Joy Behar (left), Meghan McCain.Photo: The View
Meghan McCainand co-hostJoy Behargot into yet another heated back-and-forth onThe Viewwhile speaking about recent allegations against Republican Rep.Matt Gaetz, who is reportedly under federal investigation for possible sex trafficking.
“Well, because the only sin that you commit in the Republican party these days is if you say that Biden won the election — everything else is fine,” Behar, 78, said sarcastically.
Minutes later, McCain, 36, circled back to that comment, saying many Republicans on Capitol Hill do believe their party should distance itself from Gaetz over the allegations.
Continuing, McCain said: “It’s super disgusting. He should go to jail. It’s super embarrassing … He’s a deeply unserious person. He should be removed from his committees. There’s some people on the left that I think should be removed from their committees for some of the things that they’ve said about Israel and some of the things that they’ve said — like, I get it, if we want to talk about removing committees, we can do this all day long. But, Matt Gaetz is a pervert who should go to jail. Okay. The end.”
Later in the interview, Behar asked McCain: “My question is: if it’s not the Republican Party, shall I call it the QAnon party? What shall I call your party now, who defends people like Matt Gaetz and goes against Liz Cheney? What are we supposed to call it? Explain this to me.”
“I think you can call it whatever you want because your influence in the Republican Party is almost zero and again, as I have said on this show, it is for us to figure out amongst ourselves,” McCain shot back. “What Republican is like, ‘Hmm, Joy Behar doesn’t like my party, I better stop voting for them now.’ "
McCain continued: “You said people on Capitol Hill are supporting him. I’m telling you, from people that I know personally, they are embarrassed. This is embarrassing for the Republican Party.”
As the conversation continued to devolve, McCain began speaking over Goldberg as she attempted to change the topic and move into a new segment.
“You saying that the Republican Party is trash — I don’t care. It’s not revelatory,” McCain told Behar, ignoring Goldberg’s attempts. “Who cares? You say it every single day. Every single day. Oh my God. How revelatory.”
The topic onThe Viewarose one day after Joel Greenberg, a former local tax collector in Florida and an associate of Gaetz’s,pleaded guilty to six criminal chargesafter agreeing to work with prosecutors in a case that potentially involves the Florida lawmaker.
Those charges include the sex trafficking of a 17-year-old girl.
TheNew York TimesreportedFriday that Greenberg, 37, also told prosecutors he’ll work with the Justice Department’s investigation.
News broke last month that the 39-year-old Gaetz is under federal investigation for possible sex trafficking though the Republican politician, an ally toDonald Trump, has disputed reports that he’s being investigated in the same case, instead suggesting he’s the subject of an “extortion” plot.
“No part of the allegations against me are true,” Gaetz said in a statement at the time. He added: “I have a suspicion that someone is trying to recategorize my generosity to ex-girlfriends as something more untoward.”
According to court documents filed with the U.S. district court in Orlando, Greenberg told prosecutors that he “agrees to fully cooperate” with the federal investigation, including “prosecution of other persons, and to testify,” which could potentially shorten his sentence.
source: people.com
