The View Hosts Scold John Fetterman For Speaking To Trump: "I Didn't Love The Optics"

The hosts of ABC News� �The View� took turns scolding Senator John Fetterman
(D-PA) on Monday, first for taking a meeting with President Donald Trump and
then for daring to vote in favor of any of his cabinet appointments.

Ana Navarro, who self-identifies as a Republican despite her insistence on
supporting and defending former President Joe Biden and even hosting one
evening of the 2024 Democratic National Convention, went after Fetterman
first.

�You did get a lot of criticism for it from some people who thought you going
to Mar-a-Lago gave cover to Trump by creating this illusion that he�s
amenable to working with Democrats,� she said of Fetterman�s visit with Trump
at his Florida home. She then boasted that she had supported Republicans who
crossed the aisle to work with Biden � before lambasting Democrats who dared
to work across the aisle when the other side was Trump.

�I was very supportive when people like Mitt Romney and Rob Portman worked
with Joe Biden, so I understand the need for bipartisanship,� she said, and
then immediately pivoted: �I didn�t love the optics of you going to Mar-a-
Lago, he was going to � which is his palace. He was going to be in Washington
a week later.�

WATCH:

Sunny Hostin is bewildered by Fetterman calling the New York's case
against Trump politically motivated.
"I think I like to call it strikes and balls, but the judicial system
has to remain impartial. I mean, that's really the cornerstone of our
society," he said. pic.twitter.com/LUyA7G9TFu

� Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) January 27, 2025

Cohost Sunny Hostin joined the fray then, complaining that Fetterman had
called out the politically motivated nature of the hush-money case against
Trump in Manhattan.

�Just for clarification, did you mean that the 34-count case in which Donald
Trump was found guilty of various financial crimes was politically
motivated?� Hostin pressed.

�I found that when the judicial system gets weaponized, and targeted
political enemies for political gain, I think that�s inappropriate, and I
think that degrades our collective trust in this very important institution,�
Fetterman pushed back, arguing that it was wrong no matter which side was
guilty of such action.

�I think I like to call it strikes and balls, but the judicial system has to
remain impartial. I mean, that�s really the cornerstone of our society,� he
added.

Whoopi Goldberg stepped in to deflect away from the political prosecution of
Trump, asking the audience, �Wouldn�t that be great if that�s the way that
things actually worked?�

After the commercial break, Hostin kept at it, saying that many Democrats
were frustrated because Fetterman appeared to have �made a rightward shift.�
By way of evidence, Hostin listed his previous meeting with the incoming
President of the United States, the fact that he joined Truth Social, and his
support of border security and fracking � the latter of which sustains many
jobs in his home state of Pennsylvania.

WATCH:

Ana Navarro whines to Fetterman about voting in support of some of
Trump's nominees (including Secretary Rubio, who she once supported
for that job). She also ragged him for doing his job and taking
"meetings with some of the most controversial appointees."
pic.twitter.com/6pmMCQPd2d

� Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) January 27, 2025

Navarro brought the topic back around to Trump�s cabinet nominees,
complaining that Fetterman had met with them on Capitol Hill � which he has
repeatedly said he�d do because the Senate is called to �advise and consent�
� and that he�d even voted for a few of them. One she listed specifically was
Secretary of State Marco Rubio � a longtime friend of hers for whom she had
voiced support just weeks earlier.