For over a year ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, “The View” — ABC’s purported “bona fide news program” — repeatedly claimed that President Trump would steal the midterm elections.
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Trump → claim → elections
Without evidence, they made wild assertions that he would use the National Guard and ICE to take over voting and counting facilities, hack the voting systems and change the results, use Social Security Numbers to control how people voted, and even claimed people had been murdered as part of the plot.
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people → make → plot
Obviously, none of that came to pass, yet “The View” has not answered for its lies or the consequences that could stem from them.
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that → come → them
In July of 2025, “The View” compared the ICE raids in California and subsequent reinforcement by the National Guard to “1938” Germany and the Nazis who were “just following orders.”
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who → compare → orders
“I think he is trying to use the might have the military to suppress peoples’ rights.
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he → think → rights
I think that is very clear.
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that → think → ?
When you use the military against your own citizens, that is a sign of fascism,” Sunny Hostin declared.
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Hostin → use → fascism
By October, that animosity toward the National Guard had morphed into claims that it was a “pretext” and dry run for a military takeover during the midterms the following year.
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it → morph → midterms
“This is a pretext to stop the next election!
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This → stop → election
That’s what I think it is,” Joy Behar shouted at the time.
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Behar → ’ → time
“And if they stop us from voting, that’s the one thing people have.”
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people → stop → us
Their hysteria grew, and later that month they claimed the White House renovation proved Trump never intended to leave the White House.
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Trump → grow → House
“Well, they will win if they cheat.
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they → win → ?
That’s what they’re going to do,” Behar claimed.
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Behar → ’ → what
“If he gets this $230 million, is going to be used to renovate a White House which he never intends to leave!” Hostin screeched.
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Hostin → get → which
Intent on pushing the stolen election lies, “The View” sought to give their viewers a Halloween fright that year by promoting Governor Gavin Newsom’s (D-CA) election fearmongering:
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View → push → fearmongering
And so, when Gavin Newsom is saying, I am concerned about this, I think we need to listen!
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we → say → this
That’s the problem with this country!
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That → ’ → country
We don’t want to say the quiet part out loud!
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We → want → part
We don’t want to challenge authority!
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We → want → authority
We don’t want to challenge authoritarianism!
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We → want → authoritarianism
Silence — there’s no place for silence when the democracy is under attack!
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democracy → ’ → attack
I just want to say one thing.
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I → want → thing
I don’t think Gavin Newsom would be saying this if Donald Trump hasn’t thrown in the gauntlet in the first place.
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Trump → think → place
It’s not like he’s doing it to attack.
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he → ’ → it
In December, ABC moderator Whoopi Goldberg suggested the $1,776 “warrior dividends” were a bribe by Trump so service members would follow illegal orders like those to steal an election.
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members → suggest → election
With the start of the midterm election year in January, Hostin claimed the ICE involved deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti were part of a plot to steal the elections:
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deaths → claim → elections
I think I know why.
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I → think → ?
You know, I actually think that this is a coordinated effort to steal the 2026 election – elections.
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this → know → election
That’s what I think, because if you think about it, um, Pam Bondi – Remember what happened in Minnesota with Pretti and Good.
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what → ’ → Pretti
Pam Bondi sent a letter to the governor, to Minnesota and said that they would withdraw ICE agents if they provided all of their voter data.
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they → send → data
And they’ve also asked every single state for voter registration formation, voter data.
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they → ask → formation
And at least 11 states like Texas have complied so far.
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states → comply → Texas
As the weeks passed and the election drew closer, “The View’s” messaging got more ominous as they started to hint at the need for political violence to stop Trump’s purported election theft.
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they → pass → theft
Hostin even called for an open “rebellion” in the style of Disney’s “Andor,” which was open, violent, and deadly.
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which → call → Andor
On the Monday before the election, they brought on former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her podcast co-host Kara Swisher to lend to the election-theft conspiracy theories.
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they → bring → theories
They couldn’t spell out a specific plot but gave a broad warning that there could be intimidation by ICE agents, the hacking and changing of results, and the use of mind control via Social Security Numbers.
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They → spell → Numbers
Election Day itself was not immune to the fear mongering as they seemed to hint that Trump was responsible for the ballots being too thick for the voting machines in Westchester County, New York.
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ballots → seem → County
None of this came to pass.
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None → come → this
It was their biggest concern for over a year, and they haven’t mentioned it since Election Day.
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they → mention → Day
…and 3 more, not listed.
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