“The View” got messy during a discussion about the Trump administration’s latest legal effort to overturn the presidential election results on Thursday, accusing the “Trumplican party” of trying to “poop all over” the election results before they can be officially certified.
This morning’s episode didn’t devolve into an all-out brawl, but it did see the co-hosts talking over each other with more gusto than we’ve seen since Meghan McCain went on maternity leave.
What got the co-hosts so juiced up was a New York Times’ report that Texas’ attorney general has filed a lawsuit with the Supreme Court attempting to argue why votes from four battleground states should be overturned. It’s been backed by attorney generals from 17 other states.
Although the co-hosts were in agreement that the lawsuit will be swiftly rejected, the topic opened up a whole can of worms about fighting between Republicans and Democrats.
“I suspect the Supreme Court will do what it did with the Pennsylvania case and just summarily dismiss it,” Sunny Hostin said. “What I see happening is that the Republican party, or the Trumplican party, has become hostile to history, protocol, our duly elected officials, and just democracy. They’ve become hostile to democracy, and that’s a shame.”
Joy Behar pointed the finger at Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz, who agreed to Trump’s request that he argue the case if it makes it to the Supreme Court.
“In a new low of patheticness, Ted Cruz is going to forget about and swallow the fact that Trump said his wife is ugly, that his father was part of the Kennedy assassination, Ted Cruz will just let it all go away because he wants to be president in 2024,” said Joy Behar. “He wants to run and he needs Trump’s cult certainly to give him some momentum.”
In an interesting move, Hostin attempted to give a voice to Republicans by sharing a conversation she’d recently had with friends across the aisle.
“I spoke to some friends the other day, some Republican friends, and they said something interesting to me. They said that four years ago when Trump won, Democrats refused to accept the results. That Democrats opened up investigations into the Trump campaign, were saying that the election had been rigged, that Russia helped elect Trump — they said to me, why do people now feel that Trump supporters are being so bizarre when they’re just doing the same exact thing that Democrats did four years ago?”
“How is it possible that people miss the fact that the Russians did mess with the election? That people did meet with the Russians when they should not have?” Goldberg said. “I don’t know how suddenly everyone forgets the reality that we have to investigate because the law said we did.”
She continued: “The idea that none of that happened, that he sailed in without any help, without any questionable tactics — because we the people did take him to court to say that this is wrong — this is all the senators and all those people who are saying, well, we’re going to poop all over this. I guess that’s what this is, if what you’re saying, Sunny, is this is really a retaliation. This has nothing to do with the people who voted.”
17 STATES BACK TRUMP ELECTION LAWSUIT: The co-hosts react to a long-shot Texas lawsuit seeking to persuade the Supreme Court to take an extraordinary step to overturn the results of the presidential election in four key swing states. https://t.co/mFDz00xM9Lpic.twitter.com/SteCwSAzD1
8 Hanukkah Movies That Will Light Up Your Holiday (Photos)
Chag Sameach everyone! Hanukkah 2020 kicks off on Dec. 10, which means festivities through Dec. 18 for those of you celebrating. And to help get you in the spirit of the season, here are eight Hanukkah movies to light up your holiday.
"An American Tail" (1986)
Steven Spielberg's 1986 allegory for the Jewish immigrant experience became the highest grossing non-Disney animated film of its time. Telling the story of a family of mice (the Mousekewitzes) who emigrate to America to escape persecution from cats, it spawned a theatrical sequel, “An American Tail: Fievel Goes West,” a slew of direct-to-DVD sequels and a PlayStation game. This classic film is sure to keep you warm this Hanukkah. Just don't tell your cat about it.
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"Eight Crazy Nights" (2002)
For the outsider at the party who needs a crash course in latkes and dreidels, "Eight Crazy Nights" is a good start. Adam Sandler gives us his classic "The Hanukkah Song" during the movie, which let the world know O.J. is in fact not a Jew. But David Lee Roth? Definitely.
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"Full-Court Miracle" (2003)
A Hanukkah staple, the movie revolves around Alex Schlotsky (Alex D. Linz), the young leader of an inept Jewish basketball team, who recruits a washed up college basketball star to be their coach. Inspired by the true story of University of Virginia Cavaliers basketball star Lamont Carr, the 2003 movie is a good old fashion sports movie with a side of latkes that is sure to make you cry.
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"The Hebrew Hammer" (2003)
How does a Jewish private (circumcised) dick talk dirty? He tells his ladies that he wants to "have lots of children" by them. "The Hebrew Hammer" is ultimate Hanukkah flick starring Adam Goldberg as a private detective who is "part man, part street, 100 percent kosher" and whose mission is to save Hanukkah from the clutches of Santa Claus' evil son. The 2003 film, directed by Jonathan Kesselman, has garnered a fierce cult following over the years. And if it seems like it packs every possible Jewish stereotype, it's because it does.
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"Little Fockers" (2010)
The third installment in the "Meet the Parents" trilogy isn't exactly Oscar material. The movie was dubbed "the worst film of any trilogy to appear in a movie theater," by Vanity Fair, even "worse than 'Look Who’s Talking Now,' 'Major League: Back to the Minors,' and 'Porky’s Revenge' (ouch). The Fockers come together for a mixed holiday shindig. And if that's not enough to put you in a Hanukkah spirit, there's enough Barbra Streisand and Ben Stiller to last you a lifetime... or at least eight days.
Universal
"Hitched for the Holidays" (2012)
"Blossom" alum Joey Lawrence and Emily Hampshire star as characters pretending to be a couple to get their families off their backs (only to fall in love for real) in this 2012 Hallmark movie has a little Hanukkah and Christmas all mixed in for a perfect blend of light rom-com fun.
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"Night Before Christmas" (2015)
Seth Rogen dons a dorky Hanukkah sweater to join two childhood friends (Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Anthony Mackie) on one final Christmas Eve of debauchery in this R-rated comedy. “Made by Jews, is about Christmas, and opens on Thanksgiving,” Rogen posted about the movie on Facebook. Yes, this is mostly a Christmas movie -- but Rogen's character does remind the goyim, "We did not kill Jesus! We did not do that!”
Sony
"Call Me by Your Name" (2017)
You may be surprised to see this flick on the list. But as Refinery29 aptly noted, "Call Me by Your Name" is the perfect Hanukkah movie. Not only are Elio (Timothee Chalamet) and Oliver (Armie Hammer) both Jewish, the movie also has one of the rare explicit Hanukkah scenes in which housekeeper Mafalda makes latkes, Elio plays with gelt (for all you goyim out there, it means money) and there's even a Menorah with seven lit candles. And if that's not enough reason to watch, the movie won a gazillion awards including an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay. Peaches not included.
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The Maccabees never saw these coming
Chag Sameach everyone! Hanukkah 2020 kicks off on Dec. 10, which means festivities through Dec. 18 for those of you celebrating. And to help get you in the spirit of the season, here are eight Hanukkah movies to light up your holiday.