The View host Whoopi Goldberg went after House Democrats and Republicans who skipped out on a ceremony to commemorate the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
“Well, this is going to be slightly annoying to everybody because not everyone is honoring moments of silence. Apparently, only 26% of House members showed up to the moment of silence on the steps of the Capitol this morning,” Goldberg said Wednesday during the show.
“Shameful,” host Meghan McCain cut in.
“You know, we don’t know why folks weren’t there … but this might not have been the right day to screw around with the optics. I’m just saying, you know, this is a moment that affected everyone in this country, not just New Yorkers. They came for America. Hit us here first and then went other places to take us, try to take us down. That affected many more people than just us here, and this is an American issue. And every one of you people — every one of you — should be out there, honoring what you didn’t have to do, that they did.”
[Watch: Congress sings God Bless America on Capitol steps]
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy held a short remembrance ceremony Wednesday with members of Congress for the nearly 3,000 who lost their lives 18 years ago from the terror attacks on Sept. 11.
