The Hodgetwins called out what they rightly labeled “the craziest lie” from ABC’s The View in a podcast episode released January 21, 2026, and conservatives should pay attention when populist voices push back on the left’s broadcast hysteria. The show’s short, punchy take reflects a broader frustration: when mainstream daytime television becomes a factory of unquestioned assertions, ordinary Americans get lied to and their trust in institutions erodes.
One clear example is Sunny Hostin’s recent on-air claim about President Trump supposedly lying to his base regarding taxes on overtime and tips — a claim that was publicly corrected by her own co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin during the segment. That moment exposed something every patriotic viewer already suspected: The View often repeats talking points that don’t survive a single fact check, and even their stage partners sometimes have to play the grown-up.
Worse still, the panel has frequently resorted to personal attacks and sensational labels, like publicly branding public servants liars over complicated incidents before the facts are in. Their recent takedown of Secretary Kristi Noem over an ICE shooting is a perfect case — a rushed, headline-hungry condemnation that fed outrage rather than clarity. This is the sort of performative moralizing that substitutes for sober reporting and is corrosive to public discourse.
This isn’t an isolated slip; it’s a pattern. For years The View’s hosts have trafficked in hyperbole, partisan mythmaking, and selective outrage — the kind of television that cheers for righteousness while ignoring nuance and accountability. Viewers who still value truth and common sense shouldn’t be surprised when conservative commentators and creators lampoon these episodes for what they are: cultural theater, not news.
The consequences are real: when a flagship daytime program treats assertions as verdicts, it encourages a public that believes headlines before evidence. That environment breeds division, undermines confidence in fair institutions, and gives bad actors a cover to demonize political opponents without consequence. Conservatives who care about honest debate must keep calling out these patterns loudly and persistently.
Platforms like the Hodgetwins matter because they cut through the echo chamber and speak plainly to hardworking Americans who are sick of being spoon-fed polished propaganda. Humor, outrage, and direct confrontation are sometimes the only languages that register when the mainstream refuses to self-correct. If conservative voices don’t push back, the left’s media class will keep setting the narrative and the country will suffer for it.
Every patriotic American who values truth should be skeptical of pundits who trade in certainty without evidence, and should reward outlets that admit mistakes instead of doubling down on them. The View’s pattern of sloppy, partisan declarations deserves scrutiny, and the Hodgetwins — for all their bluntness — are doing a service by forcing the conversation. It’s time to stop letting cable and daytime celebrities dictate the terms of public debate and to demand accountability from those who claim to inform us.
