swooned over the “love gov” on Good Morning America, calling him the “homecoming king.”
Not holding again, the co-host eviscerated the media for trying the opposite approach whereas the governor put weak COVID-19 constructive sufferers in nursing houses, inflicting 1000’s of aged deaths:
[T]here is 15,000 aged folks whose lives did not matter to our society, did not matter to our tradition. These older folks did not matter. They may die in a extremely controversial and, you already know, so far as I am involved, it was homicide on the half — and the blood is on the a part of Governor Cuomo’s arms, and we did not care. It isn’t that sexual harassment is not disgusting and egregious and horrible, but it surely actually says one thing about our society that we simply don’t care about previous folks. I am unhappy these 15,000 folks will not get their day in courtroom.
McCain saved her harshest criticism for CNN. She slammed the “disgusting” information community for letting Chris Cuomo keep away from speaking about his brother’s scandals, calling them “cowards” and responsible of the “worst form of nepotism:”
And I additionally assume its interesting–we had a dialog about nepotism on this present a couple of days in the past. You wish to discuss nepotism? Not having to speak in regards to the largest scandal within the nation when it has to do together with your brother and also you’re internet hosting CNN, that is nepotism. The Cuomo household and CNN are the worst form of nepotism that the media has an instance of.
If it have been my brother, if my brother have been one way or the other the governor and he had been accused of this, you’re rattling straight I might be speaking about it on “The View” this morning, and that makes all of them cowards. I hope Governor Cuomo is both pressured out of workplace or resigns and I hope that his brother Chris Cuomo has any form of retribution by any means for his present as a result of there was a cut-off date once they have been doing comedy sketches with big q-tips on air throughout the top — right here we now have an image, and this was all fantastic and good. When it is fantastic, it is okay to air it. That is journalism? It is journalism now that he is unhealthy and he is been accused of all this, and the investigation got here out? It’s all disgusting. We surprise why folks hate the media and hate journalism.
After her rant, the remainder of the hosts sat in surprised silence. Liberal hosts Whoopi Goldberg and Sunny Hostin refused to supply any commentary on Cuomo. Hostin placed on her authorized hat and solely mentioned what prices might be introduced in opposition to him, in a matter of truth approach.
Pleasure Behar was the one liberal on the present to sentence the “disgraceful” governor. She accused him of being a “narcissist” who wanted to be pressured out, as a result of he wouldn’t willingly resign.
However in fact Behar discovered a method to deliver it again to Trump and reward Democrats:
I used to be pondering, you already know, E. Jean Carroll accused Trump of rape and she or he’s ready two years to return to courtroom with that, and there have been 24 to 26 girls who’ve accused Trump of sexual misconduct over time. After all, he denies all of this, however I imply, we have heard nothing about this. As a matter of truth, Trump is pondering of operating for president in 2024, you already know?
However the Democrats must step down to point out the world, to point out the nation, that they’re higher than the opposite facet identical to Al Franken did. It is necessary. He has to step down except he desires to modify events. That is as much as him.
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The View
8/4/2021
WHOOPI GOLDBERG: So what’s your thought on all this, Pleasure? Letitia actually did — she did her job.
JOY BEHAR: She positive did. You understand, he is not going to resign as a result of he is narcissistic. He has a narcissistic dysfunction like a whole lot of politicians nowadays and a whole lot of males I do know, but it surely’s disgraceful and inexcusable what he did, and he must resign. New York state wants a functioning governor.
There is a lady ready within the wings, lieutenant governor Kathy Hokele. She’s very extremely certified and it could be the one approach we will get a girl to be governor of New York state, however I’ve to say I am impressed with the velocity with which they carried out this investigation. I used to be pondering, you already know, E. Jean Carroll accused Trump of rape and she or he’s ready two years to return to courtroom with that, and there have been 24 to 26 girls who’ve accused Trump of sexual misconduct over time. After all, he denies all of this, however I imply, we have heard nothing about this. As a matter of truth, Trump is pondering of operating for president in 2024, you already know?
However the Democrats must step down to point out the world, to point out the nation, that they’re higher than the opposite facet identical to Al Franken did. It is necessary. He has to step down except he desires to modify events. That is as much as him.
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MEGHAN MCCAIN: …[I ]assume there’s a whole lot of points with — with Andrew Cuomo, and the way in which he is been lined for the previous few years throughout COVID. In the event you keep in mind there was this complete like Cuomo sexual phenomenon within the media and with celebrities and I keep in mind Chelsea handler tweeted that that they had crushes on him. I all the time get uncomfortable when politicians are held to this deity commonplace. I all the time assume its harmful. The opposite tragedy for me is,I’ve been strolling this path with my sister Janice Dean who misplaced her in-laws due to a mandate he gave to place COVID constructive sufferers in nursing houses and she or he misplaced her mother-in-law and father-in-law. There can be a memorial for them this upcoming Sunday, and there’s 15,000 aged folks whose lives did not matter to our society, did not matter to our tradition. These older folks did not matter. They may die in a extremely controversial and, you already know, so far as I am involved, it was homicide on the half — and the blood is on the a part of Governor Cuomo’s arms, and we did not care. It isn’t that sexual harassment is not disgusting and egregious and horrible, but it surely actually says one thing about our society that we simply don’t care about previous folks. I am unhappy these 15,000 folks will not get their day in courtroom. And I additionally assume its interesting–we had a dialog about nepotism on this present a couple of days in the past. You wish to discuss nepotism? Not having to speak in regards to the largest scandal within the nation when it has to do together with your brother and also you’re internet hosting CNN, that is nepotism. The Cuomo household and CNN are the worst form of nepotism that the media has an instance of.
If it have been my brother, if my brother have been one way or the other the governor and he had been accused of this, you’re rattling straight I might be speaking about it on “The view” this morning, and that makes all of them cowards. I hope Governor Cuomo is both pressured out of workplace or resigns and I hope that his brother Chris Cuomo has any form of retribution by any means for his present as a result of there was a cut-off date once they have been doing comedy sketches with big q-tips on air throughout the top — right here we now have an image, and this was all fantastic and good. When it is fantastic, it is okay to air it. That is journalism? It is journalism now that he is unhealthy and he is been accused of all this, and the investigation got here out? It’s all disgusting. We surprise why folks hate the media and hate journalism.
