OPINION (Charisma) – Tuesday on ‘The View,’ the liberal hosts displayed sudden respect for fired White House staffer Omarosa Manigault after the controversial figure took her fame to reality television to spread malicious gossip about the Trump White House. With the exception of Meghan McCain, the hosts touted Omarosa’s supposed “leaks” about Vice President Mike Pence’s “scary” Christianity on CBS’s Celebrity Big Brother this week, as gospel-truth. Mid-discussion hosts Meghan McCain and Sunny Hostin got into a fight over what “value voters” meant, and Hostin incredulously denied being a liberal, when McCain addressed her as such, seemingly just to make McCain look foolish.
After playing the clip from Celebrity Big Brother, where Omarosa trashes Pence as an “extreme Christian” who has conversations with Jesus, the panel took turns taking shots at the vice president’s faith. Hostin, who identifies as Catholic, called Pence’s Christianity “dangerous:” When you have a Mike Pence who now puts this religious veneer on things and who calls people values voters, I think we’re this a dangerous situation. Look I’m Catholic.
I’m a faithful person, but I don’t know that I want my vice president, um—speaking in tongues and having Jesus speak to him. While Joy Behar decided to mock Pence instead, suggesting he had a “mental illness.” “Like I said before, it’s one thing to talk to Jesus. It’s another thing when Jesus talks to you,” she warned. Hostin agreed as the audience clapped. “Exactly. That’s different!” she gushed. “That’s called mental illness if I’m not correct. Hearing voices,” Behar quipped. READ MORE
