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“The View” co-hosts called out Democratic lawmakers who missed Tuesday’s vote on a resolution to impeach Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on Wednesday’s show.
Some Democrats expressed frustration this week after nearly a dozen Democratic lawmakers missed Tuesday night’s impeachment vote involving Hegseth. While several lawmakers said they were stuck in traffic or attending other events, the absences drew criticism from voters and commentators.
“The ones in traffic really annoyed me, I have to say,” co-host Joy Behar said, noting some who cited traffic as their reason for not being able to appear. “I know what time I’m getting somewhere. I have a Waze thing, you ever tried that? Nancy Pelosi, was she one of them?”
“She was doing a veterans event,” Goldberg replied as others confirmed Pelosi was one of the 11 lawmakers who failed to appear.
US Representative Nancy Pelosi, Democrat from California, missed the impeachment vote for Secretary of War Pete Hegseth. (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images)
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“But the vote matters,” Alyssa Farah Griffin replied.
“The fact that Haley Stevens didn’t show up was no surprise to anybody,” Sunny Hostin said.
“She probably couldn’t find the train station,” Goldberg joked.
“This was really a self-inflicted wound on the Democrats, and that’s the part that’s frustrating,” Sara Haines said. “Everyone called, voters, show up at the poll, make your voice known, change, change, change, America showed up at those polls and said, ‘please help us’ and one week later you can’t show up at work. It’s a bad look!”
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Co-host Sunny Hostin said it was not a surprise that Haley Stevens missed the vote. (Gary Gershoff/Getty Images)
Haines later added, “I blame a little on leadership because you need to keep the group together, but mostly I blame it on the individuals for not showing up for their work.”
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ABC’s “The View” co-hosts, Joy Behar, Sara Haines, Whoopi Goldberg, Alyssa Farah Griffin and Sunny Hostin during the show on May 1, 2024. (Lou Rocco/Getty Images)
Dan Turrentine, who co-hosts “The Huddle” and is a former Democratic strategist, told Fox News Digital: “Seven Republicans and 11 Democrats missed. This is unfortunately common during a Lame Duck, as some elected’s leaving are done with the place,” he wrote. “But, in this instance, on the Democratic side, most did not plan or intend to miss. It’s embarrassing for the individuals and the party, and a good reminder of the most important aspect of being a representative — voting.”
Fox News Digital reached out to Stevens and Pelosi for comment but did not immediately receive responses.
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