{"id":2240470,"date":"2024-05-08T19:40:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T23:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ben-shapiro-fires-back-after-the-view-guest-questions-his-intellect-im-ready-to-take-on-this-extraordinary-intellectual-challenge\/"},"modified":"2024-05-08T19:41:18","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T23:41:18","slug":"ben-shapiro-fires-back-after-the-view-guest-questions-his-intellect-im-ready-to-take-on-this-extraordinary-intellectual-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ben-shapiro-fires-back-after-the-view-guest-questions-his-intellect-im-ready-to-take-on-this-extraordinary-intellectual-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Shapiro Responds to &#8216;The View&#8217; Guest&#8217;s Challenge: &#8216;Ready for This Intellectual Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fben-shapiro-fires-back-after-the-view-guest-questions-his-intellect-im-ready-to-take-on-this-extraordinary-intellectual-challenge%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2240470&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former Rep. Bakari Sellers criticized Ben Shapiro and Clay\u200c Travis on &#8220;The View&#8221; for lacking the intellect for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/girl-scouts-push-anti-racism-guide-that-claims-color-blindness-perpetuates-racism\/\" title=\"Girl Scouts Push \u2018Anti-Racism\u2019 Guide That Claims Color-Blindness \u2018Perpetuates Racism\u2019\">honest discussions<\/a>. He\u200b called out Tucker \u2063Carlson and accused him of monetizing racism. Shapiro responded, willing to engage \u200din an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-u-s-ambassador-jon-huntsman-halts-millions-in-funding-from-penn-over-its-response-to-hamas-attacks\/\" title=\"Former U.S. Ambassador Jon Huntsman stops Penn's funding due to its inadequate response to Hamas attacks.\">intellectual dialogue<\/a>. Sellers highlighted the issue of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-biden-needs-ukraine-war-to-tank-foreign-economies-and-boost-his-own\/\" title=\"China: Biden Needs Ukraine War to Tank Foreign Economies and Boost His Own\">spreading fear<\/a> and hate \u2064in media. Whoopi Goldberg reacted as Sellers discussed the impact of\u2062 individuals\u2064 like Travis and Shapiro.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>Former Rep. Bakari Sellers (D-SC) made an appearance on Wednesday\u2019s broadcast of \u201cThe View,\u201d where he claimed that Daily Wire Editor Emeritus <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/ben-shapiro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ben Shapiro<\/a> and OutKick founder Clay Travis lacked the \u201cintellect\u201d to have honest discussions \u2014 and now Shapiro would like a word.<\/p>\n<p>Joy Behar began the conversation, noting that ousted Fox News Tucker Carlson had accused Sellers of using his platform as a CNN political analyst to \u201cmonetize racism.\u201d Sellers objected, claiming that Carlson was the one monetizing racism when he talked about the Great Replacement Theory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s rooted in white supremacy, and it\u2019s fear. It\u2019s grievance,\u201d Sellers said, claiming that all it did was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/asians-are-victims-of-white-supremacy-narrative-comes-from-activists-pushing-policies-rejected-by-many-asians\/\" title=\"\u2018Asians Are Victims Of White Supremacy\u2019 Narrative Comes From Activists Pushing Policies Rejected By Many Asians\">foment hate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He went on to call out both Travis and Shapiro by name as host Whoopi Goldberg appeared to shake her head and laugh. \u201cAnd the problem is that they have ads that play before and ads that play after, and you have these individuals \u2014 the Clay Travises of the world, the Ben Shapiros of the world, who don\u2019t necessarily have the intellect to have honest discussions, but yet they are able to become millionaires because they\u2019re actually just circulizing and promulgating this fear.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shapiro responded a short time later, posting on X, \u201cHey, @theview, would love to come on to discuss. It\u2019ll be tough, but I\u2019m ready to take on this extraordinary intellectual challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hey, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheView?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@theview<\/a>, would love to come on to discuss. It\u2019ll be tough, but I\u2019m ready to take on this extraordinary intellectual challenge.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GIqH3NSbSc\">pic.twitter.com\/GIqH3NSbSc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/benshapiro\/status\/1788255775887880610?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 8, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Wednesday marked the latest episode in the ongoing saga, as former cohost Meghan McCain had tried (but failed) several times to convince producers to invite Shapiro to join the show as a guest. Despite their steadfast refusal to speak to him directly, the cohosts appear only too happy to call him out from the safety of their table.<\/p>\n<p>Travis also responded to Sellers\u2019 comments, saying that he too would be happy to step up to the table on the ABC midday talk show.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven with my lowly intellectual capacity, I would go on The View and have a debate with the hosts. Would be incredible TV. Given my intelligence was just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-slammed-for-banning-travel-from-india-after-what-he-said-when-trump-banned-travel-from-china\/\" title=\"Biden Slammed For Banning Travel From India After What He Said When Trump Banned Travel From China\">directly attacked<\/a> by name on their show, it seems only fair to allow me on and let their audience decide what to think of me,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Even with my lowly intellectual capacity, I would go on The View and have a debate with the hosts. Would be incredible TV. Given my intelligence was just directly attacked by name on their show, it seems only fair to allow me on and let their audience decide what to think of me.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClayTravis\/status\/1788249736446611741?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 8, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Rep. Bakari Sellers (D-SC) criticized Ben Shapiro and Clay Travis on &#8220;The View,&#8221; questioning their intellect for honest discussions. Shapiro is eager to defend his position. Joy Behar initiated the discussion by mentioning Tucker Carlson&#8217;s departure from Fox News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":2240471,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/01\/Ben.jpg-scaled-e1706227956416.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2240470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/01\/Ben.jpg-scaled-e1706227956416.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2240470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2240470"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2240470\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2240471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2240470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2240470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2240470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}