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Joe Concha criticized ABC’s The View on Fox News for their handling of Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) during his appearance where he defended President Donald Trump against co-host Whoopi Goldberg's criticisms. Concha noted that Tillis, known for critiquing Trump in the past and author of "How to Lose Friends and Antagonize Presidents," did not conform to The View’s expectations of a Trump-bashing session by defending Trump’s political talents and voter identification bill. Concha argued that The View hosts are out of touch with current Republican sentiment since they still view Trump through an outdated lens from the 2016 election.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-06,
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On October 24, Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) appeared on ABC’s The View to discuss his book "How to Lose Friends and Antagonize Presidents," which critiques former President Trump. During the show, co-host Whoopi Goldberg questioned Tillis's support for Trump despite not backing some of his policies. However, Tillis defended Trump by highlighting his electoral victories and political influence. Joe Concha, a Washington Examiner columnist, later appeared on Fox & Friends to critique The View’s reaction to Tillis, suggesting the hosts expected a session focused solely on criticizing Trump but were instead left surprised and challenged by Tillis's nuanced defense of the former president.
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Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha slammed ABC’s The View over the hosts’ reaction to Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) defending President Donald Trump.
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Tillis → slam → Trump
“I think the hens on The View, guys, expected a total Trump-bashing session, which basically makes up 99.9% of the program these days,” Concha said on Fox News’s Fox & Friends First Tuesday.
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Concha → think → Tuesday
Tillis sparred with co-host Whoopi Goldberg on Monday about Trump’s policies.
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Tillis → spar → policies
Goldberg referred to Trump as “you know who,” and called out Tillis for not supporting some of Trump’s policies, “Yet you still say you support him and call him an amazing political talent.
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you → refer → him
What am I missing?”
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I → miss → What
“The fact that he’s won two national elections,” Tillis said.
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Tillis → win → elections
“He creates these coalitions, he resonates with people, and I think he’s a great political force,” he continued.
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he → create → people
Concha pointed out Tillis’s critical stance of Trump, and highlighted his new book titled How to Lose Friends and Antagonize Presidents.
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Concha → point → Presidents
“They [The View] thought somebody who would give them all the answers they wanted to hear and instead actually held himself pretty well and made the show interesting,” Concha said.
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Concha → think → himself
Concha noted that Tillis has said “some very highly personal stuff about the president very recently” and “opposes him on the SAVE America Act.
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Tillis → note → Act
The act would require stronger documentation for people registering to vote to prove they are U.S. citizens.
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they → require → documentation
Trump has pushed for the SAVE America Act to pass, even refusing to sign the historic 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act in protest, and letting it become law without his signature.
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it → push → signature
Concha maintained that, regardless of Tillis’ views, at the end of the day, he is still a Republican.
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he → maintain → day
“The gals on The View, they still live in a world of October 2016, when no one, especially them, thought that Trump could win the presidency,” Concha said.
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Concha → live → presidency
Concha said the reason Trump was elected a second time, to Tillis’s point, was because “people became nostalgic” for Trump’s policies.
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people → say → policies
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