Liz Cheney Says America Is 'Electing Idiots | The View

. HAVE A SEAT. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NOTICED BUT MONDAY LIZ CHENEY WAS ASKED IF SHE'D RUN FOR PRESIDENT IF POLLS SHOWED IT WOULD HURT YOU KNOW WHO. THIS IS WHAT SHE SAID. CLIP, PLEASE. >> WHAT WE'VE DONE IN OUR POLITICS IS CREATE A SITUATION WHERE WE'RE ELECTING IDIOTS. [ LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE ] AND SO I DON'T LOOK AT IT THROUGH THE LENS OF LIKE,

YOU KNOW, IS THIS WHAT I SHOULD DO OR WHAT I SHOULDN'T DO. I LOOK AT IT THROUGH THE LENS OF HOW DO WE ELECT SERIOUS PEOPLE AND I THINK ELECTING SERIOUS PEOPLE CAN'T BE PARTISAN. >> Whoopi: WHAT DO YOU THINK? >> Alyssa: LOUDER FOR THE FOLKS IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM, LIZ. I WISH SHE WAS RUNNING. I LOVE HER. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF SERIOUS

REPUBLICANS IN THE RACE. MY FRIEND WILL HURD I PUT INTO THAT CATEGORY. OUR POLITICAL SYSTEM INCENTIVIZES ELECTING IDIOTS. PARTISAN GERRYMAN DETERMINING IS PART OF IT. YOU CARVE OUT DISTRICTS MEANT TO ELECT THE MOST EXTREME CANDIDATES AS LONG AS THEY WEAR THE RIGHT JERSEY. MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE, UNLESS SOMEONE RUNS TO THE RIGHT OF HER, THERE'S NOTHING TO THE RIGHT OF HER. THE SECOND IS THE INCENTIVE SYSTEM

IN WASHINGTON AROUND POLITICAL FUND-RAISING. THIS HAS TICKED UP MORE IN RECENT YEARS. I'VE SEEN WHERE PEOPLE GET IN PERFORMATIVE FIGHTS AND FUND RAISE. NANCY MACE, WHO I GENERALLY LIKE, GOT INTO A SPAT WITH AOC AND WENT AND FUND RAISED OFF IT. ON THE LEFT DIDN'T THINK ADAM SCHIFF SHOULD HAVE BEEN CENSURED AND HOUSE REPUBLICANS FUND RAISED OFF THAT. HOW IS THAT SERVING THE PEOPLE? WHAT IS

THAT SERVING THE AMERICAN PUBLIC? THOSE ARE TWO OF THE BIG INCENTIVE STRUCTURES WE NEED TO FIX. >> Joy: I LIKE HER TOO AND H.E.R. HEROIC STANCE ON THE JANUARY 6th -- NOT THE GREATEST BRAIN TRUST. ORCHESTRATED AN ILLEGAL BASICALLY AN ILLEGAL WAR AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED. >> Alyssa: DICK CHENEY IS VERY INTELLECTUAL. >> Joy: I'M TALKING ABOUT "W." >> Alyssa: I THINK WE WERE TALKING

IN TERMS OF INTELLECT. >> Joy: THE WHOLE THING WAS USHERED IN WITH DAN QUAYLE BACK IN THE DAY. H.W. BUSH, GEORGE H.W. HAD HIM IN THERE BECAUSE HE WAS GOOD LOOKING. THAT STARTED THE WHOLE THING, THE UNRAVELING OF BRANDS IN THE POLITICAL WORLD AND THEN JOHN McCAIN WHO KNEW BETTER PUT SARAH PALIN ON THERE. THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ENABLE THE STUPIDITY, I BLAME THEM MORE THAN

I DO THE STUPID ONES THAT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE SOMEBODY LIKE TED CRUZ WHO IS A YALE GRADUATE, WHO KNOWS BETTER, WHO IS NOW -- TRUMP SAID HIS WIFE WAS UGLY AND HIS FATHER HAD A HAND IN KILLING JOHN KENNEDY. HE STILL BOWS AT THE SHRINE OF TRUMP. SO IT'S NOT JUST STUPIDITY, IT'S ALSO INDIFFERENCE AND THIS KIND OF UNBRIDLED NEED FOR POWER AND HOLD ON

DEVELOPED AND ARE JUST TAKING IN WHATEVER THEY'RE SAYING. THEY'RE NOT CHALLENGING IT. THEY'RE NOT LOOKING AT THE SOURCES. I THINK SHAME ON THEM FOR DOING THAT, FOR TAKING ADVANTAGE OF PEOPLE. WHY NOT TELL THE TRUTH. WHY NOT PUT FORth THE PLATFORM SO THAT WE CAN AS AMERICANS REGARDLESS OF EDUCATION, REGARDLESS OF BACKGROUND MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS FOR OURSELVES, BUT INSTEAD I THINK THAT THEY RELY ON

THE FACT THAT OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IS A MESS, THAT THEY'RE PULLING BOOKS OFF OF SHELVES. IT'S ALMOST AS IF THEY WANT A PERMANENT UNDERCLASS. I CAN'T ABIDE BY THAT. >> Sara: IT'S ACTUALLY THE SYSTEMS WE USE. YOU SPOKE TO GERRYMANDERING BUT THE CLOSED PRIMARIES ENSURE THE IDIOTS AND EXTREME CANDIDATES WILL BE NOMINATED. IT DOESN'T MEAN -- DEPENDING ON THE STATES LIKE YOU HAVE OPEN OR CLOSED,

SOME ARE PARTIALLY -- IT GETS CONFUSING. >> Joy: MEANING BOTH PARTIES CAN VOTE IN A PRIMARY. >> Sara: AS AN INDEPENDENT I COULD VOTE IN A PRIMARY. SO IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE LARGEST -- >> Sunny: WHAT IF THE INDEPENDENTS ARE STUPID TOO? >> Sara: I'M NOT AND I'M ONE BUT MY POINT IS IF YOU COULD PARTICIPATE IN THESE PRIMARIES, THE PRIMARIES PLAY TO THE EXTREMES

OF THE PARTIES AND SO UNTIL WE CORRECT THAT SYSTEM AND ALLOW FOR EVERYONE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT, THE OTHER THING YOU ALLUDED TO LAST WEEK WHICH I HAVEN'T THOUGHT OF, THE PERCENTAGE OF TURNOUT. 30% OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY -- >> Alyssa: ONLY 30%. >> Sara: I'M GUESSING DEMOCRATS WOULD BE SIMILAR. WE HAVE TO GET BETTER TURNOUT AT THE PRIMARIES BECAUSE OTHERWISE WE'RE PLAYING TO THESE EXTREME

CANDIDATES AND, IN FACT, THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO SURVIVED VOTING TO IMPEACH PRESIDENT TRUMP ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE WERE IN STATES WITH OPEN PRIMARIES. SO IT SHOWS YOU -- IT WAS USED, EVEN RANK CHOICE VOTING. WE HAVE TO CHANGE THE WAY WE'RE DOING IT. >> Joy: THEY DON'T WANT TO DO IT. >> Whoopi: ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE FACT JUST BECAUSE YOU WENT TO JAIL OR

HAVE AN EDUCATION DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE SMART OR GET IT. DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING. ONE OF THE REASONS WE CONTINUE TO HAVE STUPID PEOPLE IS BECAUSE WE GOT GREEDY PEOPLE. THERE'S A LOT OF GREEDY PEOPLE AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO DON'T CARE WHAT YOU NEED. >> Sunny: YOU THINK THEY'RE DOING IT FOR POWER AND MONEY. >> Whoopi: I THINK PEOPLE ARE PUTTING PEOPLE IN WHO WILL TAKE

CARE OF WHAT THEY NEED, AND, YOU KNOW, FOLKS ALWAYS ACCUSE OBAMA OF THIS, OF SAYING YOU'RE JUST TAKING CARE OF BLACK PEOPLE. NO, HERE'S THE DEAL. WHEN YOU BECOME SOMEONE WHO IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT, YOU ARE GOING TO BE PRESIDENT OF EVERYBODY. THIS IS WHY YOU NEED TO LEARN HOW TO TALK TO EVERYBODY, BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT YOU ARE GOING TO BE

STUCK WITH YOU, SO YOU NEED TO TELL THEM WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO FOR THEM AS WELL AND THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THIS IDEA THAT WE ARE ONE -- WE'RE NOT A ONE-PARTY -- WE ARE A PRESIDENTIAL PERSON WHO HAS ALL OF US TO DEAL WITH. SO I THINK WHEN PEOPLE, WHEN VERY WEALTHY PEOPLE SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, I DO CARE WHAT HAPPENS FOR POOR FOLKS

SO I'LL MAKE SURE SOMEBODY GETS IN THAT WILL TAKE CARE OF ME AND THEM, WE DON'T HAVE THAT. THAT'S FOR ME TRUMPS EVERYTHING ELSE. OOH, I SAID THE NAME. [ LAUGHTER ] >> Joy: THE REPUBLICANS CARE TO HELP THE RICH PEOPLE AND DEMOCRATS CARE ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE AND THAT'S THE WAY THE COUNTRY IS RUN. >> Whoopi: THAT'S WHY THEY GOT YOU KNOW WHO. >> Joy: LIZ

CHENEY VOTED FOR HIM. >> Alyssa: I THINK IT'S MORE ABOUT SERIOUS RATHER THAN DUMB VERSUS SMART BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WE HAVE PEOPLE IN CONGRESS WHO DON'T HAVE COLLEGE DEGREES WHO REPRESENT A DIFFERENT BACKGROUND, TRULY A REPRESENTATIVE -- >> Sunny: YOU CAN BE SELF-TAUGHT. YOU CAN READ BOOKS. YOU CAN CHECK YOUR SOURCES. YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET ALL YOUR NEWS FROM TWITTER AND TIKTOK. I

THINK THE PROBLEM IS, PEOPLE ARE MISSING THAT FUNDAMENTAL ANALYTICAL THINKING THAT IS NECESSARY WHEN YOU ARE CASTING A VOTE. >> Alyssa: RIGHT, BECAUSE TO JOY'S -- >> Sunny: I SEE THAT DEMISE. >> Alyssa: SOME OF THE MOST HIGHLY EDUCATED PEOPLE, J.D. VANCE WHO IS SELLING OUT BECAUSE -- >> Joy: YOU KNOW WHAT, EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE. NOT JUST INTELLECTUAL INTELLIGENCE AND LACKING IN EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE A LOT OF

THESE PEOPLE. >> Whoopi: I THINK A LOT OF THIS IS FEAR. >> Joy: FEAR OF LOSING THEIR JOB. >> Whoopi: FEAR OF LOSING THEIR JOBS AND FEAR OF BEING SEEN WITH NO COJONES LIKE KEVIN McCARTHY YESTERDAY. HE WAS ASKED IF IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR REPUBLICANS IF YOU KNOW WHO IS THE NOMINEE. LOOK AT THIS CLIP. >> TRUMP'S POLICIES ARE BETTER STRAIGHTFORWARD THAN BIDEN'S -- >>

IT MAKES IT COMPLICATED IF HE HAS ALL THESE TRIALS AND ALL THIS STUFF OVERHANGING. >> IT MAKES IT COMPLICATED, ALSO HELPS HIM WHEN -- >> DO YOU THINK HE COULD WIN AN ELECTION? >> CAN HE WIN THAT ELECTION? YEAH, HE CAN. >> YOU THINK HE CAN? >> THE QUESTION IS, IS HE ST G STRONGEST TO WIN THE ELECTION. I DON'T KNOW THAT ANSWER. >> Whoopi: McCARTHY

TOLD BREITBART YOU KNOW WHO IS BIDEN'S STRONGEST OPPONENT. WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE? I JUST WANT HIM TO GROW A PAIR OF COJONES THAT WILL GIVE HIM SOME WAY TO ACTUALLY NOT WAFFLE. >> Sunny: HE CAN'T BECAUSE OF THE DEAL HE MADE TO BECOME SPEAKER. HE GAVE AWAY HIS COJONES AND KICKED THEM UNDER THE TABLE. DOESN'T HAVE THEM ANYMORE. >> Sara: HIM SAYING I DON'T KNOW THAT

ANSWER WAS ENOUGH FOR THEM TO COME FOR HIM. >> Sunny: UNDER THE TABLE. >> Sara: EXTREME CANDIDATES REMAIN WINNING BECAUSE THEY PRIMARY THEM BACK TO THE DAMN PRIMARY. YOU WILL LOSE YOUR PRIMARY IF YOU DON'T SAY, NOPE, NOPE, HE'S THE BEST SO WE KEEP GETTING THESE EXTREMES. >> Alyssa: THE SYSTEM IS THE PROBLEM. I MENTIONED NANCY MACE WHO I GENERALLY LIKE, MODERATE MINDED SOUND REPUBLICAN WHO

HAS CRITICIZED DONALD TRUMP BUT GOING BACK TO HIM AND SAYING, OKAY, LET'S KIND OF MAKE UP AND I'LL SUPPORT YOU. SHE KNOWS SHE'LL LOSE. >> Sunny: IS SHE SERIOUS -- >> Alyssa: YOU KNOW YOU'LL LOSE YOUR JOB BUT IF WE FIX THE PRIMARY SYSTEM AND HOW HE DID IT YOU CAN -- >> Joy: YOU HAVE TO BECAUSE IF SHE DECIDES I'M NOT GOING TO RUN BECAUSE

I DON'T LIKE TRUMP AND I HAVE TOO MUCH INTEGRITY -- >> Alyssa: LIZ CHENEY. >> Joy: YEAH. >> Sunny: AND GERRYMANDERING SO THAT -- >> Alyssa: REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS SHOULD STOP GERRYMANDERING. >> Whoopi: IT'S NOT ONE OR THE OTHER. IT'S EVERYBODY. EVERYBODY HAS TO QUIT IT. >> Sunny: THAT WAY PEOPLE ARE REPRESENTED IN THEIR DISTRICTS APPROPRIATELY. >> Whoopi: YOU CAN'T STOP PEOPLE FROM VOTING AND IF

YOU TRY TO CHEAT, WHICH IS WHAT GERRY MAN DW DETERMINING DIS, I