Who knew the attempted dismantling of the First Amendment would be kind of dumb?
The White House emailed an intimidating statement to Entertainment Weekly on Wednesday after the outlet reached out for comment about remarks Joy Behar made on “The View” about President Donald Trump.
During Wednesday’s episode, the women of “The View” discussed Trump’s accusation that former President Barack Obama participated in a “coup” against him in 2016 — an allegation Obama later called “outrageous.”
In response to Trump’s claims, Behar immediately brought up Jan. 6, 2021, in which a horde of Trump supporters participated in an insurrection on the Capitol to overthrow the results of the 2020 presidential election.
“The thing about [Trump] is he’s so jealous of Obama,” Behar said. “Because Obama is everything that he is not — trim, smart, handsome, happily married, and can sing Al Green’s song ‘Let’s Stay Together’ better than Al Green. And Trump cannot stand it. It’s driving him crazy.”
In response to EW’s request for a comment on Behar’s remarks, the White House called the daytime talk show host “an irrelevant loser suffering from a severe case of Trump Derangement Syndrome.” It also alleged that the show has “hit the lowest ratings” in recent years.
The statement went on to say Behar “should self-reflect on her own jealousy of President Trump’s historic popularity before her show is the next to be pulled off air.”
The Trump administration’s ominous warning against “The View” follows CBS’s announcement last week that the “Late Show with Stephen Colbert” would be ending in May 2026. The network said it would not be finding a new host for the three-decade-long franchise, which was initially helmed by David Letterman.
CBS claimed the decision was “purely a financial” one, pointing to the general decline of late-night audiences.
The news that the “Late Show” was being canceled altogether occurred shortly after Colbert criticized CBS’s parent company, Paramount, for agreeing to pay $16 million to settle a ridiculous lawsuit with Trump over a pretty standard edit made by “60 Minutes.”
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That settlement came amid a pending multibillion-dollar merger between Paramount and Skydance Media, one that requires approval from the Federal Communications Commission. Brendan Carr, the chairman of the FCC, was a Trump selection.
On Tuesday, Carr complained on X about the “left’s ritualist wailing and gnashing of teeth” over Colbert’s cancellation.
“They’re acting like they’re losing a loyal DNC spokesperson that was entitled to an exemption from the laws of economics,” Carr wrote.