Those who have been persevering through the Meghan McCain era of The View were richly rewarded on Monday when Whoopi Goldberg took the conservative commentator out behind the woodshed. To many, it was a thing of beauty. “Girl, please stop talking. Stop talking right now,” Goldberg fired at McCain, who had been talking over her fellow panelist Sunny Hostin on the subject of impeachment.
McCain did not stop talking, and instead behaved sullenly while snipping that she wouldn’t talk for the rest of the show. “I’m OK, I’m OK with that, if you are going to behave like this,” Goldberg continued, to audible gasps from the audience. Suffice to say, it was the moment many viewers had been waiting for, if the response on social media was any indication.
Since the incident went down, McCain has been tweeting in her own defense — which is fine and all that. However she should have perhaps reconsidered a tweet on Tuesday morning in which she seemingly compared herself to Daenerys Targaryen from Game of Thrones.
“Good morning – to all the fellow conservative ‘girls’ who won’t be quiet,” McCain wrote, along with a GIF of Dany and Drogon.
Good morning – to all the fellow conservative “girls” who won’t be quiet. pic.twitter.com/958DzFDAEp
— Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) December 17, 2019
Did she, uh, finish watching the final season? That was the question on quite a few minds, as well as other pointed observations about the comparison, which was maybe a little bit more apt than she had been intending.
She ended up a genocidal monster who had to be killed to save the world so…. https://t.co/DxWkK2pcfV
— Mikki Kendall (@Karnythia) December 17, 2019
Claiming entitlement to power because of who their dad is
— 🇵🇸 Do you hear the people sing? (@thrillout) December 17, 2019
Arya would’ve been the smarter choice … but she tried. pic.twitter.com/FhkaR1o6Vq
— Summer’s Mom – 🇮🇱🇺🇦 (@DeniseTut) December 17, 2019
Ready for meghan to tweet her own head superimposed on thanos
— Ned Pyle (@NerdPyle) December 17, 2019
https://twitter.com/Crawf33/status/1206948812083912704
What? pic.twitter.com/tL6DWP7TpF
— THEE Elliott w/ 2 Ts (@Elliottw2Ts) December 17, 2019
https://twitter.com/breezely1462/status/1206948800423698434
You represent the class of women who've always been given space and a voice and a seat. That's why you feel so comfortable talking over everyone else and then cry victim when someone tells you no. https://t.co/oJ2xcFv2n8
— END ALL COLONIALISM, FREE PALESTINE (@BreeNewsome) December 17, 2019
This ain’t it, Aryan Lannister.
— The Volatile Mermaid (@OhNoSheTwitnt) December 17, 2019
https://twitter.com/DavidKlion/status/1206942872139915264
For what it’s worth, Goldberg cleared the air at the beginning of Tuesday’s show, admitting that sometimes “things go off the rails” when you have a table full of women with strong opinions. Still, a little self reflection couldn’t hurt, either.
.@WhoopiGoldberg and @MeghanMcCain address heated comments on Monday's show: "We're really passionate — this is our jobs," Goldberg says. "Sometimes it goes off the rails — and it does."
"We fight like we're family — it's all good," McCain adds. https://t.co/f8u2wc159S pic.twitter.com/3CNUbWgiuV— The View (@TheView) December 17, 2019