Meghan McCain defends being the 'big bad Republican' on TV: 'My mere existence triggers the left'
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Meghan McCain defends being the 'big bad Republican' on TV: 'My mere existence triggers the left'
Erin Donnelly, Yahoo Celebrity 6 hours ago
She’s been mocked by Saturday Night Live and John Oliver , grilled by Seth Meyers and accused of being “rude and entitled.” Even so, Meghan McCain has no plans to stand down in the face of criticism.
“I think some people feel the pressure, not just here but on TV in general, when they’re Republicans in front of a liberal audience, to not be the big bad Republican,” McCain says in a new New York Times Magazine feature about her show, The View . “And I don’t care. I should care more, but it’s more important to me to be true to myself.”
Meghan McCain has opened up about being the "big bad Republican" on The View . (Photo: Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
The piece calls the Republican daughter of the late Sen. John McCain the “most combative questioner” on the ABC daytime talk show, and acknowledges that its audience includes “hate-watchers” ready to pounce on the latest round of bickering.
“McCain presses buttons for a certain kind of liberal who finds her views the apotheosis of white privilege — as does her tendency to lose her composure or name-drop her father,” notes writer Amanda FitzSimons.
But McCain defends her outspoken nature.
“The Trump years make everything more heated and more intense,” McCain tells FitzSimons. “I am not here to do cooking segments.”
Nor is she going to be cowed by any negative headlines. On Tuesday, a defiant McCain shared an article accusing the media of trying to “belittle” her. The 34-year-old tweeted that she “triggers the left” but she “can’t stop, won’t stop.”
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Per usual, her comeback to critics has generated more backlash, with commenters accusing her of “playing the victim.”
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I realize my mere existence triggers the left. Can't stop, won't stop. Even with a target on my back...
Christian Toto @HollywoodInToto
Meghan McCain fires back against Seth Meyers ... and then this:
Hollywood, Media Collude to Belittle Meghan McCain https://www. hollywoodintoto.com/snl-journalist s-meghan-mccain-view/ … @ bdomenech
Marc @MostlyMarky
I don’t always agree with you and I tend to dig your fashion choices, but really, victim is not a good look. You’re much better than this.
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She should realize she is only liked by the left when she is bashing Trump. Other than that the left has no more use for her than anyone else that doesn't agree with their ideology.
She should have learned from how her father's running mate was treated by the left. Nasty.
meghan didn't think too much of the teabag trollop either.
I don't remember Meghan displaying any hatred towards her.
The misogynistic and vicious attacks towards Palin should have taught Meghan something.
How many trashy reality TV shows spun-off from The Wasilla Hillbillies?
Palin and her brood became a national embarrassment all by themselves.
Do you even pay attention to the bullying and attacking done by Palin and Trump both? Sometimes i agree with Meghan and sometimes I don't. She dishes it out and needs to be able to take it when we think she is full of crap. I would not call her a bully who attacks like Palin and Trump though.
True, but that was well after the campaign. Democrats attacked her family including her children through the campaign. It was all very disgusting.
People with an IQ higher than room temperature only laughed at Caribou Barbie. Who would take the TEAparty nut seriously?
Were we supposed to ignore their hypocrisy when she made them an issue of her campaign?
She threw her family front and center, all the while trying to push a false narrative. Trying to push a version of her family that did not exist.
Most people could see right through that.
Of course we were!
Key word is "most"
But there are some who didn't and still don't
True.
Odd really. From the son getting thrown in jail and having a violent temper, drunken brawls, the daughter preaching abstinence while having children with multiple partners out of wedlock, etc.
They just could not tell the truth about anything.
The Palin's were The Shitshow of RW Shitshows until Meghan came along.
Every day You Tube has clips of her being entitled, clueless and insensitive,
That wasn't going to happen. I won't delude myself that it wasn't going on. That religious wackjob wasn't even a decent liar.
I don't remember Trump running in 2008.
Wow.... a lot of triggered folks...are we feeling defensive for some reason?
He made comments that he was considering running. His bloated ego needs for him to stay in the limelight.
Are supposed to ignore yours?
Apparently the whole "respect for a woman's body image" only applies if the woman in question is a card carrying angry liberal.
Am I a card-carrying angry liberal?
Good grief, some of us pay attention to what people are saying over the course of a very long time. Trump isn't exactly an introvert.
I submit the triggered are the ones who jump to the defense of assholes and defend ballsy broads who dish it out regularly but can't take it back.
I only get membership cards from the ACLU.
“He’s not a war hero, He was a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren’t captured.”
"The very foul mouthed Sen. John McCain begged for my support during his primary (I gave, he won), then dropped me over locker room remarks!"
after being called out on his multiple deferments allowing him to dodge the draft...
“I had a doctor that gave me a letter — a very strong letter on the heels,”
“I’m being very nice. I’m being very, very nice. But at some point I fight back, and it won’t be pretty,”
after Senator McCain passed:
“I never was a fan of John McCain, and I never will be,”
"Spreading the fake and totally discredited Dossier “is unfortunately a very dark stain against John McCain.”
"He had far worse 'stains' than this, including thumbs down on repeal and replace after years of campaigning to repeal and replace!"
“So it was indeed (just proven in court papers) ‘last in his class’ (Annapolis) John McCain that sent the Fake Dossier to the FBI"
Only a true Neanderthal with below room temperature IQ, no ethics, morals, pride or standards could be that triggered by a dead man.
Why don't you ask Jack, instead of following me around like a lost puppy?
Who said anything about me being triggered 24-7?
If you respect veterans you certainly should be bothered.
Still Trump. Just because you're not triggered by Trump being triggered makes about as much difference as a drop of Vaseline to two flies fucking.
Where was that respect from the left when McCain was running for president. The Dems and cohorts painted him as a traitor while he was captured.
Funny, you think the left would be slapping Trump on the back for following their lead; but I guess he is missing that all important D behind his name.
Not true, looks like she has some nice cans, so there is that.
Another possible victim of testosterone poisoning..............
She hasn't really been targeted by the left since her fathers passing. It's pretty much been all hate coming from the alt-right and Trump sycophants angry with her father having a backbone, which virtually every other Republican in the Senate and Congress are apparently missing, even when he was fighting cancer. I didn't always agree with her fathers policy, or hers for that matter, but they've never used the caustic hate for others to try and win an argument. Her father would fight hard on policy but remained not only civil but stayed friends even with those across the aisle he was fighting. Something todays worthless Republican representatives have abandoned for a total scorched earth policy even though the ones on the other side are other American citizens.
Meghan McCain is the Chloe Kardashian of Politics. She earned nothing herself...
This is her history and legacy. All she does is say things then say she was attacked.
Hell several days ago it was all about her and saying on air that Bran was the new king in GOT.
Say something, claim victim, say something else, claim victim again.
Sorry Meghan but you are not the only one in the public sphere that this happens to.
She is a nothing but a pundit and acting like she is the one triggered.
Lots of triggered folks here commenting. Which only proves her point even more ..... driving the truth stake even further through the heart of the triggered.
You preach girl!
Amen.
2nd that
The View is important culturally. I guess Meghan is the best the right has...
The View was a fairly good show until Barbara Walters lost control of it.
Then it became another mouthpiece for the left.
Not surprised when you factor in who controls the networks.
Most of them where former Democrat officials or married to one.
The View was not on my radar for the longest time but my ancient Mom has been a fan for years. I only started watching recently and find Meghan unsufferable. She can only relate to herself. She sounds like an opera singer warming up, "ME ME ME ME ME"...
It wasn't bad, until they let Joyless Behar dominate the dialogue.
Never watch it myself, it has just become ugly.
I never watch the show but it seems like they always tried to have one republican leaning person on. Even with the Survivor contestant woman.
And yet you don't mock or criticize other women, do you?
That's, um, "Hillaryous"...
Awe, you are tying to equate a comment about Behar making fun of her name by calling her joyless to late night host on national TV making jokes about someone raping children and calling Palin a slut, which is viewed by millions.
How cute.
Yes, I'm sure "Abuela" would approve
See JBB's comment directly above yours.
Give it rest.
Can't defend your position, eh?
If calling her Joyless gets your knickers all twisted, then I suggest you look away at the horror.
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But, please continue with the nonsense.
I didn't say my knickers were twisted but it's obvious you can't defend your own hypocrisy.
But, please, carry on.
What are you babbling on about?
What hypocrisy? [Member's underwear are not part of the topic]
I'm not wearing knickers so they're not twisted.
You know what I'm talking about, but I am done with this conversation
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Knickers are pants to me. I wouldn't discuss underwear.
And starting stupid shit like this has value?
You let this stand? Very disappointed in the moderation.
I wouldn't make that assumption. It kind of implies everyone else on The View is the best the left has.
If she wasn't John McCain's daughter her chances of being on television would be slim and none.
There are some who may take your use of the word 'slim' as a personal attack on our dear Meghan. You know, the 'transparent skinned' righties.
Probably not, but we can say that about a lot of politician's kids...
Chelsea comes to mind -
Meghan McCain, 'Big Bad Republican?' Uh, she want to take away the birth control too?
It would seem that Dear Megan thinks too highly of herself. IMHO, her mere existence would not really trigger a cricket. It seems she is trying to rate herself on the same scale as her Father, but, she does not have the merits, nor the credibility as her Father had. If she did, she would not bother putting on such a show to try and boost her image.
JMOO
The current model for so many shows these days is to cast people as being at opposite ends of the political spectrum and send them out on stage to argue over pretty much everything. Several panel shows have their "villain" at the far end of the spectrum.
I don't love this format for TV, but I do give a little credit to the people who are willing to play that villain day and in day out. It has to be frustrating some days and I don't doubt that you get all sorts of feedback from lunatic viewers who sound like they might be dangerous.