Ted Cruz’s controversial appearance on ‘The View’
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During Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R-Texas) Monday appearance on ABC News’s show “The View,” he was interrupted by a protest from within the New York City studio. Cruz was answering a question about the economic difficulties facing Americans when a group of protestors began shouting “Vote for climate now!” forcing the network to cut to a sudden commercial break. When the interview resumed, Cruz was grilled by co-hosts on the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol and political violence, for which he accused Democrats of being hypocritical.
The Hill wrote a centrist article detailing the interruption of Cruz’s Monday interview with Whoopi Goldberg. It was reported that although Cruz ignored the protestors and attempted to finish his answer. Goldberg addressed the audience, saying, “Excuse me, let us do our jobs. We hear what you have to say, but you have to go.” The Hill also reported that co-host Ana Navarro apologized to Cruz after the show returned from the sudden commercial break.
A left-leaning article by The Washington Post does not mention the interruption and instead highlights Cruz’s inconsistency in both denouncing former President Donald Trump’s incitement of the Jan. 6 riots due to claims of election fraud while also pledging to provide evidence before the Supreme Court for voter fraud during the 2020 general election.
A right-leaning article by Fox News highlighted the supposed hypocrisy of the hosts of ABC News’s “The View” regarding their stance on the legitimacy of elections and political strife. It described Cruz’s Monday appearance on the network in which co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin “grilled” Cruz on the Jan. 6 riots at the Capitol. Cruz conceded that President Joe Biden was elected but pointed out that Democrats, including the hosts, often levied claims of election fraud when Democratic candidates lose—the very thing they accuse Republicans of doing.