Comedian guest Whitney Cummings, a lifelong progressive, joked that she had been forced to lower her voting standards to avoid pedophiles. The co-hosts of "The View" Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg were discussing second lady Usha Vance's comments, which were misinterpreted as Cummings was criticizing Republicans. Behar argued that Democrats criticize their own party all the time, and Cummings responded by agreeing. An edited version of the exchange was posted to social media and widely circulated.