The women of "The View" began their Monday "hot topics" with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), who had more videos come out over the weekend of her saying irrational things and spouting conspiracy theories.
Republican Meghan McCain, whose mother was just censured by the Arizona Republican Party, maintained that the new congresswoman was not representative of the GOP as a whole. Instead, she explained, it's the media who is making Greene into an icon.
"I think the more that the mainstream media continues to come out and say that all Republicans are birthers and crazy people and we believe in space lasers, then the more it makes traditional Republicans, and there's still a lot of them in the country, go back into their corners, and this is becoming very tribal, and I would argue that this is how we got Trump in the first place," said McCain about former President Donald Trump.
She went on to say that she spoke to friends over the weekend, some of whom are still Trump supporters but most don't like Marjorie Taylor Greene and "think she's crazy."
"What's the point of even trying to have an argument if we're all Marjorie Taylor Greene?" McCain asked. "That's the danger. Look. You guys know me. I know you. I'm not like Marjorie Taylor Greene. I'm a republican. I don't believe in birtherism. I don't believe in the confederate flag, but it doesn't matter because as long as it's only Marjorie Taylor Greene, people like me don't matter anymore."
It was an ironic statement because just last week McCain attacked Katie Couric for describing those like Greene as being in a cult and needing to be deprogrammed. So, one week ago, McCain was claiming that she was just like the QAnon crowd that Couric said needed to be fixed and a week later that she's not like "those people."
"In fairness, Greene is giving the media and the public the wrong thing at the wrong moment and is giving people on a silver platter this insanity," McCain continued. "I'm trying to defend the fact this woman isn't like the rest of us, and she's like Steve King, and loud and embarrassing and not effective."
Joy Behar cut in noting that the Republican officials in charge aren't doing anything to stop her. In fact, the GOP has been mum on her antisemitic "Jewish space laser" conspiracy and claim that not only was 9/11 was an inside job, but she also doesn't believe a plane actually hit the Pentagon.
Meanwhile, Republicans have been mum. Sunny Hostin noted that Greene was able to be elected and gain power through the help of top Republicans. Mark Meadows' wife, for example, helped raise money through a leadership PAC for Greene. It was Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Freedom Caucus chair Andy Biggs (R-AZ) who convinced her to get an apartment in the Georgia 14th congressional district to run for office there instead of the Sixth District, where she actually lived.
"She has a lot of support within the Republican Party, and, in fact, Kevin McCarthy appointed her to the Education committee," said Hostin. "I mean, these are facts. Kevin McCarthy was just with Trump. Instead of reprimanding Marjorie Greene or taking her off committees, he was visiting Trump in Mar-a-Lago, and so there's just no question that - this is the Republican Party, and Marjorie Greene is right in the center of it. She is the face of the Republican Party."
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