The View’s Meghan McCain slams leftists who want ‘violence against Republicans’ over Liz Cheney’s Biden fist-bump

THE VIEW’S Meghan McCain called Republicans as “tribal” in how they treat Republicans who interact with Democrats, like how Liz Cheney fist-bumped Joe Biden after his speech on Wednesday.

After Representative Liz Cheney was seen fist-bumping the president following his first address to Congress, conservatives began blasting her online – but McCain came to her defense and said the party was “tribal.”

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McCain slammed both Republicans and Democrats for making gestures across party lines a big deal[/caption]

“This isn’t new. It reminds me of when Chris Christie hugged President Obama after Hurricane Sandy and it basically ruined his chances to become president,” McCain said during Friday’s show.

“Now I’m not surprised by it. I think Republicans are tribal, and right now, we were sold a bill of goods of President Biden being a moderate and reaching across the aisle,” she continued.

“And other than visibly fist-bumping, he should be doing things that are more concrete, like actually working together on bills and things to fix the country,” the co-host went on.

“But I really like Liz Cheney, I liked Liz Cheney for a long time,” McCain continued. “I like independent people, I like independent thinkers, I like anybody who’s the daughter of a politician who shows that we can actually be successful and it’s not all just nepotism.”

However, when co-host Joy Behar pushed back against the idea of conservatives railing against one of their members, McCain pushed back as well.

“This tribalism thing is one thing, but this is just a matter of common courtesy,” Behar said. “They freaked out over it. You could disagree with Biden’s policies till the cows come home. That doesn’t mean you can’t shake a person’s hand.”

McCain wanted to point out both parties were to blame.

“Then don’t tell people to go up and be violent towards Republicans in restaurants and people in the Trump administration, like Congresswoman Maxine Waters did,” McCain responded.

“Let’s call a spade a spade here, the left is just as bad,” she ended.

McCain was referring to recent comments Waters made regarding the trial of Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd, saying people should go up and protest should Chauvin have been found not guilty.

She also was referring to a string of incidences of people asking Republicans in restaurants why they voted against a certain bill intended to help the country.