ABC via SnapStream Throughout the 29 seasons of The View, the co-hosts have openly claimed the presidential elections of 2000, 2016, and 2024, along with EVERY Republican electoral victory have all been stolen, rigged, or otherwise illegitimate. However, since The View also feels the need to oppose seemingly everything President Trump says in the most maximalist way possible, Joy Behar took time on Tuesday’s episode to insanely suggest that no election in the history of the “planet” was ever stolen or rigged.In reacting to Trump’s Thursday address for the first time, co-host Joy Behar claimed that she could never recall a time in her life that the result of an election was questionable. She even got backup from co-host Sunny Hostin:BEHAR: You know, for the 10,000 years that I've been on this planet, this has never come up before! Have any - Does anyone remember?!HOSTIN: Well, there's no real evidence of election fraud. It's like 0.0003 percent of election fraud. So, it just doesn’t exist. It's a non-issue.BEHAR: Basically.HOSTIN: And you’re right, it's not something that has ever come up before.That might be the most brazen attempt at disinformation The View had ever spewed since they first claimed they were a “bona fide news program” in 2014. Joy Behar claims NO election has been stolen EVER in the history of the planet before Trump: "You know, for the 10,000 years that I've been on this planet, this has never come up before! Does anyone remember?!" pic.twitter.com/Go4SNjXWFJ— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) July 21, 2026 In 2012, Behar still wouldn’t shut up about the 2000 election even though it was fully legitimate. In an interview with disgraced former New York Governor and prostitute aficionado Eliot Spitzer (D), she griped: “I'm still ticked off about the 2000 election.” Adding, “I'm still ticked off about the 2000 election.”It was rich for Hostin to open her mouth about it too because she spent years insisting that Trump’s victory in 2016 was illegitimate, only to change her mind six years later when her friend Karine Jean-Pierre was getting flack for spewing the same non-sense.Just last month, Hostin argued that it was understandable for people to be suspicious of the results of the 2024 presidential election.Additionally, throughout 2025, The View repeatedly suggested Trump stole the 2024 presidential election, without evidence and without even a theory about how it could have been done.Over the years, Behar has repeatedly and erroneously casted doubt on every Republican electoral victory. In 2023, she asserted that the only why Republicans win elections was by “cheating.” ABC News engages in more stochastic terrorism.The View suggest Trump is going to steal the 2026 midterms. pic.twitter.com/LhsS5jWuzU— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) July 21, 2026 Earlier in the show, Behar and moderator Whoopi Goldberg suggested that Trump’s speech last week was “laying the ground work” for Trump to steal the 2026 election:GOLDBERG: The question is: do you think he's laying the ground work to contest the election? Hell, yeah!BEHAR: That speech was not about 2020. That speech was about 2026 and he is petrified that the Democrats are going to take over.“And there’s the perfect metaphor for his administration, the diarrhea outbreak,” Behar dumped. “The explosive diarrhea is just the perfect metaphor, because everything is going up and making a mess.”This kind of disinformation coming from a “bona fide news program” is what’s really making a mess in America.The transcript is below. Click "expand" to read:ABC’s The ViewJuly 21, 202611:03:50 a.m. Eastern(…)WHOOPI GOLDBERG: The question is: do you think he's laying the ground work to contest the election? Hell, yeah!JOY BEHAR: That speech was not about 2020. That speech was about 2026 and he is petrified that the Democrats are going to take over. That’s’ what all the poles are saying anyway. And here's why. We now have lost 17 service members in Iran and he has nothing -- no plan. The gas is up to $4 a gallon. Some diesel - I noticed a couple of diesel almost six.GOLDBERG: California gas very high.BEHAR: And now we’ve put 50 percent he tariff on Canada which is going to increase inflation and prices are going it go up. And there’s the perfect metaphor for his administration, the diarrhea outbreak.SUNNY HOSTIN: The explosive diarrhea?[Laughter]BEHAR: The explosive diarrhea is just the perfect metaphor, because everything is going up and making a mess.(…)11:06:15 a.m. EasternALYSSA FARAH GRIFFIN: It is really dangerous for us to lose faith in elections and he gives us a lot of reason to. States administer elections. They're still done at the state level. Attorneys general and states governors are getting ready for any kind of, you know, things and shenanigans that might happen. We have to show up and we have to trust our elections about our local ones and get out.BEHAR: You know, for the 10,000 years that I've been on this planet, this has never come up before! Have any - Does anyone remember?!HOSTIN: Well, there's no real evidence of election fraud. It's like 0.0003 percent of election fraud. So, it just doesn’t exist. It's a non-issue.BEHAR: Basically.HOSTIN: And you’re right, it's not something that has ever come up before.(…)

A “serious software error in New Jersey’s Motor Vehicle System led to the registration of roughly 6,600 people who indicated that they were not U.S. citizens” between June 2023 and June 2024, Democrat New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill admitted Tuesday.In a X.com post, Gov. Sherrill attributed the registration of ineligible voters to a software glitch that took place under her predecessor, Democrat Phil Murphy:“These individuals answered ‘no’ when asked on a keypad whether they were a U.S. citizen when applying for drivers' licenses and identification cards, but through no fault of their own, the system registered them anyway.”Sherrill says she has ordered the removal of any residents from the voter rolls who were erroneously added and that New Jersey is in the process of replacing the vendor responsible for administering the flawed system.“Appreciate you responding back to our letter, @GovSherrillNJ. This should’ve been done a LONG time ago,” U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin responded to Gov. Sherrill’s post:“Just ONE illegal vote cancels out the vote of a U.S. citizen. As @DHSgov reported last week—New Jersey could have as many as 35,152 potential non-citizens registered to vote.“Looking forward to working with you to secure your elections in the future.”“I am appalled by the reckless failures that allowed this to happen and the lack of transparency shown by those in charge at the time, the governor wrote, promising accountability, Sherrill continued in her post:“This failure didn’t occur under my watch, but accountability starts now. I am taking action to prevent anything like it from occurring in the future and make sure those responsible are held accountable.”The Democrat governor then pounced on the opportunity to attack, vilify and smear Republican Donald Trump by repeating some of her party’s shopworn accusations, without evidence.For his part, Pres. Trump called the registration of 6,600 ineligible voters “the direct result of Democrat policies that refuse basic citizenship checks — and exactly why Congress must pass the SAVE America Act immediately.”The bill, which is being held up in the Senate by a Democrat filibuster, requires states to use the Department of Homeland Security’s SAVE system to confirm citizenship before registering anyone to vote in federal elections, a safeguard New Jersey has refused to implement.The Save America Act also mandates voter ID for federal elections, a reform supported by the overwhelming majority of Americans, Trump noted.

Maine Democrats have settled on former State Senate President Troy Jackson to replace scandal-plagued Graham Platner as their Senate nominee, and, as it turns out, he too has his own personal issues. On Tuesday’s Money, Power, Politics, MS NOW host Stephanie Ruhle sanitized Jackson’s anger outbursts to a simple “temper” while claiming that “might be exactly what voters are looking for.”Addressing The New Yorker staff writer Susan Glasser, Ruhle declared, “Let's go up to Maine, Susan, because it looks like the race to take Graham Platner’s spot is over, with Democrats rallying around Troy Jackson. Is he the party's best hope for that seat in November? Right, the pushback that we've heard in the last 24 hours, you know, this guy might have a temper. A temper might be exactly what voters are looking for. They want a fighter.” Maine Democrats replaced Graham Platner threw a water bottle at a female colleague when she didn't vote his way, so how did MS NOW's Stephanie Ruhle respond? Thusly: "Right, the pushback that we've heard in the last 24 hours, you know, this guy might have a temper. A temper might… pic.twitter.com/m8J6xHEB8X— Alex Christy (@alexchristy17) July 21, 2026 Here are the opening two paragraphs from a recent Washington Post article on Jackson:Troy Jackson, a powerful Maine legislator now running for Senate, once angrily threw a water bottle in a meeting after he couldn’t persuade a lawmaker to vote his way.He yelled at another lawmaker, prompting her to post on social media that straight men were ‘too emotional’ to be in politics. And he cursed and shouted in a meeting with the speaker of Maine’s state House, until she kicked him out of her office.In its report, CNN claimed the female lawmaker in question decided not to run for reelection and cited Jackson’s anger problems as one reason why.For her part, Glasser replied, “Yeah. I mean, look, he, you know, he hasn't been tested in—you could argue in the way that the primary system is supposed to work, you know, campaigning for months and being out there in a variety of different platforms. Now, he has been in politics before.”Turning to horserace analysis, Glasser added, “And this, I think, is the problem for Democrats in Maine, which is a generic Democrat, is very likely to have a strong chance to beat Susan Collins, who, you know, on paper by metrics, would be the most vulnerable Republican incumbent senator facing reelection, given how Maine has voted and given how long she's been in the job, at a time when voters across the political spectrum are looking for somebody new. But generic Democrats don't run. Actual Democrats run on ballots.”Glasser concluded, “And so the question really is, with this mid-race change in horses, what does that mean? You know, how much are Republicans? How much is Susan Collins going to be able to make this a race, not about herself, but about Troy Jackson or about who the Democratic candidate is? And for me, that's the question. If it's about Susan Collins, she's very likely to lose. If it's about the Democrat, if it's about the Democratic Party nationally, if it's about this specific Democratic candidate, then she may have a chance to hold on and win.”If Maine Democrats think being a political “fighter” means throwing things at people who don’t vote your way, Ruhle should be having a different conversation.Here is a transcript for the July 21 show:MS NOW Money, Power, Politics7/21/20269:23 PM ETSTEPHANIE RUHLE: All right. Let's go up to Maine, Susan, because it looks like the race to take Graham Platner’s spot is over, with Democrats rallying around Troy Jackson. Is he the party's best hope for that seat in November? Right, the pushback that we've heard in the last 24 hours, you know, this guy might have a temper. A temper might be exactly what voters are looking for. They want a fighter.SUSAN GLASSER: Yeah. I mean, look, he, you know, he hasn't been tested in—you could argue in the way that the primary system is supposed to work, you know, campaigning for months and being out there in a variety of different platforms. Now, he has been in politics before. And this, I think, is the problem for Democrats in Maine, which is a generic Democrat, is very likely to have a strong chance to beat Susan Collins, who, you know, on paper by metrics, would be the most vulnerable Republican incumbent senator facing reelection, given how Maine has voted and given how long she's been in the job, at a time when voters across the political spectrum are looking for somebody new.But generic Democrats don't run. Actual Democrats run on ballots. And so the question really is, with this mid-race change in horses, what does that mean? You know, how much are Republicans? How much is Susan Collins going to be able to make this a race, not about herself, but about Troy Jackson or about who the Democratic candidate is? And for me, that's the question. If it's about Susan Collins, she's very likely to lose. If it's about the Democrat, if it's about the Democratic Party nationally, if it's about this specific Democratic candidate, then she may have a chance to hold on and win.

Hospitals promoting birth tourism schemes must be held accountable by state agencies, Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott mandated Tuesday via executive order.The executive order directs agencies to investigate and eliminate unlawful birth tourism schemes in Texas and punish any licensed healthcare provider that facilitates or encourages such schemes.“Individuals are traveling to the U.S. illegally to give birth and secure citizenship for their child. That's fraud,” Gov. Abbott wrote in a social media post announcing the order:“I issued an executive order directing state agencies to investigate these birth tourism schemes and hold every provider that facilitates them accountable. U.S. citizenship is not for sale.”On July 7, Gov. Abbott directed the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) to launch an for an investigation into a hospital center advertising “birth packages in South Texas” to foreign nationals in Mexico. Subsequently, HHSC referred the cases of two hospitals to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.In one case highlighted by Fox News, the cost of the “birth packages” ranged from approximately $4,000-$5,500:“One hospital, Mission Regional Medical Center, previously confirmed to Fox News Digital that it advertised Spanish-language ‘Birth Packages in South Texas’ on billboards in Mexico. The ads promoted childbirth services to pregnant foreign nationals near the U.S.-Mexico border. The services included promotional deliveries starting at $3,950 for a natural birth and $5,525 for a C-section."‘The marketing materials regarding maternity services are no longer in use due to any unintended misunderstanding,’ a hospital spokesperson said in a statement to Fox News at the time. ‘We do not support or facilitate any unlawful activity and work to comply with all applicable federal and state laws and regulations.’”Tuesday’s executive order expands on Abbott’s earlier investigation directive by directing agencies to take enforcement action.“Texas will not tolerate the exploitation of our immigration laws by individuals traveling to the United States illegally or under false pretenses to give birth and secure citizenship for their child,” Gov. Abbott said in a statement.Per the order, state agencies must take enforcement action against any licensed or regulated individual or entity found to be advertising, soliciting, engaging in, assisting with, providing, or otherwise participating in unlawful birth tourism schemes.Enforcement actions include:Revoking or suspending licenses.Prohibiting participation in state contracts.Denying state benefits.Pursuing other enforcement action under state law.Partnering with federal prosecutors regarding violations of federal laws.A U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) memorandum issued last month provides examples of how such schemes frequently involve “lies about the purpose or duration of one’s travel to the United States” and could run afoul of several federal criminal laws.

Republican Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) announced Monday that he agrees with a plan to enhance election integrity promoted by former Democrat vice president and senator Kamala Harris.“Agreed,” Sen. Cruz wrote on X.com, replying to the following March 31, 2019 post by then-Senator Harris calling for the passage of a bill requiring votes be cast through paper ballots:“Paper ballots are the smartest, safest way to ensure your vote is secure against attacks by foreign actors. Russia can’t hack a piece of paper like they can a computer. We introduced the Secure Elections Act to ensure our elections are safeguarded. We must be ready.”As a California senator, Harris co-sponsored Democrats’ “Election Security Act of 2019” to require paper ballots. At the time, she publicly stressed the need for the paper ballot requirement, both on television programs such as ABC’s “The View” and during press events. Screenshot X.com Sen. Cruz Today, however, Harris is aggressively opposing Republicans’ SAVE America Act, which would require voters to provide proof of citizenship and photo identification in order to validate their eligibility to cast ballots.Such safeguards against voter fraud are tantamount to voter suppression, Harris claimed in a July 16, 2026 X.com post:“The SAVE Act (sic)is voter suppression. It is part of a larger agenda of conservatives trying to steal power from the people.”The SAVE America Act passed the Republican-controlled House in February, but has been held up by Senate Democrats’ filibuster ever since. As a result, Republicans have resorted to folding key elements of their effort to ensure that only legal voters vote in U.S. elections into a funding bill, through a process known as reconciliation. Reconciliation requires approval by only a simple majority of the Senate, instead of the two-thirds vote needed to overcome a filibuster.