The View’s Token Republican Cheers Walz Deploying Guard Against ICE

While ignoring how an ICE agent was attacked and beaten by three men (including an illegal) the previous night and the local police were given stand-down orders to live ICE lives forfeit, the cast of ABC’s The View praised far-left Governor Tim Walz for prepping his state’s National Guard to be deployed against ICE. Among these were faux conservative Alyssa Farah Griffin, who refused to call out the violence against ICE.

“I think the most important thing in this moment is that there's de-escalation, that we keep peace in the streets. And Governor Walz said, about a week ago, that he has the Minnesota National Guard on standby,” Farah Griffin said.

What she failed to mention was Walz suggesting his state was at war with the federal government.

“So they’re prepared to deploy in case these altercations between protesters and ICE keep getting more violent and it's necessary,” she added. “And I think, this is a prudent action by the Governor who received a lot of criticism after 2020 during the George Floyd protest for waiting for too long to call in the National Guard.”

 

 

In nearly the same breath, she expressed relief that President Trump was talked out of sending in the National Guard during the George Floyd riots that Walz allowed:

Now, the state National Guard is very, very, very different than federalizing U.S. troops and putting them into American streets. I see the Insurrection Act as the most-extreme step that a president could take to deal with quelling domestic protests. The last time, I believe, it was used was during the Rodney King protests in 1992. President Trump, I've said this before, he talked about doing it in the summer of 2020; was ultimately talked out of it by General Milley, Mark Esper and others. And it was a good thing,

All of this came during a segment about Trump threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act to send in the Guard to protect ICE and restore order.

Moderator Whoopi Goldberg flaunted her profound ignorance by leading into the segment by admitting she thought the federal deployment had already happened: “So this morning, you-know-who posted that he may invoke the Insurrection Act to end the protests, which would lead him to deploy the military in Minneapolis. Now, I thought he had already done that.”

After being corrected, Goldberg tried to excuse her ignorance by blaming federal authorities. “I just find it so odd, because you've already made everybody feel like you've put the military out there because, you know, you've bypassed the police. You've bypassed people whose jobs it is to take care of their city,” she whined.

 

 

Co-host Sunny Hostin followed up by lashing out at any soldier sent to Minneapolis, suggesting they’re poorly trained and would just make things worse. She even expressed a fear that Trump would somehow invoke the Insurrection act in other countries:

And U.S. military aren't trained to provide local law enforcement and so that's just a tinderbox waiting to explode. And I also think it would be much more difficult legally to challenge their actions in court if the Insurrection Act was invoked. And so, that really frightens me actually for the people of not only Minneapolis but and Minnesota but the people in all states in every country because he could do that anywhere.

 

 

Hostin wasn’t the only cast member living in an alternate reality. Co-host Joy Behar had to be talked off a ledge because she had convinced herself that ICE was Trump’s personal stormtroopers who loved to carry out “illegal orders.”

“I feel very much alone! I feel like these institutions are not protecting us!” she shrieked. “But when Senator Kelly says don't obey an illegal order, they're not going to obey -- they're going to obey the illegal order.”

 

 

All this misinformation came from an ABC “News” show.

The transcript is below. Click "expand" to read:

ABC’s The View
January 15, 2026
11:03:51 a.m. Eastern

WHOOPI GOLDBERG: So this morning, you-know-who posted that he -- he may invoke the Insurrection Act to end the protests, which would lead him to deploy the military in Minneapolis. Now, I thought he had already done that. Because I've seen –

[Crosstalk]

GOLDBERG: - it's the National Guard.

SARA HAINES: You know hat, they could have used that Insurrection Act.

GOLDBERG: Well, yes, but funny –  I just find it so odd, because you've already made everybody feel like you've put the military out there because, you know, you've bypassed the police. You've bypassed people -

SUNNY HOSTIN: It's true.

GOLDBERG: -- whose jobs it is to take care of their city. So, you're adding fuel -- my question is supposed to be, do you think he's adding fuel to the fire? I think he is.

HOSTIN: He would if he invoked the Insurrection Act and I think people -- that would be militarizing the state.

HAINES: Yes!

HOSTIN: And U.S. military aren't trained to provide local law enforcement and so that's just a tinderbox waiting to explode. And I also think it would be much more difficult legally to challenge their actions in court if the Insurrection Act was invoked. And so, that really frightens me actually for the people of not only Minneapolis but and Minnesota but the people in all states in every country because he could do that anywhere.

JOY BEHAR: But he owns everything. He owns the Department of Justice.

HOSTIN: Yes.

BEHAR: It's like you say we're not alone and yet I feel very much alone.

HOSTIN: It does feels like it's own his private law firm which is not supposed to happen. There's supposed to be checks and balances.

(…)

11:06:11 a.m. Eastern

ALYSSA FARAH GRIFFIN: I think the most important thing in this moment is that there's de-escalation, that we keep peace in the streets. And Governor Walz said, about a week ago, that he has the Minnesota National Guard on standby. So they’re prepared to deploy in case these altercations between protesters and ICE keep getting more violent and it's necessary. And I think, this is a prudent action by the Governor who received a lot of criticism after 2020 during the George Floyd protest for waiting for too long to call in the National Guard.

Now, the state National Guard is very, very, very different than federalizing U.S. troops and putting them into American streets. I see the Insurrection Act as the most-extreme step that a president could take to deal with quelling domestic protests. The last time, I believe, it was used was during the Rodney King protests in 1992.

President Trump, I've said this before, he talked about doing it in the summer of 2020; was ultimately talked out of it by General Milley, Mark Esper and others. And it was a good thing, because what happens is this, so, say Governor Walz has the Minnesota National Guard who are there to make sure protesters aren't getting injured and ICE officers aren't getting injured. Then you bring in a federalized force that answers to the federal government. You could have tremendous clashes. You could have a lot of confusion about authority and it makes this tinderbox situation even more dangerous.

GOLDBERG: But that's -- I feel like that's what he wants.

BEHAR: Yup.

(…)

11:10:12 a.m. Eastern

BEHAR: That's why when you say ‘we're not along’ I feel very much alone!

GOLDBERG: I know you do.

BEHAR: I feel like these institutions are not protecting us!

GOLDBERG: You know what, the institutions are. Our police forces, they are trying to do their jobs. Our police guys. They are in the middle of how to deal with these folks who say they are in charge and how to do their jobs. You know, because that's their job to protect us.

BEHAR: Yeah.

GOLDBERG: So, I've -- you know --

BEHAR: But when Senator Kelly says don't obey an illegal order, they're not going to obey -- they're going to obey the illegal order and then the other side –

GOLDBERG: Who are you talking about?

BEHAR: The guys who are on Trump's side.

HOSTIN: ICE

BEHAR: ICE, yeah.

GOLDBERG: Some of them may but some of them may not because, remember, there's a whole plethora of people involved in this. So, we'll keep our eyes on it and, Joy, as long as we're here at this table and people are watching, you are not alone. We'll be right back.