The View Melts Down Over Virginia Supreme Court Map Ruling in Fiery Fact-Free Segment [WATCH]

During Monday’s broadcast of The View, the co-hosts launched into a heated discussion about the Virginia Supreme Court’s recent ruling that struck down a proposed Democratic congressional map.

The segment quickly spiraled into a round of angry, emotion-driven commentary that critics said bore little connection to the facts of the case.

The Virginia Supreme Court’s decision nullified a proposed 10-1 Democratic to Republican map, ruling that the process used to get the gerrymander referendum on the ballot violated the state’s Constitution.

This legal explanation, however, was largely ignored during the daytime talk show’s discussion.

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Whoopi Goldberg kicked off the segment by suggesting that Republicans had “cheated” voters through the court’s ruling.

She said it was “kind of crazy” that a party claiming to defend voting rights could turn around and “cheat.”

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According to the court’s written decision, the issue was not a matter of cheating but of constitutional compliance.

The justices ruled that the Democrats’ ballot process itself violated state law.

The opinion also noted that the timing of the decision followed from arguments previously made by Virginia’s own legal team.

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Co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin followed by dismissing the constitutional issue as a “technicality” and accused the state’s justices of acting under the influence of President Trump.

She implied that the decision aligned with his political interests, rather than legal reasoning.

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In reality, Virginia’s Supreme Court justices are appointed by the state’s General Assembly, not by the president.

The case was centered on what the Constitution explicitly allows or prohibits, not outside influence. The ruling turned entirely on state law rather than national politics.

Ana Navarro then argued that the controversy began with Trump, claiming he had urged Texas to redraw its maps in 2025.

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Critics immediately pointed out that this was inaccurate.

House Speaker Mike Johnson noted that mid-decade redistricting battles began in New York, a Democratic stronghold, well before any such effort in Texas.

Johnson wrote on social media, “House Democrats started the current mid-decade redistricting battle in NY before the 2024 election.

Now that it’s backfired on them, they are pushing a stunning next step: nuke the judicial branch of government and pack the court!”

The commentary highlighted how Democrats had initiated similar redistricting moves themselves.

The segment concluded with the hosts agreeing that redistricting changes should happen in blue states such as Illinois and Maryland.

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Critics noted the irony, as those same states have been known for eliminating nearly all Republican representation in their congressional delegations.

The commentator behind the critique of The View’s segment argued that the hosts were promoting misinformation that could incite dangerous hostility toward members of the judiciary.

The article drew a parallel to earlier threats made against judges and justices, including an attempted assassination of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in 2022.

The piece warned that inflammatory narratives like those shared on The View can contribute to a broader climate of violence and hate, mentioning previous attacks tied to political rhetoric.

It also pointed out that two of the suspects in attempts on President Trump’s life used language similar to that of Democratic leaders.

The commentary ended with a stark message that the spread of such misinformation “has gotta stop” before more people are harmed.

The writer, Stacey Matthews, emphasized that dangerous distortions in the national conversation risk more violence against public figures and judicial officials.

Matthews, who also writes under the pseudonym Sister Toldjah, has covered media bias and cultural divisions since 2003.

She contended that the growing gap between rhetoric and reality in mainstream political discourse has reached a critical, and potentially deadly, tipping point.

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