After Failing to Lobby Her to Become a Democrat, The View Hates MTG Again
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After Failing to Lobby Her to Become a Democrat, The View Hates MTG Again

After not one, but two unsuccessful attempts to recruit former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) to switch parties and become a Democrat,  because of her fissure with President Trump, ABC’s The View was back to hating her on Wednesday’s show. For what it’s worth, co-host Joy Behar - who didn’t apologize for her smear of Jesus the previous day - was actually still willing to have Greene join them on the left, but it caused a dust up. Despite an opening tease to the show hyping Greene’s recent anti-Trump comments, co-hosts Sara Haines and Sunny Hostin wanted nothing to do with her, which left Behar as Greene’s loudest supporter at the table: HAINES: You've got to look at the character of the people you're speaking of. And to me - BEHAR: So, what should you do reject her altogether? HOSTIN: Yes! We should reject her altogether, I'm sorry, Joy. BEHAR: Like you always say, take the win. That the win. HAINES: I - No - On one issue not an over blanket thing. If she decided to vote on one piece of a policy I like, I'd say 'good for you,' but that does not erase everything she stands for. Behar’s insistence that they allow Greene to switch sides drew the ire of Hostin who began shouting at her, but moderator Whoopi Goldberg seemed to she things Behar’s way: HOSTIN: Why are you so welcoming, Joy?! BEHAR: I'm not welcoming. I don't hold grudges. If they want to come over to my side, I'm taking them. HOSTIN: Well, I'm going to hold a grudge. BEHAR: Because she is the MAGA base. WHOOPI GOLDBERG: And that's the key. BEHAR: And she has a way of getting through to them that nobody else can. GOLDBERG: That's the key.   After twice trying to get Marjory Taylor Greene to become a Democrat, The View now turns against her again: (...) SARA HAINES: You've got to look at the character of the people you're speaking of. And to me - JOY BEHAR: So, what should you do reject her altogether? SUNNY… pic.twitter.com/I6qJJHqnLd — Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) April 15, 2026   Hostin actually snapped at Behar and mocked her wanting to given Greene a “big bear hug.” “Well, I'm not going on vacation with her!” Behar exclaimed in her defense. Rage filled Hostin heart as she suggested that voting for Trump was an immortal sin and shouted at co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin for not condemning Greene. Goldberg actually at the step in and tell her to “clam down.” Here’s that exchange: HOSTIN: Well, I don't know. I just think that if you voted for Donald Trump three times, if you voted for him this last election when we told you what was going to happen (…) You need her but you don't need to welcome her! I'm sorry! It is unforgivable! FARAH GRIFFIN: I genuinely see both of your perspectives, but I'm with Joy on this. You build coalitions - HOSTIN: You want to give Marjorie Taylor Greene a big bear hug?! GOLDBERG: Let her tell you what she wants to do. Stop. Calm down. Those that still had support for Greene becoming a Democrat because of her connection to MAGA voters were also being hypocrites. In 2023, The View suggested that Greene didn’t matter because her district was too small and her rural constituents didn’t matter. They also falsely claimed her district was gerrymandered. The transcript is below. Click "expand" to read: ABC’s The View April 15, 2026 11:05:26 a.m. eastern (…) SARA HAINES: You've got to look at the character of the people you're speaking of. And to me - JOY BEHAR: So, what should you do reject her altogether? SUNNY HOSTIN: Yes! We should reject her altogether, I'm sorry, Joy. [Applause] BEHAR: Like you always say, take the win. That the win. HAINES: I - No - On one issue not an over blanket thing. If she decided to vote on one piece of a policy I like, I'd say 'good for you,' but that does not erase everything she stands for. HOSTIN: Why are you so welcoming, Joy?! BEHAR: I'm not welcoming. I don't hold grudges. If they want to come over to my side, I'm taking them. HOSTIN: Well, I'm going to hold a grudge. BEHAR: Because she is the MAGA base. WHOOPI GOLDBERG: And that's the key. BEHAR: And she has a way of getting through to them that nobody else can. GOLDBERG: That's the key. HOSTIN: Well, maybe that's what she needs to do then, go amongst her people and convince her people. [Crosstalk] HOSTIN: She's now saying she's going to become an independent, she thinks. She wants to lead the Republican Party. [Crosstalk] GOLDBERG: I don't care, I want her to tell people that what they did did not work out the way they thought it was, as they had been told I wasn't going to work out. And now that she has seen the light, she needs to tell the people that she carries along. HOSTIN: Correct. She needs to do that. But in terms of welcoming her with open arms like Joy wants do and give her a big bear hug- BEHAR: Well, I'm not going on vacation with her! HOSTIN: Well, I don't know. I just think that if you voted for Donald Trump three times, if you voted for him this last election when we told you what was going to happen, 25 - Project 2025, 53% of those initiatives have been implemented! This country is on fire! We are in trouble. People are being killed in the streets! People are unhoused! People can't afford anything! BEHAR: That's why we need someone like her. HOSTIN: You need her but you don't need to welcome her! I'm sorry! It is unforgivable! ALYSSA FARAH GRIFFIN: I genuinely see both of your perspectives, but I'm with Joy on this. You build coalitions - HOSTIN: You want to give Marjorie Taylor Greene a big bear hug?! GOLDBERG: Let her tell you what she wants to do. Stop. Calm down. (...)