The ladies of The View had a rough Wednesday, and for once it had nothing to do with a Republican. The show’s hosts turned their fire on their own party after eleven House Democrats missed the impeachment vote against War Secretary Pete Hegseth, letting it collapse 211 to 204 on Tuesday.
The whole embarrassing episode was triggered by outgoing Republican Rep. Thomas Massie, who introduced the impeachment articles on his way out the door after losing his reelection bid. He was the only Republican to vote in favor of moving it forward. The rest of the GOP voted as a unified bloc to kill it. Seven Republicans also missed the vote, but it didn’t matter because their colleagues had things covered. The Democrats? Not so much.
Among the eleven no-shows was California Rep. Nancy Pelosi herself. Some of the missing members, including New Mexico Rep. Melanie Stansbury, told the press they got caught in traffic and didn’t make it to the chamber in time. That excuse went over about as well as you’d expect, the Hegseth impeachment vote with the View panel giving them absolutely zero grace.
Moderator Whoopi Goldberg opened up on her fellow Democrats with both barrels. “We just got voted in. We are saying this is a very bad way to come out of the gate. Now, listen, next time you know there’s a vote, leave your house early. You know there’s traffic,” she said. Then she turned up the heat even more. “This is the last time you get to do this because as quickly as we put you in power, we can remove you from power. Do not do this,” Goldberg exclaimed.
Somebody needs to tell Whoopi she’s been making that threat for years and nobody’s been particularly scared. But she wasn’t alone.
Joy Behar said the traffic excuse “really annoyed” her. Alyssa Farah Griffin called the whole thing “shameful” and pointed out that some of the missing new members were apparently at a fundraiser down the street. “This plays into so many Americans’ anger at Washington. It is all cocktail parties and smoke-filled rooms, not doing the actual work,” Griffin said.
Sara Haines piled on too, calling it “a self-inflicted wound on the Democrats.” She said, “Voters, show up at the polls, make your voice known, change, change, change, America showed up at those polls and said, please help us and one week later you can’t show up at work. It’s a bad look.”
It really is a bad look. Democrats spent years screaming about Pete Hegseth, convinced this was their big moment, and then eleven of them couldn’t be bothered to show up. Some were stuck in traffic. One had a previously scheduled event. Democracy, apparently, doesn’t fit neatly into everyone’s calendar.
Hegseth keeps his job, Massie keeps his grudge, and Democrats go home empty-handed. The only thing that got impeached on Tuesday was the left’s reputation for basic competence.
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