The View co-hosts took turns slamming House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday after he came out in support of former President Donald Trump in a recent interview.
Oscar-winner Whoopi Goldberg accused the California Republican of having ‘no cojones,’ a Spanish word for a man’s testicles.
The panel was discussing McCarthy’s attempts to walk back his comments during a CNBC interview where he questioned whether Trump is the strongest option Republicans can nominate against President Joe Biden.
‘McCarthy later told Breitbart that you-know-who (Trump) is Biden’s strongest opponent,’ Whoopi Goldberg, referencing McCarthy’s comments in a later interview when he argued Trump is ‘stronger today than he was in 2016,’ said.
That’s when the Ghost star made her ‘no cojones’ jibe.
‘What is happening here? I just want him to grow a pair of cojones that will give him some way to actually not waffle,’ Goldberg said of the Speaker.
The View Co-Hosts slammed Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday after he came out in support of Donald Trump in a recent interview
Goldberg was quick to accuse him of having ‘no cojones’ over his remark. ‘What is happening here? I just want him to grow a pair of cojones that will give him some way to actually not waffle,’ Goldberg said of the Speaker
This comes after McCarthy previously casted doubt on the former President’s chance of winning the 2024 election
Goldberg then claimed the House Speaker made his comments over fear of losing his job.
‘I think a lot of this is fear … fear of losing their jobs and fear of being seen with no cojones, like Kevin McCarthy yesterday,’ she said on ‘The View.’
Co-host Sunny Hostin added McCarthy ‘can’t, because of the deal he made to become Speaker.’
‘He gave away his cojones and kicked them under the table. He doesn’t have them anymore,’ she said.
Sara Haines chimed in, adding McCarthy’s conflicting response drew outrage from Trump supporters.
She agreed there is a Republican fear tactic involved, claiming ‘extreme candidates’ get elected into office because Republicans threaten to bash primary candidates who don’t vow their absolute loyalty to Trump.
The comments came after McCarthy previously cast doubt on the former President’s chance of winning the 2024 election.
Speaker Kevin McCarthy walked back comments questioning whether Trump is the strongest candidate to win the 2024 nomination that raised eyebrows Tuesday morning.
The speaker blamed the media for ‘attempting to drive a wedge’ and insisted Trump is stronger than in 2016, hours after his original remarks.
‘As usual, the media is attempting to drive a wedge between President Trump and House Republicans as our committees are holding Biden’s DOJ accountable for their two-tiered levels of Justice,’ McCarthy said in a statement to DailyMail.com.
‘The only reason Biden is using his weaponized federal government to go after President Trump is because he is Biden’s strongest political opponent, as polling continues to show. Just look at the numbers this morning – Trump is stronger today than he was in 2016.’
The GOP speaker, who is an ally of Trump’s, had said on CNBC Tuesday morning he thinks Trump could win the GOP nomination but isn’t sure if he is the ‘strongest’ to win a general election.
‘Yeah he can beat Biden,’ McCarthy said. ‘Trump’s policies are better, straightforward than Biden’s policies.
‘Can he win that election? Yeah he can,’ McCarthy said. ‘The question is, is he the strongest to win the election? I don’t know that answer. But can somebody — can anybody beat Biden? Yeah, anybody can beat Biden.’
Trump is dominating GOP polls against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. But a recent DailyMail.com poll showed DeSantis fairing slightly better than Trump in a hypothetical match against Biden.
The poll of 1,000 likely general election voters found that in a Biden-DeSantis matchup, the Democratic candidate would take 44 percent of the vote to 43 percent.
Democratic voters appeared more motivated in an election against Trump, giving Biden a lead of 46 to the former president’s 44 percent.
McCarthy questioned whether Trump is the strongest candidate to win the 2024 nomination in a comment that raised eyebrows Tuesday morning
The GOP speaker, who is an ally of Trump’s, said on CNBC Tuesday morning he thinks Trump could win the GOP nomination but isn’t sure he is the ‘strongest’ to win a general election
The Trump team did not respond to a request for comment on McCarthy’s remarks. Trump has neither fallen out with the speaker nor secured an endorsement from him – leaving their relationship in a precarious place.
Though sources close to Trump have said he privately complained about the recent debt limit deal – one of McCarthy’s signature accomplishments – he did not air his grievances publicly.
DeSantis, one of Trump’s biggest rivals, ripped the deal on Fox and Friends in May.
‘Prior to this deal, our country was careening toward bankruptcy. And after this deal, our country will still be careening toward bankruptcy. To say you can do $4 trillion of increases in the next year-and-a-half, that’s a massive amount of spending,’ DeSantis said.
On Friday, McCarthy told reporters he backs a proposal from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., and GOP Conference Chair Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., to ‘expunge’ both impeachments of Trump, even as it’s not clear there are the votes to pass the measure.
‘I voted against both impeachments. The second impeachment had no due process.’ McCarthy said.
He noted he opposed bringing a resolution to the floor to impeach Biden too.
‘What was raised this week was someone wanting to take impeachment to Biden to the floor. And I didn’t think that was right because there’s no due process, right? So shouldn’t you be consistent, especially with the Constitution?’
Trump urged House members to vote for McCarthy during the contentious 15-ballot speaker’s race, making calls on the GOP leader’s behalf and urging the 20 Freedom Caucus holdouts to vote for McCarthy
