>> FLORIDA’S GOVERNOR IS SAYING
THANKS BUT NO THANKS TO JOIN THE
HOSTS OF "THE VIEW."
DeSANTIS TURNED DOWN THE OFFER
TO APPEAR ON THE SHOW WITH HIS
TEAM TWEETING OUT THIS SCATHING
RESPONSE "THANKS FOR THE INVITE.
I UNDERSTAND YOU ARE SENDING
THIS REQUEST ON BEHALF OF YOUR
TEAM BUT ARE THE HOSTS OF
"THE VIEW" REALLY INTERESTED IN
HEARING FROM GOVERNOR DeSANTIS
ABOUT ALL THE IMPORTANT WORK
HE’S DOING ON BEHALF OF
FLORIDIANS?
WHICH OF THE BELOW STATEMENTS
FROM THE HOST OF THE VIEW DO YOU
RECOMMEND OUR TEAM CONSIDER WHEN
DECIDING IF THE INTERVIEWER WILL
BE A GENUINE PURSUIT OF TRUTH OR
WORTH THE TIME.
THE TEAM GOES ON TO LAY OUT MANY
OF THE PERSONAL ATTACKS THE
LIBERAL HOSTS LAUNCHED AGAINST
THE GOVERNOR HERE ARE JUST A FEW
FEW.
>> YOU ARE JUST SHORT OF CALLING
HIM NEGLIGENT HOMICIDAL
SOCIOPATH BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT HE
IS.
HE IS RISKING THE LIVES OF
CHILDREN.
CHILDREN, PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS,
ANYONE THEY MAY COME IN CONTACT
WITH SO HE CAN APPEAL TO HIS
WHITE SUPREMACIST BASE.
>> I THINK HE HANDLED COVID
MISERABLY.
I THINK HE IS A FASCIST AND AND
BIGOT.
ANTI-BLACK, ANTI-GAY,
ANTI-LGBTQ+.
>> ANTI-AMERICAN.
>> YOU START COMING AFTER BLACK
PEOPLE, WHAT’S NEXT?
THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY, WOMEN,
OTHER MARGINALIZED GROUPS.
>> Kayleigh: WHAT AN
INVITATION IN THE EMAIL SAID "WE
WOULD BE HONORED."
>> Harris: AS A JOURNALIST, WE
GO BACK AND FORTH WITH PEOPLE
ALL THE TIME AND YOU CAN HAVE
SOME SPIRITED, FIERY MOMENTS,
WHATEVER.
ALWAYS WITH RESPECT HOPEFULLY.
BUT WHAT THAT WAS WAS SOMETHING
DIFFERENT.
I MEAN, TO CONNECT SOMEONE WITH
WHAT THEY ARE WITHOUT EVER
HAVING TALKED TO THAT INDIVIDUAL
JUST SEEMS BIZARRE TO ME.
IT SEEMS THIRSTY FOR RELEVANCE
AND I DON’T KNOW WHO THEY THINK
THEY ARE SITTING FROM THAT
PERCH.
WHEN I WAS ON THE SHOW A COUPLE
YEARS AGO, THE BOOK ABOUT MY DAD
WHO SERVED, THERE WERE PICTURES,
GIANT PICTURES OF MY BIRACIAL
CHILDREN AND SHE LOOKED AT ME
AND ASKED, WHO DO I REPRESENT?
WHO DO I SPEAK TO YOU?
PEOPLE.
WHOOPI LOOKED AT ME AND I SAID I
SPEAK TO EVERYBODY.
MY FAMILY IS ECUMENICAL AND
BIRACIAL.
I GET THAT THEY WANT THAT
RELEVANCE BUT WOW, THAT’S FAR
STEP TO MAKE TO TRY TO GET IT.
I UNDERSTAND WHAT HE’S NOT GOING
GOING.
>> Kayleigh: THAT EMAIL
RESPONSE WAS BRILLIANT.
IN MY PRESS SHOP WE HAVE THIS
THEME.
IF YOU’RE A STRAIGHT SHOOTER AS
A REPORTER, WE ARE GOING TO
ENGAGE WITH YOU IN THAT MANNER.
REUTERS HAS A GREAT EXAMPLE.
I THINK OF MY WHOLE TENURE,
BEING ENGAGED WITH SENSATIONAL
PALACE INTRIGUE PIECES.
THIS SUPPRESSED TEAM OF
GOVERNOR DeSANTIS, THEY KNOW
HOW TO DO THAT.
THEY DON’T TAKE THE BAIT.
>> Joe: THEY ARE EXCELLENT.
NO CONSERVATIVE OR REPUBLICAN
SHOULD GO ON THIS SHOW EVER
AGAIN BECAUSE THIS IS NOT THE
BARBARA WALTERS SHOW ENVISIONS
25 YEARS AGO WHERE YOU CAN HAVE
GOOD CONVERSATION.
I AM ALL FOR STRONG OPINION AND
PROVOCATIVE DEBATE.
BUT AS YOU SAID, HARRIS, THIS IS
A WHOLE BOWL OF WRONG DIFFERENT.
RECKLESS PERSONAL ATTACKS NOT
BASED IN REALITY WHATSOEVER.
IT’S FUNNY BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE
CONSERVATIVE ON THE SHOW WAS
MAKING -- MEGHAN McCAIN.
SHE HAD TO LEAVE PROBABLY FOR
HER OWN SANITY AND NOW YOU SEE
ANA NAVARRO ON THERE, THE
CONSERVATIVE, HOLY MOTIVE FOR
JOE BIDEN AND ANDREW GILLUM WHO
RAN AGAINST DeSANTIS.
THEY CAN SAY ALL THEY WANT ABOUT
SANTOS BEING SOMEONE WHO WANTS
TO MURDER CHILDREN.
HE IS GOING TO WIN HIS
REELECTION IN FLORIDA BY A
LANDSLIDE.
THE PEOPLE IN FLORIDA FEEL A LOT
DIFFERENTLY THAN THE ELITISTS ON
"VIEW" WHO LIVE IN THEIR BUBBLE.
>> Kayleigh: WELL SAID.
A LOT OF WHAT THEY SAID ABOUT
THE GOVERNOR OF FLORIDA.
THE THING THAT BOTHERED ME MOST,
JOY BEHAR SAID HE HAS A
WHITE SUPREMACIST BASE.
WHY ATTACKED HALF THE COUNTRY IN
THIS MANNER?
GOOD, HARDWORKING PEOPLE WHO
SUPPORT THE GOVERNOR.
>> Emily: WHY SHOULD WE BE
SURPRISED THEY DO?
WE HAVE SEEN IT FOR YEARS.
THE 2016 CAMPAIGN BY THE SAME
MEDIA PERSONALITIES THAT MADE
FUN OF PEOPLE WITH ACCENTS, MADE
FUN OF WHERE PEOPLE EAT.
IF THEY EAT FAST FOOD, WORK HARD, BLUE-COLLAR JOBS.
HARD, BLUE-COLLAR JOBS.
THEIR CURRENCY IS MUCKING REAL,
ORDINARY AMERICANS, LIKE THOSE
OF US ON THE COUCH.
AFTER THOSE AD HOMINEM ATTACKS,
WHERE THEIR COMMENTS OF, WE’VE
ASKED GOVERNOR DeSANTIS’
OFFICE FOR COMMENT.
WE HAVEN’T HEARD BACK?
DID THEY FOLLOW UP ANY OF THEIR
ROBUST ANALYSIS WITH COMMENTS?
>> Harris: I THINK ONE OF THEM
IS.
I DON’T KNOW HOW OLD THAT
PICTURE IS.
>> Emily: WHAT’S INTERESTING
IS THE RESPONSE TO THE GOVERNOR
ON SOCIAL MEDIA, NOT THAT WE
CARE ABOUT THAT BUT CALLING HIM
A CRYBABY AND SAYING YOU CAN’T
TAKE HEAT FROM THE LADIES OF
"THE VIEW."
THIS IS THE GOVERNOR SAYING HE
IS BUSY SERVING THE PEOPLE OF
FLORIDA.
IT’S NOT ABOUT HIM BEING UNABLE
TO TAKE A CHALLENGE.
IT’S ABOUT HIM NOT WASTING HIS
TIME.
>> Joe: TO YOUR POINT, ARE
THEY JOURNALISTS?
"ABC NEWS" HAS AN ARTICLE OF THE
VIEW" UNDER ITS DIVISION.
THEY MOVED IT FROM ENTERTAINMENT
TO THE NEWS DIVISION IN 2014.
TIME TO MOVE IT BACK.
>> Harris: WHEN IT STARTED,
THERE WERE JOURNALISTS.
BARBARA WALTERS OBVIOUSLY.
I DON’T KNOW WHAT THEY HAVE
MIGRATED TO NOW BUT YOU SPOKE OF
MEGHAN McCAIN, A FRIEND OF
MINE, AND SOMEONE WHO I AM
REALLY PROUD TO SAY HUNG IN
THERE FOR AS LONG AS SHE COULD.
SHE REALLY DID.
SHE BROUGHT CLASS TO THE SET.
I SENT HER LOVE AND LIGHT AND I
HOPE SHE’S UNHAPPY PLACE BECAUSE
SHE RAISED THEIR GAME.
I DON’T KNOW WHERE THEIR GAME IS
NOW BUT THEY ARE PUNCHING DOWN.
>> Kayleigh: THE GOVERNOR OF
FLORIDA, HE TOOK THE HIGH ROAD
IN MY VIEW.
WHEN WE TRY TO BOOK HIGH-PROFILE
DEMOCRATS, WE GET CRICKETS.
>> Shannon: I CAN’T EVEN GET A
NO OUT OF SOME PEOPLE.
CREDITED THE TEAM.
MAYBE A LITTLE BIT SNARKY,
CREATIVE AND AT LEAST THEY
RESPONDED.
AND THEY KNOW IF THEY BOOK TO
SANTOS AND HE COMES ON IS
PROBABLY GOING TO BE A VERY
INTERESTING, HIGH RATED SHOW BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO WANT
BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO WANT
TO SEE IT.
THEY WILL TELL YOU IT’S
EXCRUCIATING TO BE THERE AS A
CONSERVATIVE.
I HAD A FRIEND TELL ME WHEN THEY
WOULD HAVE PRESHOW DISCUSSIONS,
SHE WAS COMING WITH THE HEAT AND
HAD GOOD STUFFED FROM A
CONSERVATIVE VIEWPOINT, THEY
WOULD KILL THE TOPIC FROM THE
SHOW.
THAT’S ONE PERSON’S ACCOUNT OF
HER TIME SERVING ON THE PANEL.
BUT IF YOU DON’T WANT TO HEAR
DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS, MAYBE IT’S
NOT CALLED "THE VIEW."
>> Harris: WHAT YOU DO ON
SUNDAYS IN YOUR PROGRAM LATE AT
NIGHT, IT IS FOX AT NIGHT.
WE HAD SENATOR MANCHIN ON, BEN
HOLLAND ON MY SHOW.
YOU LOOK AT HAVING THOSE
DEMOCRATS, THE BIG DEMOCRAT
VOICES AND YOU HOPE TO HEAR THE
END THAT THEY SAY WE WILL COME