Regular viewers of daytime gabfest The View are accustomed to seeing co-hosts and ideological opposites Joy Behar and Meghan McCain derail the show almost daily as they personally tear into each other. Thatâs why Mondayâs opening segment came as a shock, as viewers were treated to the pair fist-bumping and declaring their full agreement with each other.
Covering Democratic presidential candidate Joe Bidenâs assertion that he doesnât want to get into a âmud-wrestling matchâ with President Trump while also labeling the president a âclown,â the panel quickly found itself divided on whether Biden should get dirty with the insult-tossing former reality-TV host-turned-president.
Co-host Abby Huntsman worried what it âsays about usâ if the former veep feels like he needs to âget in the mud with Trump, adding that she hopes he doesnât as his âcampaign has been about sewing this country back together.â
As fellow host Whoopi Goldberg called Biden a âscrapperâ who wonât âback up,â McCainâwho has thrown her full support behind the ex-veep, a family friend of hersâjumped into the fray to tout Bidenâs willingness to punch back.
âHe will go Wilmington, Delaware on his ass so quick,â she exclaimed about the longtime Delaware senator. âIâm ready for a fight. Iâm ready for somebody to counter-punch in a way that will be effective.â
âMe too!â Behar excitedly added as the crowd roared in approval.
McCain went on to say Biden would keep it âclassy because Joe is a classy guyâ but that she looks âforward to the fight all day every dayâ and that âitâs going to be incredible.â
Behar, meanwhile, noted that she likes it when candidates return fire with fire.
âHis base, Trumpâs base, likes it when he makes up these names,â she said. âCrooked Hillary... They go to those MAGA rallies and they love them. Joe Bidenâs base, Iâm one of them. I like it too. On that side, go right back at him Iâm a street fighter. Iâm from Brooklyn. Go right at him!â
As the audience erupted in applause, McCain reached across the table and gave her frequent foe a fist-bump.
âIâm a fighter too!â McCain shouted.
Co-host Sunny Hostin, however, disagreed with the duo, saying that she was also from Brooklyn and that Biden could stay classy, debate on policy, and not âget in the mud.â
âSometimes you do!â McCain replied as the table then got into a full debate on how Biden should deal with Trump.
Eventually, Behar said that they are dealing âwith the most shameless person that has ever been in that office,â prompting McCain to express shock that they are in âtotal agreement.â
âYou gotta play dirty to get dirty,â the former Fox News personality exclaimed. âIt is a dirty game! Politics is not the place you go when you want to feel soft and warm. Especially in the Trump administration.â