The View joined the media pile on against ICE after the Minnesota shooting.
Nothing is out of bounds for the daytime gabfest.
And Joy Behar asked one question about ICE that shows how dangerous The View has become.
Behar Questions When Protesters Can Attack ICE During Minneapolis Protests
Joy Behar, 83, sat in front of The View cameras and carefully worded a question that had conservatives across America sounding the alarm.
The show was discussing protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) following the fatal shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis when she launched her car at an ICE agent.
"What happens if one of these ICE agents harms a protester? You know, they're just rough with them," Behar asked her co-hosts.
Then came the moment that made viewers' blood run cold.
"Are the others who are protesting then allowed to help him?" Behar continued, watching her words like a lawyer crafting a loophole.
Co-hosts Whoopi Goldberg and Sunny Hostin both immediately said "No" — but the damage was already done.
Behar had just asked millions of viewers when protesters are legally allowed to physically intervene against federal law enforcement agents.
She might be an 83-year-old gasbag, but she knows exactly what she's doing.
Notice the wording.
No direct call for violence. No "should protesters fight back" or "can protesters use force."
Instead, are they "allowed to help" someone being treated "rough"?
Classic lawyer speak — test the boundaries while keeping your hands clean.
The View's Dangerous Pattern: From Trump Dictatorship Claims To Violence Questions
Last October, Whoopi Goldberg tested the waters with her own dangerous question.
She asked viewers whether they would "let" Trump have a third term in the White House.
"Are they gonna let this happen? Are y'all gonna let it happen?" Goldberg demanded while discussing Trump's joke about running again in 2028.
The audience groaned "Noooooo" in response to what sure sounded like a dog whistle.
For months, the show's hosts had been comparing Trump to Hitler.
Co-host Joy Behar said Trump called immigrants "animals" just like Hitler called them "parasites."
Ana Navarro put Trump in the same category as Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler when discussing Time magazine covers.
Then Goldberg asks millions of angry viewers if they're going to "let" Trump stay in power.
What exactly did she think they should do about it?
This came after years of The View hosts comparing Trump to Hitler and warning viewers that democracy was ending.
Just days after asking about protesters attacking ICE, Behar went even further.
She claimed Trump wants protests to cause "pandemonium" so he can "declare martial law or something — and also cancel the midterms."
"Watch out for this guy!" Behar warned her audience.
The Department of Homeland Security reported a 1,347% increase in assaults against ICE officers in 2025 compared to 2024.
ICE officers experienced 66 vehicular attacks in the first 11 months of Trump's second term versus just 2 during the same period under Biden.
Death threats against ICE officers jumped 8,000%.
Those aren't just numbers on a spreadsheet.
Those are federal agents who can't go home without checking their cars for bombs.
Agents whose families get targeted on social media because activist groups publish their home addresses.
The same groups The View treats as heroes every time they discuss immigration enforcement.
ICE Attacks Surge 1,347% As Behar's Rhetoric Escalates After Charlie Kirk Assassination
Even the assassination of Charlie Kirk by a left-wing extremist didn't stop The View from ramping up dangerous rhetoric.
Days after Kirk's murder, Behar was back on TV screaming that America is "screwed" because of Trump.
Just last week, Behar used the word "dictatorship" to describe Trump's immigration enforcement while discussing the ICE shooting.
The View spent all of 2025 telling audiences that Trump is a dictator, America has no future, and the ballot box won't work.
Violence becomes the only answer when you've convinced people democracy is dead and a dictator is in power.
That's exactly what happened to Charlie Kirk.
His alleged assassin Tyler Robinson had a bullet engraved with "Hey fascist, catch" — language pulled straight from the left-wing echo chamber that includes The View.
Co-hosts immediately shut Behar down because even they recognized how dangerous that question sounded on national television.
But Behar had already planted the seed with millions of viewers.
Sources:
- Nicholas Fondacaro, "Behar: Trump Wants to 'Declare Martial Law,' 'Cancel the Midterms,'" Breitbart, January 13, 2026.
- Joe Kinsey, "'View' Blowhard Joy Behar Seems Interested In When Protesters Can Attack ICE Agents," OutKick, January 13, 2026.
- Nicholas Fondacaro, "THE View: Whoopi Shouts Down Any Idea that Renee Good Was in the Wrong," NewsBusters, January 13, 2026.
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security, "Radical Rhetoric by Sanctuary Politicians Leads to an Unprecedented 1,300% Increase in Assaults Against ICE Officers," DHS.gov, January 8, 2026.
- Nicholas Fondacaro, "Danger to Society: 12 Times The View Used Inciting Rhetoric in 2025," NewsBusters, December 29, 2025.
