The liberal ladies of ABC’s The View kicked off Friday’s show by praising the Democrats who put out a video instructing service members to ignore what they described as “illegal orders” from President Trump. While pretend independent Sara Haines ridiculously claimed those Democrats were “moderate” and “centrist,” moderator Joy Behar and co-host Sunny Hostin warned them that “following orders” would not protect them when they’re dragged into court for listening to Trump. Despite The View repeatedly calling Trump a “traitor” (a crime punishable by death), Haines hypocritically whined about Trump saying those Democrats were engaged in sedition: Here are a bunch of military veterans saying in measured tone and specifically, you do not have to obey an illegal order. Not any order you don't like or anything else. The answer is sedition, hang them, punishable by death. There is a difference in tone there. We can agree to disagree on whether a video should be released or whether that's a bad idea. Jumping to death by hanging seems like a steep jump that we really need to bring the rhetoric to a point of disagreeing civilly. Having a difference of opinions. We are not mortal enemies. This is ridiculous. Haines didn’t have any outrage in July 2023 when Behar asserted that Trump was thinking like Mussolini and that he could end up in a noose and “hung” like the Italian dictator.   The View cast "love" the video of Democrats telling the military to disobey orders and claim those in the video are "moderates" and "centrist." pic.twitter.com/NJJStff6T0 — Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) November 21, 2025   When asked by Hostin what she thought about the video, Haines said it was needed because we’re living in dangerous times, and ridiculously praised the Democrats in the video as “moderate” and “centrist”: HOSTIN: What do you think about the video? Do you think it should not have been we leased? HAINES: Well, I think we’re living – So, it’s funny, normal times I would say I feel like that's a step out of bounds. I particularly love the actual politicians in this video. Elissa Slotkin is someone I love. She’s a centrist. She is a pragmatic common sense person. Mark Kelly out of Arizona. So these aren't the extremes jumping out saying the House is burning down. These are pretty moderate people who also are military vets. “They're saying rank and order matters, we’ve lived it ourselves but if - god forbid - something came down that was illegal and wrong, you don't have to obey that,” she added. Things turned dark when Behar claimed, without evidence, that the military was already following illegal orders. “[When] Trump threatens to deploy active duty military to quell protests that is against the First Amendment. Protests are covered by the First Amendment,” she declared, despite the only deployments being to protect federal facilities from rioters and law enforcement agents from literal attempts to kill them. Without giving an example, Hostin chimed in with her own claims that laws were being broken: “I have to say, I had no problem with this whatsoever. I actually liked it. I thought that it was important, because there are some things in my view that are being done by the administration that are unconstitutional.”   Joy Behar suggests the National Guard being deployed to protect ICE agents and federal facilities from rioters is an illegal order. Sunny Hostin claims Trump "may not be the right person" to be giving them orders. Seemingly anticipating an eagerness to commit war crimes, Behar… pic.twitter.com/zD8InZImHq — Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) November 21, 2025   Invoking the specter of the Nazis and Nuremburg trials, Behar warned service members that if they thought of hiding behind “I was just following orders,” it wouldn’t save them: BEHAR: So, you're saying the whole thing, ‘I was just following orders’ is not good enough. HOSTIN: No, it isn't. BEHAR: It's not going to hold up in court. HOSTIN: In history it hasn't been. BEHAR: That’s right. That echoed The View’s smears of service members back in June when they equated the National Guard and the Marines to Nazis: ALYSSA FARAH GRIFFIN: Correct, but I think it's very important to remember it's a commander-in-chief that’s made these decisions. They're following the orders. WHOOPI GOLDBERG: Yeah. Think back, y'all. Where have you heard that before? BEHAR: 1938! GOLDBERG: “I’m just following orders.” By my commander-in-chief. This was the same anti-military resentment that’s been percolating under the liberal media’s hood since Vietnam. The transcript is below. Click "expand" to read: ABC’s The View November 21, 2025 11:04:19 a.m. Eastern (…) SARA HAINES: Here are a bunch of military veterans saying in measured tone and specifically, you do not have to obey an illegal order. Not any order you don't like or anything else. The answer is sedition, hang them, punishable by death. There is a difference in tone there. We can agree to disagree on whether a video should be released or whether that's a bad idea. Jumping to death by hanging seems like a steep jump that we really need to bring the rhetoric to a point of disagreeing civilly. Having a difference of opinions. We are not mortal enemies. This is ridiculous. SUNNY HOSTIN: What do you think about the video? Do you think it should not have been we leased? HAINES: Well, I think we’re living – So, it’s funny, normal times I would say I feel like that's a step out of bounds. I particularly love the actual politicians in this video. Elissa Slotkin is someone I love. She’s a centrist. She is a pragmatic common sense person. Mark Kelly out of Arizona. So these aren't the extremes jumping out saying the House is burning down. These are pretty moderate people who also are military vets. HOSTIN: Yeah. HAINES: They know rank and order. They're the people we turn to. They're saying rank and order matters, we’ve lived it ourselves but if - god forbid - something came down that was illegal and wrong, you don't have to obey that. JOY BEHAR: When he threatens to -- Trump threatens to deploy active duty military to quell protests that is against the First Amendment. Protests are covered by the First Amendment. HOSTIN: Peaceful protesting, yeah. BEHAR: Peaceful protesting. That's one particular thing that they’re talking about, for instances. HOSTIN: I have to say, I had no problem with this whatsoever. I actually liked it. I thought that it was important, because there are some things in my view that are being done by the administration that are unconstitutional. I believe that. And traditionally the U.S. military adheres to the Uniform Code of Military Justice, which does say that service members must obey lawful orders whether they agree with them or not but they are also obligated to not follow manifestly unlawful orders. HAINES: So, there's nothing shocking in this video. HOSTIN: So, there's nothing shocking in this video. And you know, I think what this president doesn't seem to realize is military members take an oath to the Constitution, not to the president of the United States. And so it is – [Applause] – It’s very clear. And I think it was really important for these vets and intelligence officers to come out and give guidance to our military, because the commander-in-chief may not be the right person to be giving them that type of guidance. BEHAR: So, you're saying the whole thing, ‘I was just following orders’ is not good enough. HOSTIN: No, it isn't. BEHAR: It's not going to hold up in court. HOSTIN: In history it hasn't been. BEHAR: That’s right. (…)