Meghan McCain is getting a strong reaction from The View audience after taking a bold stance on the U.S. conflict with Iran that escalated after Iranian general Qasem Soleimani was killed in a targeted attack ordered by President Donald Trump last week.
“I think it’s easy to forget: America’s the bear. We’re the bear. Don’t poke us either,” McCain said during Wednesday’s show, while proclaiming she’s “still not sad [Soleimani] is out.”
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“I know the cost of war,” she continued when co-host Sunny Hostin expressed concern about American soldiers losing their lives. “I have friends who have lost limbs. I have friends who have committed suicide when they came back after war. I know the cost of it, I’m aware.”
And while McCain has been openly critical of Trump at times, the conservative panelist noted, “We should all take a pause, take a beat, and see what President Trump does because right now, as far as I’m concerned, it could have been a hell of a lot worse last night than what Iran did.”
The View co-host’s views had Twitter talking immediately.
Meghan McCain basically said there was no imminent threat but I like war so I’m going to say a bunch of bad stuff he did to justify bombing a country full of brown people
— 🎄Andrea Roberts☃️ (@MadMik2014) January 8, 2020
Meghan said she’s Hawkish, I think it’s about time to join the military with her assault weapon she so proud of & go to war. She doesn’t even know the General that was killed but their usual label of others as terrorist & how about us? We also have blood on our hands too.
— Ola hastrup (@HastrupOla) January 8, 2020
#TheView #NutMeg saying America is the Bear the world shouldn’t poke. USA has long been the evil imperialistic bear. The question is how many lives will it cost to uphold the world perception of the USA(the Bear) as a result of 45s actions#EvilImperialisticBear #ThisIsAmerica
— Horseface Killa (@StillRaging) January 8, 2020
McCain has regularly stirred up controversy on the ABC talk show, but her relationship with the fellow View panelists has been soured recently, a source claimed to Page Six Thursday.
“They aren’t speaking to each other. It’s been about a month. None of the ladies talk to Meghan now. [Abby Huntsman] was the last woman standing. It’s bad. Meghan’s so rude,” the insider said, with another source adding, “Abby tolerates Meghan, but she doesn’t genuinely like her. Their friendship has soured.”
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