Whoopi Goldberg Finally TELLS OFF Meghan McCain In Epic Shouting Match On ‘The View’!

Well, it was only a matter of time.

We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again we’re sure — Meghan McCain has got to get better at this TV format!

The Republican pundit has brought a real combative energy to her time on The View, grilling guests but not listening to their answers, constantly interrupting her co-hosts but clutching her pearls whenever someone interrupts her, just generally treating what was designed to be a healthy conversation as a full contact sport in which she needs to score points for her side at all costs.

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And on Monday it finally crossed the line for elder stateswoman Whoopi Goldberg.

Not too surprisingly, the topic which sent the table off the rails was the impeachment of Donald Trump. First Meghan talked about how spending a lot of time on the impeachment process would hurt Democrats politically, A) because it’s all a game to her and she doesn’t care if it’s the constitutionally mandated duty of Congress to ensure the President obeys the law and/or B) because all of her takes are just the accepted political wisdom she’s been fed her whole life.

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Later, Sunny Hostin talked about how many of the Republicans in the Senate were being hypocritical as they personally voted to impeach Bill Clinton but refused to even entertain it as a possibility for Trump, no matter how much evidence.

Meghan interrupted to defend herself and once again describe her credentials, saying:

“My job here is not to litigate the ethics of it. I’m an ABC political analyst along with being a View cohost. My job is to analyze the politics of it, and I’m telling you the politics of this…”

Sunny interrupted to say she wasn’t talking about Meghan at all but about Senate Republicans — and of course when she got interrupted Meghan threw a fit again, saying:

“Just let me finish, I let you talk.”

Did she though? Because it doesn’t sound like she was listening at all.

Moderator Whoopi took over to toss to commercial, which just made Meghan raise her voice even more to speak over her, shouting:

“Do you want to hear a conservative perspective on the show ever?”

This was too much for Whoopi. She stopped what she was saying and said:

“Girl, please stop talking. Please stop talking right now. Cuz you know what?”

FINALLY!!!

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Meghan, who acts like she’s never been told to stop talking in her life, responded immediately:

“No problem.”

And Whoopi was happy for it to be over, saying simply:

“Thank you.”

That’s when Meghan went full petulant teenager on her, and said:

“I won’t talk for the rest of the show, no problem.”

Well, Whoopi had had ENOUGH. She responded as any fed up parent would, saying:

“OK. I’m okay with that. I’m okay with that. If you’re going to behave like this.”

(Cue the audience OOHS!)

Meghan protested:

“I’m not behaving like anything. I’m trying to show conservative perspective.”

She still has no idea when she’s being rude and off-putting. It’s always politics to her. Whoopi tried to set her straight, saying:

“You are. You are talking over people… We understand that, but what you’re doing is you’re…”

Then she realized she’d been dragged down into this with someone who wasn’t listening to her and said NOPE gotta cut to commercial:

“…We’re not doing anything, how bout this, we’ll be right back!”

After they returned from break, it was like nothing ever happened. Mostly. Meghan did stay pretty quiet during the following segment.

Ch-ch-check out video of the tense moment (below)

Meghan has GOT to learn to listen to people! That’s what is supposed to make The View different!

Look, sometimes it makes for hilarious viral memes, but mostly it makes viewers who were otherwise enjoying this way of learning about political issues just want to turn off their damn TVs. After all, these are the kinds of shouting matches between talking heads that made everyone hate cable news political debate shows in the first place. You may have noticed the shows with the best ratings on those channels these days are just preaching to the choir, not actually changing hearts and minds. The View is a show that reaches millions, and those people are better off seeing liberals and conservatives who can have a civilized conversation and find common ground.

Sorry, Meghan, but this ain’t how it’s done.

[Image via The View/ABC.]

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