The View came back from a summer hiatus this week and dove head first into campaigning for the Democrats in the 2026 midterms.
Among the conversations on the show today were, invoking the 25th Amendment on President Trump, and voting for the Democrats because, according to host Whoopi Goldberg, ‘our lives literally depend on this.’
This type of open electioneering for one side is why The View has come under a microscope with the FCC. ABC News is not supposed to do this, but they allow The View to do it all the time.
Transcript via NewsBusters:
BEHAR: Let me ask you, you say the emperor had no clothes what if he took all his clothes off?
FARAH GRIFFIN: People would tell him he looks great and he’s in great shape.
BEHAR: If he took all his clothes off and started running around the pool. Would they get him out then?
HOSTIN: 25th Amendment!
WHOOPI GOLDBERG: All of these things, all of these things are in our hands.
BEHAR: Vote, vote.
GOLDBERG: This is what we can tell you, if you want to see change, you got to make the change. It doesn’t matter your color. It doesn’t matter if your a Democrat or Republican, if you want change, you got to get out there and make it happen.
And you got to find every way that you can to vote. Don’t cheat. I don’t remember the last time we’ve ever had cheating in voting. We never had these conversations.
BEHAR: It’s not true.
GOLDBERG: But here’s the deal. This is now on all of us, every one of us, doesn’t matter your color, doesn’t matter your sex, you want it to change, you’re the only one that can do it.
HOSTIN: How many ds do we have?
NAVARRO: 56 days.
GOLDBERG: 56 days. Find out where you can vote and help your elders get to the places to vote. Help everybody you can to get out this vote because our lives literally depend on this. We’ll be right back.
Here’s the video:
Episode 1 of season 30 and they already engaged in electioneering, a violation of ABC's broadcast license, by telling people how to vote to get rid of Trump:
HOSTIN: 25th Amendment.
GOLDBERG: All of these things are in our hands.
BEHAR: Vote, vote.
GOLDBERG: This is what we… pic.twitter.com/4rqFdnLNU2
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) September 8, 2026
This is not a news program.
It’s a Democrat get-out-the-vote operation.
