During Friday’s edition of “The View,” co-host Meghan McCain lambasted Vice President Harris over remarks she made during her visit to Guatemala and Mexico this week, saying that Harris “sounded like a moron” when responding to questions on why she hasn’t visited the U.S.-Mexico border yet.
McCain’s criticism came during a panel discussion that included GOP Sen. Joni Ernst (Iowa) and comedian Michelle Buteau to discuss whether it is possible to achieve bipartisanship amid a time of heightened political divisions.
Harris during a Monday press conference in Guatemala repeatedly told migrants “do not come” to the U.S. border, adding that the Biden administration’s goal was “to help Guatemalans find hope at home.”
The vice president has also received bipartisan backlash over responses to questions on when she plans to visit the U.S.-Mexico border amid the ongoing surge in migration from Central America.
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“And I haven’t been to Europe,” Harris said in an interview with NBC’s Lester Holt when pressed on the topic. “I don’t understand the point that you’re making. I’m not discounting the importance of the border.”
McCain referenced the NBC interview on Friday, saying Harris is “taking heat for not visiting our own border yet” and noting that “some fellow Democrats think that she’s handling the crisis wrong.”
“I thought she sounded like a moron when she was talking to Lester Holt and her nervous laugh is making me nervous that she doesn’t know what she’s doing,” said McCain.
The co-host also tweeted a clip of a Univision interview with Harris, in which Harris explained, “I’ve said I’m going to go to the border,” to which the interviewer interrupted, “When are you going to the border, vice president?”
“I’m not finished,” Harris said before smiling and letting out a chuckle. “I’ve said I’m going to the border.”
McCain in a tweet with the clip wrote, “That nervous joker laugh… it’s not funny Vice President. None of this is.”
Watch the clips below:
.@SenJoniErnst tells @TheView it’s “imperative” that Vice Pres. Harris visits the U.S.-Mexico border: “The longer she waits, the harder it is for her to explain why she hasn’t gone to view this crisis herself.”
“Let’s figure out the solution.” https://t.co/f8u2wbJuik pic.twitter.com/dpFYhkqUcH
— The View (@TheView) June 11, 2021
That nervous joker laugh… it’s not funny Vice President. None of this is. https://t.co/OKS7dR7T0U
— Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) June 11, 2021
