Tomi Lahren isn’t right about a lot of things. She’s also prone to meltdowns when she is. But on Wednesday, as Trump supporters stormed the Capitol, some people dug up tweets that proved just how wrong she was. Back in early November, after the election but before the presidential race was called for Joe Biden, the far right commentator had a prediction:
If @realDonaldTrump were to lose (he won’t) his supporters will go to work tomorrow just as we do everyday. When Biden loses, his “supporters” will likely loot and riot. Tells you everything you need to know! #Trump2020
“If @realDonaldTrump were to lose (he won’t) his supporters will go to work tomorrow just as we do everyday,” Lahren tweeted on November 3. “When Biden loses, his ‘supporters’ will likely loot and riot. Tells you everything you need to know!”
Well, for starters, Donald Trump did lose. But got something even more glaringly wrong: She thought it was Biden supporters who would loot and riot. What happened instead was Trump supporters attempted to stop a joint formality in which Congress amasses each state’s certified election results and officially declares the winner — in this case, Joe Biden.
Things got ugly quickly. Armed Trump supporters ran amok inside. Members of Congress were forced to flee for their lives. Someone was reportedly shot and killed. Eventually — some two hours too late — the National Guard were called in. In short, whatever Lahren fantasized Biden supporters would do was nothing compared to what Trump supporters actually did.
And so social media came for the Tomi Lahren of only two months ago, to show how she was more wrong than usual.
But there was more! People dug up another tweet from around the same time, in which Lahren predicted this: “No we aren’t going to loot or riot, but we are for damn sure going to keep fighting! You’re not gonna steal this so brazenly.”
No we aren’t going to loot or riot, but we are for damn sure going to keep fighting! You’re not gonna steal this so brazenly.
And then there was the Tomi tweet from the summer, during the Black Lives Matter protests, which never got close to devolving into the kind of mess still happening.
Tomi Lahren: “How does looting, rioting and destroying your OWN community bring justice for anyone?”
But she actually wasn’t. Instead, she tweeted through the terror unfolding in Washington, making bad false equivalencies instead of acknowledging that she is just wrong.
Funny to see liberals suddenly so against protesting. Weird.
Surviving Death (Netflix series) — Dive into this investigative series about whether or not the afterlife exists and whether death is really the end of life. As one might expect, this show provides firsthand accounts from those who have come close to (and even experienced) the D word to provide an illuminating view of the ultimate question that plagues us. The show’s based upon Leslie Kean’s best-selling book of the same name.
Gordon Ramsay’s American Road Trip (FOX series premiere on Hulu) — FOX staple Gordon Ramsay takes a pre-pandemic roadtrip (yes, in an RV fondly named “Betty”) with two chef fancy friends (an Italian chef and a French maître d’hôtel). Together, they cross half of America, including California, Vegas, and Texas. They eat barbecue and do the dude ranch thing, and yep, this might be surprisingly essential viewing.
Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist (NBC season premiere on Hulu) — The marvelous Jane Levy returns for Season 2 of this fancifully musical series. This time around, Zoey returns after an appropriately extended time away to discover that her personal and work lives are now the portrait of chaos. Cue the songs.
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert — Samantha Bee, Paul Mescal
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Equinox (Netflix series) — This unsettling show begins in 2020 with the protagonist, Astrid, suffering terrible nightmares sourcing back to her 1999-focused childhood, in which her sister disappeared, along with a group of other graduating students. Those dreams coincide with the death of a survivor, and Astrid digs into the fate of the students, and of course, she uncovers an even darker truth than she expected.
As MAGA hat-wearing terrorists stormed the Capitol building on Wednesday, the same people who incited them to riot were pleading for non-violence on Twitter.
“Stay peaceful!” President Donald Trump tweeted from inside the White House. “I am asking for everyone at the U.S. Capitol to remain peaceful. No violence! Remember, WE are the Party of Law & Order – respect the Law and our great men and women in Blue. Thank you!” Texas senator Ted Cruz, who opposed a peaceful transfer of power all of earlier today, meekly demanded that those “storming the Capitol need to stop NOW. The Constitution protects peaceful protest, but violence — from Left or Right — is ALWAYS wrong. And those engaged in violence are hurting the cause they say they support.”
But it’s Ivanka Trump who received the most attention for a now-deleted tweet. “American Patriots — any security breach or disrespect to our law enforcement is unacceptable. The violence must stop immediately. Please be peaceful,” the president’s daughter tweeted. Yes, she called this guy an “American Patriot.” Trump later clarified that “peaceful protest is patriotic” and “violence is unacceptable and must be condemned in the strongest terms,” but what has been seen cannot be unseen.
sorry @ivankatrump I saw that you deleted this very good tweet about how the men storming the capitol are “patriots” and wanted to put this screenshot up in case you need it. xo pic.twitter.com/FIO06Ya02k
Wow @IvankaTrump wanna put back your tweet calling these domestic terrorists destroying the People’s House “patriots” ???? You’re a terrible, dangerous phony.
Wednesday became a dark day for the United States as Donald Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol building, disrupting the certification of the Electoral College results from the 2020 presidential election that saw Joe Biden win handily.
The reports, photos, and videos that have poured out of the Capitol building were at once unbelievable and also the unsurprising end point of the fight against the election results that has seen Trump, Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley, and others pour fuel on the fire for weeks in calling on these people to fight back. What was most shocking was the ease with which the police on hand allowed the terrorists to breach the Capitol — and that there wasn’t a more robust plan to deal with the potential for such an event.
Given the gargantuan police response to Black Lives Matter protests all summer, in which riot police were always at the ready and fired tear gas and rubber bullets seemingly without provocation, people couldn’t help but notice the hypocrisy in the response to an actual violent insurrection on the steps of the Capitol. NBA players, past and present, as well as others from around the league who spent this summer speaking out on racism, police violence, and the double standard Black Americans face every day saw this as well and couldn’t help but point it out as they watched what was unfolding on television.
Dwyane Wade was among those to call it out, as he and his former coach (now Pelicans coach) Stan Van Gundy couldn’t believe what they were seeing.
Black people get pulled over and don’t make it out alive. We can’t sleep in our own beds without being killed. We can’t jog without being killed. We can’t walk down the street with our hoodies up without being killed but they can do this??? https://t.co/j59OMKw4LO
Would the federal response at the Capitol now be the same if it were Black Lives Matters protesters physically forcing their way into the building? Remember the response in Oregon that was said to be needed to protect federal property?
If you are an American and aren’t embarrassed by the domestic terrorism taking place at the Capitol there is something wrong with you. This is a shameful day for our country.
They have had to evacuate Senators, Congresspersons and the Vice President from the Capitol for safety concerns. Can anyone, regardless of political party, support this? We are supposed to be better than this. We are supposed to be a shining example of democracy
Bill Russell, who has been combatting racism and fighting for civil rights for his whole life, likewise saw the hypocrisy at play.
How long would it take to deploy the National Guard if they were black & how many would be dead? This is NOT#America! A sitting #President did this @realDonaldTrump#Coward & yes that is a #Confederate flag outside the Senate chamber. How did they not know this would happen? pic.twitter.com/MNgFZIthJ2
Numerous others from around the league, from rookies to veterans and former players, likewise posted on social media in disbelief at the response from authorities at an actual riot and insurrection happening in real time.
An absolute disgrace what’s happening at the US Capitol right now. And a blatant example of inequity in how law enforcement chooses to deal with those involved.
When we do anything “THEY” are scared for they’re lives. When Trumps homies get down they got every excuse in the book to make sure things are ok smh. This stuff is crazy!!! https://t.co/WPH2xWtRCd
For any of you that don’t understand what #WhitePrivilege is or those of you who say there’s no such thing.. I hope your eyes & ears are wide open.. #FDThttps://t.co/9ltY0XOswI
Mitch McConnell’s had quite an shock to the system, it seems. In the morning light after the Georgia Senate runoff elections, people were absolutely giddy to see him demoted to “Senate Minority Leader” when Rev. Raphael Warnock defeated incumbent Kelly Loeffler, and Jon Ossoff looked to have a certain victory over David Perdue. After Georgia actually turned blue for Biden during the presidential election, it’s now obvious that Trumpism has backfired upon the GOP, and some who have stayed loyal to Trump (or at least quiet about their misgivings) during his attempted coup to overturn the Electoral College vote have had enough.
Well, Mitch finally broke today. He did so after Mike Pence issued his own shocking statement that he would not try to block the Electoral College vote. As for Mitch, he looked to be on the verge of tears while condemning his GOP colleagues who continue to challenge state election results. McConnell declared that he would not join Ted Cruz and friends because the very soul of the republic is at stake:
“I’ve served 36 years in the Senate. This will be the most important vote I’ve ever cast. The voters, the courts and the states have all spoken. They’ve all spoken. If we overrule them, it will damage our republic forever… If this election was overturned by allegations from the losing side, our democracy would enter a death spiral.”
“It would be unfair and wrong to disenfranchise American voters and overrule the courts, and the states, on this extraordinarily thin basis,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says. pic.twitter.com/FwGdkNWbEu
McConnell then lambasted the conspiracy theories pushed, retweeted, and encouraged by Trump and somehow embraced by some GOP lawmakers. On one hand, people are agreeing with a lot of what Mitch is saying — and how he’s rising to the historical occasion and sounding statesman-like — but they also believe that he’s taken far too long to say it. After all, MAGA protesters (many of them armed) are currently storming the Capitol building following four years of McConnell going along with all of Trump’s dictator-like moves, and he’s only standing up to him after the Georgia runoffs finally had an effect on Mitch “Stimulus Shrinker” McConnell.
Mitch McConnell has spent four years enabling Trump’s every move and willing fueles the election conspiracy theories because he thought they would help him win in Georgia.
Speaking out now is way too little too late. He has been far more destructive to democracy than Trump.
Mitch McConnell’s lifelong ambition was to be Senate Majority Leader. How his tenure in that role ends: with the building literally under siege by supporters of his own party. https://t.co/3zQefTo4uY
The sort of rage you are seeing right now at the Capitol was deliberately harnessed and manipulated by Mitch McConnell and Republicans like Perdue and Loeffler for weeks because they thought it was necessary to win the Georgia runoffs.https://t.co/DMhIRv6cLCpic.twitter.com/TQWPcQq3do
As of this writing, the Capitol building remains under siege by Trump’s followers who are following his lead in attacking democracy. There’s more to come on this story for sure.
Yesterday, it was revealed that the Recording Academy postponed the Grammys to March 14. The issue there is that this is the same date this year’s the 27th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards are taking place. SAG-AFTRA, the organization behind the SAG Awards, are peeved by the situation. In a statement (as Variety reports), the organization noted that they are “extremely disappointed” by the scheduling conflict.
The statement reads:
“We are extremely disappointed to hear of the conflicting date, March 14th, announced today for this year’s Grammy Awards telecast. We announced the same date for the SAG Awards last July with the intent to give the greatest possible scheduling consideration for other awards shows. We expect the same consideration from sister organizations throughout the industry.
The SAG Awards recognizes outstanding acting performances over the past year. We will again put on a spectacular show that accomplishes that mission. Our two organizations, SAG-AFTRA and the Recording Academy, share members and work together effectively to advocate for artists in many areas. In an environment that is increasingly challenging for televised awards programs, we also have a mutual interest in successfully showcasing the artistry and talent of our respective memberships. We are in contact with the Recording Academy and will continue to work with our sister organizations to find ways to make this year’s awards season as successful as possible.”
Find the full list of this year’s Grammy nominees here.
We like the last group. These folks mix and match — buying rare bottles when they have the cash but also appreciating less expensive expressions. The type of drinkers who know how to savor the good stuff and how to share.
Bartenders are usually these sorts. They have access to more rare whiskies than most regular people, but they also live for the “now” (generally speaking) and actually sip what they’ve got. So they know the drams that are worth tracking down and those that can’t match the hype. That’s why we asked a handful of our favorite bartenders to tell us their most-beloved hard-to-find bottles of Scotch whisky.
Highland Park Dark Origins
Highland Park
Cari Hah, formerly bar manager at Café Alcove in Los Angeles
Highland Park Dark Origins. A delicious rich single malt with dark character, it is aged in 80% first-fill sherry cask with 60% being European oak and 20% American oak. This scotch is chocolatey, malty, with slight notes of black currant. The peat adds to the character — being both smoky and sweet — making this whisky as hard to put down as it is to find.
Bunnahabhain 25-Year-Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky is truly a beautiful Islay Scotch that can even win over those who only drink peated Scotch. Smooth and creamy with a touch of sweetness and hint of spice. Bunnahabhain 18 is a masterpiece as well, but does not touch the complexities of the 25 year.
If you have the privilege of drinking this gem the experience will be like none other. Notes of caramel and cardamom, delicate and soft — every sip should be savored.
The Macallan No 6. A premier tier from The Macallan with a carefully selected sherry finish that makes it worth every special occasion for which it may fill your glass.
The Balvenie 21-year Portwood is worth every penny… if one can afford it. I’m not sure if it’s scarce so much as it is pricey. I was fortunate enough to try it once, and I still think of it often. The natural stone fruit notes of The Balvenie mesh beautifully with the notes from the port barrels. When things are that perfect, they sort of can’t be done justice with words, which I suppose explains why they usually have such high price tags.
Ardbeg Supernova
Ardbeg
Andy Printy, beverage director at Chao Baan in St. Louis
Hard to find, but I’m a huge fan of Ardbeg’s 2019 Supernova. Islay by region, but it’s unlike any single malt I’ve ever had. Heavily peated, but just under the smoke is a ton of toffee, aniseed, menthol, and ash.
The finish brings you right back to the medicinal peat and a touch of butter.
The Macallan Gran Reserva 12. It’s maybe not too hard to find if you’re shopping in Asia, but in the States, it’s a pretty rare pull. It’s a delicious Scotch that has wonderfully complex notes of sherry.
It’s not inexpensive, but worth every penny — assuming you can get your hands on it.
Ardbeg Traigh Bhan just had its second annual release this year with a 19-year-old Islay Single Malt that was aged in both bourbon and sherry casks. They’ve done this before with at least one other label, their Uigeadail. The sherry barrel brings an intense, dried fruit presence that gets merged with the caramel and baking spices so often found in bourbon. But then you have the intense peated scotch tying all the flavors together.
Traigh Bhan is shaping up to be the most difficult Ardbeg to find.
Cadenhead’s Bruichladdich 22
Cadenhead
Courtney Cantrell, bartender and assistant manager for Old Hickory Whiskey Bar in Pensacola, Florida
When I ponder what exactly hard-to-find whisky means to me, I’m drawn less-so to those that are, you know, a 25-year Scotch with a familiar name, and more-so towards those like Cadenhead’s Bruichladdich 22. Cadenhead, based in Campbeltown, Scotland and Scotland’s oldest independent bottler, basically purchases barrels from distilleries and allows them to age for as long as they deem necessary until the whisky is “remarkable, not marketable.” These single casks whiskies are bottled in Campbeltown and offer various ranges and ages. I find myself to be quite the peat-head, so the Bruichladdich 22 offering from Cadenhead provides the individuality and peat intensity that I find both charming and affordable.
Grand Old Parr 12 years old, an amazing blend, imported by Diageo, is pretty popular overseas but hard to find in the US. The whisky has rich mineral and light peat notes make it a way to go for a long drink.
Writer’s Pick:
GlenDronach Parliament Sherry Cask 21
Glendronach
This 2011 release was launched because GlenDronach was beginning to gain in popularity and drinkers craved a special, new offering from the distillery. It’s named for the “Parliament of rooks” that call the distillery’s trees home, it’s a blend of whiskies aged in both Oloroso and Pedro Ximenez sherries.
“When anyone goes ‘I need to be some weird hot sexy alien’ they’re like, ‘Okay, it’s time to call Asher.’”
Over the past half-decade, fashion designer Asher Levine has made a name for himself as the go-to guy for any pop star looking to flirt with the future. But while the celebrity stamp of approval certainly helps, it’s the young designer’s interest (read: obsession) with the future of tech, how it continues to embed itself in our lives, and how we choose to express and reflect its presence via our fashion choices that have blessed Levine with his own measure of fame.
“I really see computers integrating into all aspects of our life,” the designer says over the phone. “People want tech jackets — it’s just right now it’s so labor-intensive and it requires using a lot of techniques and technologies and materials and weaving them all together.”
While we’re still years out from the type of future Levine imagines, current production limitations haven’t stopped him from bringing some truly next-level design work to artists like Doja Cat, Demi Lovato, will.i.am, Lady Gaga, and most recently, Lil Nas X, who he helped transform into some sort of cyberpunk Mr. Freeze that makes Schumacher and Schwarzenegger’s rendition look tame by comparison.
On the heels of his work with Doja Cat at last year’s VMAs, Levine got to work on translating his high-concept futurist vision into a collection of streetwear essentials he’s dubbed Tetra. As a new year begins and new style drops roll out, we linked up with the designer to explore the collection and discuss the future of fashion and how he sees tech impacting how we dress.
Before we get into your more radical work, let’s talk a bit about your new streetwear collection Tetra. What are you going for with this more ready-to-wear collection?
I’m wearing my sweatpants right now — I can’t take them off. If you’ve seen my designs, I really like nature and scales, and I love skins — specifically reptile skins and fish skins — so I wanted to take that approach and merge it with comfortable leisure styles. After I did Doja Cat’s VMA performance, I used streetwear graphic techniques to create her full fish suit. After that, I said ‘why don’t I use that fabrication technique and make some more attainable styles?’
That’s how I came up with Tetra.
Your design work for artists is so tied in with their personalities, how do you go about approaching a look for someone for the first time?
Most of the time I get called when an artist wants something futurist or avant-garde, cyberpunk, etc. Those things are the coolest, and I’m flattered people come to me for those designs. I already have that future tech aesthetic, but I like to listen to what they and their stylists are going for. With the Lil Nas thing, they came to me and said “we need something superhero meets Mr. Freeze.” And I’m like, “Oh, I got you” because obviously, I love the Batman series and that Batman was one of my favorites.
When it comes to tying into their aesthetic, it depends on what they’re going for. Lil Nas X wanted to be a superhero so we made him a muscle suit — that’s public, he posted a picture of him in the undersuit I made for him. If you’re a superhero you’re going to want some extra muscles!
With Doja, she was like “I want to basically be nude” and that was the challenge. “How do I dress her but make her look nude?” I’m really happy how hers came out, some people said to me things like “Oh my gosh, I thought that it was basically a bunch of crystals glued to her skin” but that was the whole printing and fusion process that gave that illusion. I always like to listen to what the artist is going for, but most of the time they come to me for my aesthetic because I’m kind of the “future guy.”
Photo Courtesy of Asher Levine
So how did you and Doja settle on that alien fish goddess look?
Brett Allen Nelson creative directed that whole number. He’s been her stylist and now he’s working with her more on a creative direction level. We’ve known each other for almost ten years now, so he gets my alien aesthetic, he knows my weird mutant future vision, and so it was really them, specifically her, who were like “I want to be on an alien planet, and I want to be some alien fish pink mermaid goddess.”
When anyone goes “I need to be some weird hot sexy alien” they’re like, “Okay, it’s time to call Asher.”
Where does this interest in futurism stem from?
It’s a strength and also a weakness. I feel like I’m constantly living in the future in my head. I like more science than pop culture, and I really feel like there is a convergence of the two that we’re moving into but I’m secretly more of a nerd. I rather read Scientific American than Vogue, no offense to Vogue — I love them all over there. But that’s what interests and fascinates me. Science is the closest thing that we have to magic. The majority of people who are using their cell phones don’t even know how their cell phones work.
It’s using, basically, radio waves which are also on the electric magnetic spectrum, which means they’re essentially light. So we’re using light, beaming it through the air and it’s being picked up by the antennas of the cellphone companies, that are sending it through light pulses into their servers, and then you’re connected to all the other serves through fiber optic cable all over the world at the speed of light.
Fashion, what’s the purpose? The purpose is to bedazzle or communicate who you are. We’re always looking towards what is next and what is new. To me, technology and science and the merging of all of that is what feels new.
Ten is when I first learned to sew. I really enjoy making 3-dimensional sculptures with fabric and I like making people feel sexy and confident. It’s the best feeling when a rock star, who is already a rock star, puts on one of your pieces and looks in the mirror and they feel even like an even more elevated rock star. I like how line and shape create psychological feelings in yourself, and how other people view you.
Let’s talk about your mask work, I saw Doja Cat’s pink leather dragon mask, and the Lady Gaga mask, did the pandemic influence your interest in making high fashion conceptual masks?
I was definitely a club kid 10-15 years ago. I always loved concealing my face. I always thought there was a cool and mysterious aspect to it. Before the pandemic happened, we are and have been working on a very special accessory. Transforming leather into new types of exotic skins has been a process we’ve been refining over the last eight years.
We actually have a patent that we filed in seven countries of how to take normal leather and even lab-grown leathers and create our own skins. That’s how we created the dragon skin and the geode texture, using this leather molding process that really no one else can do at the production scale. So when the pandemic happened at first I was like “these masks are annoying” but then we were like “wait, hold on, this is actually a new lifestyle accessory!” That’s when we shifted our position from working on a tech bag to going with the flow with what is happening in our environment and the market.
The first mask was the dragon mask, and then we did the geode mask because the dragons were really popular and we wanted to offer a new option to the fabric masks. Similar timing when we launched the dragon masks, we saw that Louis was coming out with a cool leather mask.
The trick here is how do you make it breathable, so we have vents. It’s easily washable, the leather snaps off and you can launder the fabric liner. Especially now they’re more popular in the wintertime because you know it is leather and you don’t necessarily want to wear a leather mask in the hot summer.
@NickBerardi via Asher Levine
Obviously, fashion is always in flux. As someone who made a collection that is more fitting for the street, what kind of trends or new things do you want to see going forward in the realm of streetwear?
I really see computers integrating into all aspects of our life. If you take a look at the Vault collection online, it’s basically filling the gap of high-priced outerwear. Instead of fur, we’re using tech. People want tech jackets, it’s just right now it’s so labor-intensive and it’s using a lot of techniques and technologies and materials and weaving them all together.
People want a light-up jacket, but they want it to be affordable. That will happen in the future, but it’s not necessarily something I can do right now through my studio… I see technology really permeating fashion and that’s really been my focus over the last couple of years.
We started getting into it because will.i.am wanted some light-up jackets, and he was like “can you do that?” And being such a yes-man I said “yeah, totally I can do that” and I managed to do it, and this was eight or nine years ago, and I realized I’m really able to and understand how to work with engineers and really embed technology into jackets. Having technology in our garments is something I’m passionate about and I see it happening more extensively.
For me, it’s difficult to focus, I do so many different things. We’re doing the masks, we do the Street, we do the Vault, I have ADD when it comes to future design…Between working with these artists and coming out with these new capsule collections — it’s what keeps it exciting for me.
As the Saints enter what might be the final playoff run of the Sean Payton-Drew Brees era in New Orleans, the longtime head coach is getting creative about how to recreate the Saints’ massive home-field advantage during the pandemic playoffs. Asked if it’s possible for anyone in the NFL to have a legitimate advantage at home with either no fans or a very limited crowd, Payton responded that it’s up to players and coaches to derive momentum and meaning from within.
But Payton then took it a step further in a call with reporters, elaborating on an idea he’d briefly discussed before to put tens of thousands of fans into local hotels and form a Bubble, testing them daily, transporting them to and from the stadium, and ensuring the virus would not spread through their attendance of the game.
Payton called this version of the Saints’ stadium “the safest Superdome known to man,” though in all fairness to Payton, he’s clearly chuckling at his own idea a little as he walks the media through it.
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50,000 fans (safely) at #Saints playoff game (s)…..
During his Wednesday morning conference call Sean Payton discussed the possibility.
The Saints host the Bears on Sunday at 4:40 p.m. ET, but whereas in the past a home playoff game was a massive boon for the Saints, unless New Orleans public health officials decide to dedicate massive resources to making Saints players feel more fired up at a football game, the matchup will be what most NFL games have been this season: Two teams competing in a largely empty building.
New Orleans will likely only allow 3,000 fans into the Superdome this weekend, and while it may not be quite the crowd Payton is hoping for, they’re still favored over the Bears and are better off than a team like Washington, where fans are still banned.
Meghan McCain has only been back from maternity leave for three days, and she’s already testing the limits of her co-hosts on The View. During an interview with Senator-Elect Raphael Warnock the morning after his stunning victory in the Georgia runoff election, McCain began pressing Warnock on whether or not he would “pack” the Supreme Court to counterbalance the three conservative nominees appointed by Donald Trump. When Warnock attempted to answer that his main concerns were healthcare and raising the minimum wage, McCain kept badgering the Senator-Elect on the Supreme Court, which clearly got on Whoopi Goldberg‘s last nerve. No stranger to shutting down her conservative co-host, Goldberg cut off McCain and steamrolled right over her to end the segment. McCain was left pouting in her chair, and Twitter is loving it.
The situation also wasn’t helped by McCain’s palpable mood as her co-hosts celebrated the big Democratic Party win in Georgia. On top of the Whoopi clip, Twitter has been having a field day with McCain’s frumpy demeanor when Warnock joined the panel. One person is clearly not having a good time in this screengrab from The View, and it’s not hard to figure out who.
Of course, McCain getting put in her place by her co-hosts on The View is an almost daily occurrence. The daughter of the late Senator John McCain has a penchant for derailing conversations and injecting unnecessary drama into political discussions:
whoopi: okay so for today’s hot topics were going to be talking abou-
While the show regularly welcomes other conservative voices like Ana Navarro, McCain likes to play the martyr by claiming she’s the “only conservative at the table,” which often leads to either Whoopi and/or Joy Behar losing their cool and shutting her down.
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