Donald Trump miraculously survived an assassination attempt on his life on Saturday.
The former president was targeted by Thomas Matthew Crooks – a 20-year-old who had previously donated $15 to progressive causes. His motive remains officially “unclear” (though it’s pretty obvious) and little about his background is known.
Nevertheless, it’s pertinent that he had a long interest in rifles having had a membership at a local shooting club as well as allegedly failing to make his high school rifle team due to poor aim.
So, who did The View choose to blame for this attack with no known motive?
White men, of course!
Specifically, co-hosts Ana Navarro and Joy Behar pointed the accessibility to guns for white men.
“[The assassin] was a 20-year-old, lone wolf, White, whack job with easy access to a gun,” said Navarro. “It wasn’t a drag queen, it wasn’t an immigrant, it wasn’t a pissed off liberal woman – and this keeps happening.”
Behar was equally critical, questioning why a “20-year-old White guy” was not reported for purchasing 50 rounds of ammunition prior to the shooting. This is especially bizarre once you consider that among the male demographic, white men are the second *least* likely to commit gun homicides (after Asians,) with Black men committing such offenses at 20 times the rate of white men in some years.
Neither Navarro nor Behar referenced the hostile political climate which contributed to the first assassination attempt on a U.S. President in 43 years. Arguably, both politicians and the mainstream media have contributed to such a divisive atmosphere, which many were keen to point out on social media platform X.
Others questioned why The View had been permitted to air in the wake of the weekend’s events when Morning Joe had been pulled by MSNBC.
