Former President Donald Trump shockingly hinted at using the power of the federal government to seek revenge against those he says harmed him.
Winning the 2024 presidential election is the first obstacle to achieving that goal.
On Friday, Joy Behar challenged the GOP front-runner to do just that to her and her fellow hosts, as The Wrap's Andi Ortiz noted:
As part of the second Hot Topic of the day, the show pulled up snippets of a recent interview Trump gave, during which he was asked if he would “weaponize” the government against others, since he believes it was weaponized against him.
“It could certainly happen in reverse,” Trump told the Univision interviewer.
At least one of the hosts of “The View” did not consider the comments noteworthy. Others disagreed:
“If he's weaponizing government against his opponents, boy are we in trouble,” host Ana Navarro joked. But, Alyssa Farah Griffin is certain this isn't a joking matter.
“Donald Trump is running for president for two reasons: to stay out of jail and to get revenge on his enemies,” she said. “And when he speaks, we should listen, and frankly, it's scary. He's already said he's gonna come after people like General John Kelly, my former boss Chairman Mark Milley, people who dared stand against him.”
At that, the women started chiming in with other names, including Mike Pence, and journalists in general. But eventually, Joy Behar called out some very specific names.
“Us! What about us?,” Behar exclaimed, before calling out Trump explicitly:
“Try it. Go ahead, try it! We have this show every day, okay Donald?”
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