Meghan McCain, a co-host of ABC’s The View, slammed the New York Times after the newspaper released its endorsements for the 2020 election, calling the outlet a “garbage publication.”
On Sunday, the New York Times editorial board unconventionally endorsed two candidates, Sens. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, the two remaining women in the presidential race. Warren, 70, and Klobuchar, 59, have campaigned themselves as ideologically different. The newspaper refers to Warren as “the standard-bearer for the Democratic left” and Klobuchar as “the standard-bearer for the Democratic center.” McCain, 35, said she began “laughing her ass off” upon reading the endorsements.
“I’m sorry. Everyone in here is gonna have to choose one. This is not how this works, and also, on the final point of this, you chose both of the women. Just say, ‘I want a woman. I don’t really care about politics. I don’t care about anything else.’ Just double down on identity politics,” McCain complained. “I think it is a huge act of cowardice on the New York Times, but at this point, I expect nothing less from this garbage publication.”
The audience responded to McCain’s comments with applause, but Joy Behar, another host of the program, interjected: “Wow. The New York Times is not a garbage publication — I have to say,” she contended. “Well, this one incident. We don’t have to destroy the whole newspaper.”
