Sen.Cory Booker‘s visit toThe Viewsaw a larger debate about how to reduce gun violence turn into a mini-debate with co-hostMeghan McCainabout how to talk about other people.
When Booker said his stance on the topic differed from competitorBeto O’Rourke‘s, McCain replied with, “Good, because he’s crazy.”
“We should watch the way we talk each other,” Booker, 50, told her. “Seriously, we can’t tear the character of people down. We have different beliefs, that doesn’t mean one person— ”
McCain cut Booker off, saying O’Rourke “has no problem doing it to me. I mean, he was very nasty to me about this.”
She was apparently referring to O’Rourke’s reaction to McCain previously suggesting that there would be “a lot of violence” if the government made people give up their guns in a buyback.
“But you and I both know that just because somebody does something to us doesn’t mean we show the same energy back to them,” Booker told McCain onThe Viewon Wednesday, to which she replied: “I’m not running for president, with all due respect.”
“The way he talked about me ‘inciting violence’ on this, I take very seriously,” McCain said, adding, “There’s a lot of Republicans you’re going to have to win over.”
Booker distilled his admonishment with one sentiment — “What we say about other people says more about us than it does about them” — before McCain steered the conversation back to the debate of firearms.
McCain had more to say on Twitter after she was criticized for her line of questioning,writing, “At least Beto is honest about the fact that he wants to take our guns away.”
A day earlier onThe View, moderatorWhoopi Goldberghalted the show to tell McCain, whojoined the showfull-time two years ago, to “exhibit respect” when talking about each other.
“It isThe View. You know what, let me tell you something aboutThe View,”Goldberg, 63, saidon Tuesday’s episode. “This show has always had the ability to have different points of view, which we respect around the table. And when we talk to each other, we also exhibit respect. So when I’m saying to you, ‘Hold up, because we’re not hearing each other,’ I’m not trying to cut you off — I’m trying to get you heard.”
source: people.com
