Deja ‘View’: Heated Conversation On ABC Talk Show Recalls Old Days Of Meghan McCain & Trump 1.0

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Donald Trump hasn’t even taken office yet and today there was already a sense of discord and bad vibes on The View that has barely been seen since You Know Who’s first term and Meghan McCain’s tenure on the ABC daytime talk show.

A heated, cross-talking debate on school vouchers between liberal prosecutor Sunny Hostin and Republican (and former Trump staffer) Alyssa Farah Griffin was interrupted several times by an increasingly frustrated Whoopi Goldberg whose attempt at moderating the discussion was met with continued arguing. “Don’t make me shut this bad boy down again,” an angry Goldberg said after Hostin and Griffin resumed their cross-talking even after a commercial break that seemed meant to calm things down.

The debate – Hostin is opposed to vouchers, Griffin in favor – came during a Hot Topics discussion of Trump’s intention to name conservative megadonor Linda McMahon as his secretary of education (as well as the president-elect’s stated desire to abolish the Department of Education).

After the discussion moved toward the subject of school choice and vouchers, Griffin explained her support of both by saying, “If you’re in a school that’s falling behind and your parent wants to give you the opportunity to get a leg up…a parent should be able to make the best choice for their student.” Hostin took the opposite position. “What happens with vouchers, the studies show very clearly that they fund students who are already attending private schools, so people with money get those vouchers and use the vouchers to pay less for their private schools and their kids go on to do well.