{"id":2246179,"date":"2024-05-16T16:04:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T20:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-view-loses-its-hive-mind-over-harrison-butker-remarks\/"},"modified":"2024-05-16T16:05:50","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T20:05:50","slug":"the-view-loses-its-hive-mind-over-harrison-butker-remarks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-view-loses-its-hive-mind-over-harrison-butker-remarks\/","title":{"rendered":"The View&#8217; Divided on Harrison Butker Comments"},"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\">14<\/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%2Fthe-view-loses-its-hive-mind-over-harrison-butker-remarks%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=2246179&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>The hosts of\u200b ABC&#8217;s \u200b&#8221;The View&#8221; discussed Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker criticizing President Biden and DEI \u200cefforts. Whoopi Goldberg\u2064 defended his\u200b right to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/project-veritas-strips-cnn-naked\/\" title=\"Project Veritas Strips CNN Naked\">free speech<\/a> despite\u2063 differing views. Cohost\u200b Sara Haines supported free speech but viewed Butker&#8217;s beliefs as extreme. The discussion showcased diverse perspectives on freedom of expression\u2062 and differing religious beliefs. The hosts of ABC&#8217;s &#8220;The View&#8221; delved into the topic\u2062 of Kansas City Chiefs kicker \u2063Harrison Butker critiquing President Biden and DEI initiatives. Whoopi Goldberg \u200cstood up for Butker&#8217;s freedom of \u2062speech, while Sara Haines acknowledged the importance of free speech but noted Butker&#8217;s beliefs\u2062 as extreme. The exchange highlighted varying viewpoints on free expression and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illinois-might-mandate-teachers-to-embrace-progressive-viewpoints\/\" title=\"Illinois Might Mandate Teachers To \u2018Embrace\u2019 Progressive Viewpoints\">religious convictions<\/a>.  <\/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>The cohosts of ABC\u2019s \u201cThe View\u201d spent nearly an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-complains-about-fox-news-chyrons-regarding-biden-ignoring-networks-own-chyrons-during-trump\/\" title=\"CNN Complains About Fox News Chyrons Regarding Biden, Ignoring Network\u2019s Own Chyrons During Trump\">entire segment complaining<\/a> about Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker and his recent commencement speech criticizing both President Joe Biden and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>Cohost Whoopi Goldberg kicked off Thursday\u2019s broadcast by saying that while she did not personally share Butker\u2019s views on those topics, she believed it was important for him to have the same right to free speech and expression that everyone else had.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s at a Catholic college, he\u2019s a staunch Catholic. These are his beliefs and he\u2019s welcome to them, I don\u2019t have to believe them, I don\u2019t have to accept them,\u201d Goldberg said. \u201cThe same way we want respect when Colin Kaepernick takes a knee, we want to give respect to people whose ideas are different from ours.\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\">Pretend-moderate Sara Haines claims Butker is &#8220;practicing&#8221; an &#8220;extremist&#8221; and &#8220;cult-like&#8221; sect of Catholicism like &#8220;some religions in the Middle East.&#8221;<br \/>&#8220;This is a very extreme religion,&#8221; she adds &#8220;as a Christian.&#8221;<br \/>She claims he&#8217;s &#8220;not walking with Jesus&#8221; and oppressing people. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Tv8odaIMr9\">pic.twitter.com\/Tv8odaIMr9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NickFondacaro\/status\/1791126180336193659?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 16, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Cohost Sara Haines weighed in next, saying that she agreed that free speech was important but pushing back a bit on Goldberg\u2019s comparison to Kaepernick. She claimed that Butker was practicing something \u201cdivergent\u201d from mainstream Catholicism that was \u201ccult-like\u201d and \u201cextremist,\u201d comparing his belief system to \u201csome religions in the Middle East.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a very extreme religion,\u201d Haines continued. \u201cAnd what bothers me about that as a Christian is that when people abuse Christianity they often not only cherry pick from the Bible, they misinterpret and lie by omission.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She went on to say that Butker was \u201cnot walking with Jesus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cohost Alyssa Farah Griffin followed Haines up by complaining about the fact that he mentioned DEI at all \u2014 noting that it was not in the Bible \u2014 and suggesting that if he was going to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/devout-catholic-president-makes-sign-of-the-cross-at-pro-abortion-rally\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">critical of Biden<\/a>, he should have also mentioned former President Donald Trump.<\/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=1715966858845000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0CjpKbgEgpCXchCtotzUFs\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">She claims Butker was &#8220;alienat[ing] certain parts of scripture&#8221; by being against same-sex relationships.<br \/>While picking the convenient parts of the Bible, she accuses him of &#8220;:pick[ing] the convenient parts&#8221; of the Bible. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Lq4ehswAJx\">pic.twitter.com\/Lq4ehswAJx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NickFondacaro\/status\/1791128275416219793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 16, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Griffin concluded by arguing that Butker \u201cchose to target the LGBTQ community\u201d in his comments, something that she said amounted to \u201calienat[ing] certain parts of scripture\u201d and \u201cpick[ing] the convenient parts\u201d of the Bible.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ABC\u2019s \u201cThe View\u201d cohosts dedicated much of a segment to criticizing Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker for his controversial commencement speech targeting President Biden and DEI efforts. Whoopi Goldberg, a cohost, initiated Thursday\u2019s show denouncing Butker&#8217;s opinions, setting a tone of disagreement<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":2246180,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2023\/10\/GettyImages-1250856244.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2246179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2023\/10\/GettyImages-1250856244.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2246179","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=2246179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2246179\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2246180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2246179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2246179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2246179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}