Meghan McCain once again got into a heated on-air spat with one of her co-hosts on Tuesday, this time over the details of a year-old interview with organizers of the Womenâs March.
In this instance, however, co-host Whoopi Goldberg dramatically got the last word by informing viewers at the end of the show that McCain was wrong, directing them to the programâs website for further proof against her colleagueâs claims.
During one of the talk showâs âHot Topicâ segments, the panel discussed the âChallenge Acceptedâ trend on social media, which features women posting black-and-white photos of themselves as a form of digital female empowerment.
After co-host Sunny Hostin expressed support for the challenge, noting that it ramped up following Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortezâs fiery House floor speech denouncing Rep. Ted Yoho (R-FL), McCain said that she was âskepticalâ of these movements because she believes they exclude conservative women such as herself.
âWhen youâre talking about womenâs empowerment, as a conservative woman thereâs always a level of skepticism because we are never invited into circles traditionally,â she asserted. âIn the Womenâs March, we were literally not invited to join and told to stay home if you are pro-life.â
McCain went on to claim that Womenâs March leaders had âstrong tiesâ to Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan and had âanti-Semiticâ views, prompting Goldberg to jump in and note that only âone of the women had strong tiesâ to the notoriously bigoted Farrakhan.
âWell, you can watch the tape of me interviewing them on the show and make your own decision,â McCain snapped back.
âYeah, I was there,â Goldberg quickly replied.
The two went back-and-forth, with McCain repeatedly saying âno you werenâtâ in response to Goldberg insisting she was on the show the day The View panelâwhich included Goldbergâinterviewed Womenâs March co-founders Tamika Mallory and Bob Bland. During that Jan. 14, 2019 broadcast, McCain repeatedly pressed Mallory on her past praise of Farrakhan.
âYes I was, I sat right there,â Goldberg shot back. âI will get it for you so you can see what Iâm talking about, we had both women on.â
âThatâs not the point, I had a problem with the Womenâs March, other people donât,â McCain sputtered. âThis is why this topic is ridiculous because again, conservative women, we just donât have voices in places like this and thatâs fine.â
At the very end of the broadcast, meanwhile, Goldberg signed off by telling the audience that the producers had found the Jan. 2019 clip and it proved that she was indeed correct.
âThat interview that I was talking about with Meghan where she thought I wasnât there and I said I was,â Goldberg concluded. âWell, we found it. I was there. Weâll put it up on our website so you can see it.â