‘The View’ Hosts Are … Happy That Mike Pence Had Classified Docs?

On any other day, all the hosts of ABC’s midday talk show “The View” — save for Republican host Alyssa Farah Griffin — might have trashed former Vice President Mike Pence He discovered classified documents and was shocked to hear of it.

But during Wednesday’s broadcast, the hosts seemed amused and even relieved to hear the news claiming that the reports took some of the sting out of the still-unfolding scandal surrounding President Joe Biden and the multiple classified documents found at his home, in his garage, and at the Penn Biden Center in Washington, D.C.

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Alyssa Farah Griff explains the chaos of the Trump White House transition, leading The View to suspect she may have classified documents.
“So should we be concerned about you? Do you have boxes?” Whoopi questions.
Alyssa responds by smiling, nodding, and laughing. pic.twitter.com/pjSX88alBU

— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) January 25, 2023

Whoopi Goldberg opened the conversation, asking with a laugh whether every former president and vice president should be checking their offices and libraries just to be sure they hadn’t taken anything they shouldn’t have.

Sunny Hostin was first to give Pence a pass. She argued that Pence may have panicked after the January 6th riot on Capitol Hill and had packed in a hurry.

“I feel like now every president and vice president is a suspect,” She said it, adding mocking tones. “Are the documents in the conservatory with the wrench?”

Griffin agreed, explaining that Pence had always been extremely careful when she worked for him — even to the point of doing briefings in the Situation Room just in case anything classified might come up.

She went on to say that she believed the chaos of the transition — and a possible staffer error — was likely the reason classified material had gotten into Pence’s home.

“So should we be concerned about you? Do you have boxes?” Goldberg then asked Griffin for a laugh.

Goldberg then claimed that Biden was under pressure because of the news. “Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.”

Joy Behar is happy that Pence had documents. It supposedly means AG Garland could try to send Trump back in prison.”I thought, maybe Merrick Garland would think it was just politically motivated to go after Trump … Now they don’t have to worry about that…” pic.twitter.com/VdZQM3HHlY

— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) January 25, 2023

Joy Behar stated Pence’s finding of documents gave permission for Attorney General Merrick Galrland to proceed with any investigation he was interested in regarding former President Donald Trump. “I thought, maybe Merrick Garland would think it was just politically motivated to go after Trump … Now they don’t have to worry about that,” She spoke.

Hostin ended by noting that she was an a bit concerned about former President Barack Obama’s legacy — especially if it were later discovered that he had anything classified in his possession.

“But I do feel like now every president and vice president is a suspect,” She continued, adding, “They have been looking to tarnish [Obama’s] legacy forever.”

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