‘The View’ co-hosts lash out at Barack Obama, Mark Cuban

The co-hosts of popular daytime TV show The View took a unique approach to Tuesday’s show.

According to the largely liberal cast, former President Obama and billionaire Mark Cuban, who recently leveled harsh criticisms of the Democratic Party that may have surprised even the likes of former first lady Michelle Obama, were themselves partially to blame for losses in 2024, as Fox News reported.

“So, let me remind everybody who is out in the front lines marching when we had the giant marches that went on, it was the people, the people went out,” co-host Whoopi Goldberg said.

“They were not navel-gazing, it was older people saying, ‘why are you touching my Social Security?’ It was not people whining. It was about people saying, ‘why are you taking these rights from my child when my child was born here?’ This has not been about Democrats laying back. This has been about y’all, because their messaging was always the same,” Goldberg added.

Comments under scrutiny

Goldberg refrenced Obama’s push for Democrats to “toughen up,” made just days ago while speaking at a political fundraiser, with the former president saying that the party’s future wins depended on a “little less navel-gazing.”

“And it’s going to require Democrats to just toughen up,” Obama said.

“Don’t tell me you’re a Democrat, but you’re kind of disappointed right now, so you’re not doing anything. No, now is exactly the time that you get in there and do something,” he added.

Goldberg went on to say that “Democrats have been angry at what this man tried to do the last time. They’ve been angry this time. So, I, with much due respect to you both, I believe you are pointing the finger at the wrong person when you say Democrats.”

She continued, saying “When you say Democrats, he’s talking to us, saying our messaging is bad, and I’m saying, no, our messaging has not been bad because people have been out.”

Cuban weighs in

For his part, Cuban said Sunday on Pod Save America, “We picked the wrong pressure points.”

He continued, “It’s just ‘Trump sucks.’ That’s the underlying thought of everything the Democrats do. ‘Trump sucks.’ Trump says the sky is blue. ‘Trump sucks.’ That’s not the way to win! It’s just not! Because it’s not about Trump — it’s about the people of the United States of America — and what’s good for them!”

View co-host Ana Navarro took issue with Cuban’s comments, saying, “Yeah, OK, so some of us say Donald Trump sucks. He does suck, and it feels good to say it!”

The co-host also said she doesn’t think people are waiting for a Democrat to be their savior, as Obama asserted when he said, “Stop looking for the quick fix. Stop looking for the messiah. You have great candidates running races right now. Support those candidates.”