There was a time when journalism had integrity, when facts mattered, and when reporters at least pretended to be unbiased. Those days, for the most part, are long gone, with the mainstream media now functioning as the Democrats’ PR firm. But every now and then, you get a moment of clarity, a rare break in the narrative, and sometimes, it even happens in the most unlikely of places—like The View.
Enter Joy Behar, a woman whose name is the only cheerful thing about her. She’s made a career out of sneering at conservatives, yelling over her co-hosts, and serving up hot takes that are usually as factual as a fairy tale. So when she decided to take a swing at President Trump, claiming he had “no mandate” after his 2024 victory, you could almost hear the collective eye-roll from everyone with a basic grasp of reality.
Unfortunately for Joy, she happened to be talking to someone who actually understands facts—liberal sportscaster Stephen A. Smith. Now, Smith is no Trump supporter, and he made that clear, but even he wasn’t going to let Behar’s nonsense slide.
“It is a mandate, and I’m going to explain why,” Smith shot back.
And then, in a moment so rare it should be preserved in the Smithsonian, a guest on The View proceeded to dismantle a left-wing talking point with cold, hard numbers. Smith pointed out that Trump won every swing state, gained support among black, Latino, and young voters, and saw 89% of U.S. counties shift to the right. He reminded Behar that for the first time in twenty years, Republicans won the national popular vote—something the media constantly claimed was the ultimate measure of legitimacy until, of course, Trump won it.
“You can play around all you want,” Smith continued, but the data speaks for itself.
Behar’s response? Well, when confronted with facts, she did what left-wing pundits do best—she tried to change the meaning of words. “There’s a different definition of a mandate,” she muttered, as if she could simply rebrand the word to mean whatever she wanted. Unfortunately for her, Smith wasn’t letting her off the hook.
His final warning to Democrats? Stop making excuses, stop pretending your strategy isn’t a disaster, and start figuring out why the American people overwhelmingly rejected your party.
Stephen Smith sets the facts straight about Trump on The View:
“The man won every swing state. He increased in terms of his voter turnout in his favor from the standpoint of blacks, Latinos, and young voters… 89% of the counties shifted to the right!”pic.twitter.com/1CyXoFpasy
— Media Research Center (@theMRC) March 4, 2025
Now, let’s be clear: Smith isn’t a conservative. He admitted he voted for Kamala Harris in 2024, only to later admit that watching her get crushed made him feel “foolish.” But at least in this instance, he had the intellectual honesty to acknowledge reality—something that’s in short supply over at The View.
Of course, don’t expect Behar and company to learn anything from this moment. The ladies of The View live in a bubble where they’re always right, where Trump is always a dictator-in-waiting, and where losing an election by nearly every measurable standard somehow isn’t a rejection of their policies. They’re at the “All is well!” phase of Animal House, pretending the walls aren’t crumbling around them.
Smith, for all his flaws, did something remarkable—he injected a dose of reality into a show that’s usually nothing more than an extended DNC infomercial. And while Behar and her co-hosts will go right back to their regularly scheduled programming of screeching about “democracy,” at least for one brief moment, someone in that studio actually told the truth.
