ABCs daytime talk show *The View* returned from its summer break this week and immediately resumed its role as a de facto campaign arm for the Democratic Party ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
According to Gateway Pundit, the programs latest episode featured a striking mix of casual talk and overt political messaging, including open speculation about invoking the 25th Amendment against President Donald Trump and explicit calls to vote for Democrats because, as co-host Whoopi Goldberg insisted, our lives literally depend on this. The episode underscores why *The View* has drawn scrutiny from those who argue that ABC News, which is supposed to maintain at least a veneer of neutrality, is effectively hosting a daily Democrat get-out-the-vote operation under the guise of entertainment television.
The segment, highlighted by NewsBusters, began with co-host Joy Behar launching into a bizarre hypothetical about the Presidents mental fitness. Let me ask you, you say the emperor had no clothes what if he took all his clothes off? Behar asked, prompting Alyssa Farah Griffin to respond, People would tell him he looks great and hes in great shape.
Behar pressed the point with another outlandish scenario: If he took all his clothes off and started running around the pool. Would they get him out then? Co-host Sunny Hostin immediately chimed in with, 25th Amendment! while Goldberg tried to frame the discussion as a matter of civic responsibility, declaring, All of these things, all of these things are in our hands.
From there, the conversation shifted seamlessly from mockery to mobilization. Vote, vote, Behar urged, as Goldberg followed with a sermon-style appeal: This is what we can tell you, if you want to see change, you got to make the change. It doesnt matter your color. It doesnt matter if your a Democrat or Republican, if you want change, you got to get out there and make it happen.
Goldberg then moved to the familiar Democratic narrative on elections, dismissing concerns about fraud. And you got to find every way that you can to vote. Dont cheat. I dont remember the last time weve ever had cheating in voting. We never had these conversations, she said, prompting Behar to add, Its not true.
Goldberg doubled down on the moral urgency of voting, framing it as a collective obligation. But heres the deal. This is now on all of us, every one of us, doesnt matter your color, doesnt matter your sex, you want it to change, youre the only one that can do it, she said, before Hostin asked, How many ds do we have? and Ana Navarro answered, 56 days.
With the countdown to Election Day established, Goldberg issued a final call to action. 56 days. Find out where you can vote and help your elders get to the places to vote. Help everybody you can to get out this vote because our lives literally depend on this. Well be right back.
For viewers expecting news or balanced commentary, the message could not be clearer: this is not a news program. It is a polished, network-backed Democrat get-out-the-vote operation, broadcast daily under ABCs banner while regulators and media watchdogs look the other way.
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