Joy Behar Goes Full Tinfoil Hat with Claims About Donald Trump and the National Guard [WATCH]

“The View” co-host Joy Behar claimed Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s recent National Guard deployments to major U.S. cities were not for crime control but part of a supposed plan to “stop the next election.”

Behar made the comments during a segment discussing Trump’s decision to deploy troops to Washington, D.C., Memphis, Tennessee, and his announced plan to send forces to Chicago, Illinois.

“This is a pretext to stop the next election,” Behar said on the show.

“That’s what I think it is.”

She offered no evidence to support the claim.

Behar’s remarks came after co-host Whoopi Goldberg commented that President Trump was “doing whatever he feels like,” to which Behar responded that the National Guard would prevent citizens from voting.

“And if they stop us from voting, that’s the one thing people have,” she added.

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Co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin, who previously served in the Trump administration, criticized the deployment as a political tactic and said she believed most Americans do not support the move.

Despite the criticism on “The View,” federal data and local reports show that crime has declined in areas where the National Guard has been deployed.

According to law enforcement figures released this week, violent crime in Washington, D.C. dropped 17% and property crime fell 18% within 30 days of the deployment.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, a Democrat, publicly expressed gratitude for the assistance, stating on Aug. 27 that she appreciated the president’s effort to address escalating violence in the nation’s capital.

“We are cooperating fully with federal forces,” Bowser said, noting that local and federal coordination had improved safety outcomes across multiple neighborhoods.

In Memphis, the Department of Justice (DOJ) reported that federal agents and local authorities made 321 arrests in the first seven days of the Memphis Task Force operation, a joint effort involving National Guard support.

The arrests targeted suspects connected to gang activity, illegal firearms, and narcotics trafficking, according to the DOJ.

President Trump announced last month that he intended to extend similar federal operations to Chicago, citing persistent violent crime and homicide rates.

Over the Labor Day weekend alone, at least 54 people were shot, seven fatally, across Chicago, local authorities confirmed.

The city has struggled with elevated homicide numbers in recent years.

The Chicago Tribune reported that the city recorded its highest homicide rate in 25 years in 2021, with totals remaining significantly higher than in previous decades.

During an Aug. 25 press conference, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson urged President Trump not to deploy the National Guard to their city, claiming the move would be unconstitutional.

“This is not what our city needs,” Johnson said, calling for local solutions instead of federal intervention.

White House and Department of Homeland Security officials have maintained that the deployments are focused solely on combating violent crime, drug trafficking, and organized criminal networks in coordination with local authorities.

A DHS spokesperson told reporters last week that the mission is designed to “restore law and order in communities suffering from unchecked violence.”

Officials also noted that the deployments have been authorized under existing federal statutes governing domestic operations and are coordinated with state and local governments.

While Behar’s comments circulated widely on social media, no evidence has surfaced to suggest that National Guard deployments are connected to election activity or voting restrictions.

Federal law prohibits military personnel from interfering with elections, and no state or local official has reported any such interference by the Guard.

The National Guard currently remains active in both Washington and Memphis, while federal officials continue discussions with Illinois leaders about potential future operations in Chicago.

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