"Stop, Meghan": "The View's" Whoopi Goldberg cuts off McCain during outburst over Jim Acosta

[JonLP24]

The two conservative co-hosts on “The View” blamed CNN’s Jim Acosta for a tussle over a microphone that got him banned from White House press briefings — but former prosecutor Sunny Hostin explained why they’re wrong.

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“I don’t like it when men touch me, in general, without asking for permission,” said co-host Meghan McCain. “If I were handing that and some man went like this, I wouldn’t like it. Is it assault? I don’t think it goes to the level of assault. Is it inappropriate — 100 percent.”

Co-host Joy Behar said the video shows Acosta pushing her arm away to keep the intern from taking the microphone he was holding, and Hostin explained the legality of the interaction.

“For me, when I saw that, I mean, I learned very early on that what I saw was battery — not by Jim Acosta, but by the young White House aide,” Hostin said. “When you are holding something, if I may, if you’re holding something and you snatch this from me, this cup is now an extension of me, and that means you’ve battered me, you’ve assaulted me.”

Huntsman was the first to retort.

“So you’re blaming the woman in this situation, for doing her job,” Huntsman exclaimed.

Hostin said she wasn’t assigning blame, and McCain blew up next.

“So that White House aide should be arrested for battery,” McCain said.

https://www.salon.com/2018/11/09/stop-meghan-the-views-whoopi-goldberg-cuts-off-mccain-during-outburst-over-jim-acosta_partner/

[greyl]

1. No one in the room - including mic grabber & D Trump - behaved as if an assualt took place. nt

[quakerboy]

12. True

If trump had thought there was an assault, he probably would have started applauding. Or giving pointers.

[More_Cowbell]

2. Watching the video, I harkened right back to law school--the mike was an extension of Costa

And that's battery. A first-year law student would know it.

I hate that Meghan McCain is even on this show. What has she ever done but have a famous father?

[UpInArms]

13. Well, she wrote an op-Ed that stated

She was a Republican before she was a Christian

👀

[brooklynite]

16. I think there's a flaw in your analysis...

The mike would be an extension of you if it was yours. In this case, the mike was the White House’s and on a loan that could be rescinded. Doesn’t excuse the behavior, but I don’t think it reaches the level of legal liability.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

3. It's their fault for employing that trust fund baby halfwit in the first place. nt

[Cha]

4. Fucking Gaslighters mccain and huntsman.. toeing the

Facist Fuckface trump LIES.

Like wtf do they need two brainwashed assholes on the view for?
Oh and THANKS Whoopi!

[madaboutharry]

5. Meghan McCain and Abby Huntsman have no talent.

The only reason they have jobs on television is because of their fathers’ political careers. They are mediocre at best and have nothing thoughtful to add. When Abby Huntsman was on this short lived show on MSNBC with Ari Melber, Toure, and Krystal Ball, the producers had to give her cue cards because she couldn’t think of anything intelligent to say on her own.

[FiveGoodMen]

6. What have we become...

...that THAT incident rises to the level of ... ANYTHING?

[world wide wally]

7. People actually watch this show?

[betsuni]

8. "Stop, Meghan" is what everyone watching was yelling at the TV along with Whoopi.

[Autumn]

15. I was not yelling "Stop, Meghan". I was yelling "fuck off you disgraceful piece of shit".

[SunSeeker]

9. Jeebus. What happened to the Meghan who gave that Trump-ripping funeral speech?

So did she pull a Lindsey Graham and jump on the Trump Train?

[Thekaspervote]

10. Why do they keep her??!! She's such an idiot

[John Fante]

11. "I don't like it when men touch me, in general, without asking for permission"

Then don't attempt to pry something from their hands without permission, idiot.

[kentuck]

14. I think the WH aide was given specific directions to take the microphone from the reporters...

...and she was trying to follow orders. It was staged.

The WH aide was very aggressive, grabbing the microphone the way she did. She did not wait for it to be handed to her - she grabbed it.

It was a set-up.