On Monday’s episode of the ABC talk show “The View,” conservative cohost Meghan McCain blasted the Capitol rioters as “domestic terrorists” who should be sent to the Guantanamo Bay detention camp.
“I just think we need to treat the domestic terrorists the way we do actual terrorists,” she said [1]. “I think we need to consider all the possibilities. I’m not against sending these people to Gitmo, That may sound extreme. These are domestic terrorists who attacked our own republic. They should be treated the same way we treat Al-Qaeda.”
McCain also called on Republicans to impeach President Donald Trump before he leaves office.
“People are really worried about violence on Inauguration Day. I think they have to send a direct message, Republicans and Democrats, that this cannot stand and there have to be ramifications for what happened,” McCain said. “This is one of the worst domestic terror attacks in our history.”
“I have said this on this show numerous times: Facts are stubborn things. Normally I say it in relationship to Democrats — now I’m saying it to Republicans,” she aded. “If President Obama had incited this kind of riot, where he had lied to his voters, lied about the election and then sent a mob of people up on Capitol Hill where the vice president could have been killed or worse, there would be absolute bedlam worse than we’re seeing now.”
Whoopi Goldberg chimed in with a simple “oh my God” in agreement with McCain’s sentiment.
“So the problem I’m having now, and I’m just speaking to my own party — there has to be intellectual consistency in this,” McCain continued. “Because we always go on TV and say we are the party of law and order, we are the party of the ideals, we are the party of ramifications for people that screw with America, we’re gonna put a boot in your you-know-what if you screw with the American way. I have said that. So why is it different when it’s MAGA supporters? That’s where I’m really confused right now. If we let this stand and we don’t have 100% for impeachment, the 25th amendment, anything and everything to get him out now — the existential threat of violence is still here.”
.@MeghanMcCain [2]: “They have to send a direct message, Republicans and Democrats, that this cannot stand and there have to be ramifications.”
“If we let this stand and we don’t have 100% for impeachment [or] the 25th Amendment… the existential threat of violence is still here.” pic.twitter.com/6anKqVy4nH [3]
— The View (@TheView) January 11, 2021 [4]
Democrats are making moves this week to impeach Trump, but it remains to be seen if they will be successful.
This piece was written by James Samson on January 11, 2021. It originally appeared in LifeZette [5] and is used by permission.
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