The loony liberals of ABC News’s The View were in a festive spirit Thursday morning as they kicked off their discussion with a baseless conspiracy theory that billionaire Elon Musk and Vice President J.D. Vance were plotting to have President-elect Trump assassinated and usurp control of the government by pushing him down a flight of stairs. There was an attempt to walk it back my blaming her cat for putting the idea in her head.

On the same day The Wall Street Journal published an article chronicling how President Biden’s advanced decline left his unelected advisors and staff running the government, moderator Whoopi Goldberg seemed intent to distract from the story. “Who is in charge?” she demanded to know of the Trump transition team.

Her issue was with Musk’s non-governmental advisory role and his public comments about policy and intent. “I've been saying it. I think Elon Musk believes he's president. I do,” Goldberg chided.

She then teamed up with Friday moderator Joy Behar to suggest that a “possible” reason for Vance to be purportedly silent so far during the transition was because he and Musk were plotting to assassinate Trump at some point:

BEHAR: Well, you've called him vice president.

GOLDBERG: I’ve called him vice president. I’ve called him president because I don't know what J.D. is doing. I hardly ever -- I don't remember the last time we even talked about J.D.

HOSTIN: You’re right.

BEHAR: He’s planning the presidency when they get rid of Trump.

GOLDBERG: So, you think it's Musk/Vance?

BEHAR: Possible.

 

 

“Hey, [Trump], stay away from the stairways. Because, you know, people put their leg out to trip you going down the stairs. Watch out,” Goldberg proclaimed.

Following a commercial break, Goldberg tried to walk back her comments by blaming her cat. “Okay, I need to clean something up because my cat lays in wait for me on my stairs all the time and that's what I was referring -- I was thinking of that. I wasn't trying to indicate that they were actually standing there with their legs out hoping he would trip,” she claimed.

She ridiculously suggested that her talk about killing Trump was meant to be “light-hearted.” “[I]t's the holidays. Come on! My goodness!” she exclaimed.

Ignoring the previous two attempts on Trump’s life, co-host Sunny Hostin falsely declared that, “Nobody wants anything done to the president.”

Goldberg went on to lament the double-edge nature of the show when they “step in poo”:

GOLDBERG: Okay. You know, the thing about this show, there is no way not to step in poo! There's no way to do it! There's no way not to do it!

BEHAR: That's true.

She then snapped at her critics: “So, for all of you who were waiting and saying, ‘oh my god, listen to what she said,’ I got a cat who does it to me every day and that is what sparked it.”

The transcript is below. Click "expand" to read:

ABC’s The View
December 19, 2024
11:02:48 a.m. Eastern

(…)

WHOOPI GOLDBERG: Who is in charge? Because I've been saying it for awhile.

SUNNY HOSTIN: Yes, you have.

GOLDBERG: I've been saying it. I think Elon Musk believes he's president. I do.

JOY BEHAR: Well, you've called him vice president.

GOLDBERG: I’ve called him vice president. I’ve called him president because I don't know what J.D. is doing. I hardly ever -- I don't remember the last time we even talked about J.D.

HOSTIN: You’re right.

BEHAR: He’s planning the presidency when they get rid of Trump.

GOLDBERG: So, you think it's Musk/Vance?

BEHAR: Possible.

GOLDBERG: Hmm. Hey, you-know-who, stay away from the stairways.

[Laughter]

Because, you know, people put their leg out to trip you going down the stairs. Watch out.

But it kind of seems like maybe he is the president, because he got a promotion of some sort that none of us knew about.

(…)

11:15:56 a.m. Eastern

GOLDBERG: Okay, I need to clean something up because my cat lays in wait for me on my stairs all the time and that's what I was referring -- I was thinking of that. I wasn't trying to indicate that they were actually standing there with their legs out hoping he would trip. It was like --

HOSTIN: No. Nobody wants anything done to the president.

GOLDBERG: No. It was light-hearted and it's the holidays. Come on! My goodness!

[Applause]

HOSTIN: You did not mean that anybody should hurt the president.

GOLDBERG: No.

HOSTIN: Of course not.

GOLDBERG: Okay. You know, the thing about this show, there is no way not to step in poo!

[Laughter]

There's no way to do it! There's no way not to do it!

BEHAR: That's true.

GOLDBERG: So, for all of you who were waiting and saying, ‘oh my god, listen to what she said,’ I got a cat who does it to me every day and that is what sparked it.

(…)