FLASHBACK: Watch ‘The View’ Ladies Lose Their Minds When Norm MacDonald Called Bill Clinton a Murderer

Some things never change.

It was November 11, 2000, and Al Gore was trying to figure out if he had won the presidency in the infamous “hanging chads” election against George W. Bush. It was also the early days of The View, a show TruthRevolt has regularly called out for liberal biases over the last few years. But even back then, hosts Barbara Walters, Joy Behar, and Star Jones weren’t hiding any of their sycophancy for the Clintons.

Canadian-born comedian Norm MacDonald was a guest, and as usual, his antics didn’t make him popular with the hosts. The second he sat on the couch, he was asked to comment on the “presidential mess:”

“I hope that the Democrats don’t steal the election from the winner, you know.”

That certainly didn’t earn him any brownie points, nor did this:

“I love George Bush, man. He’s a good man, decent. He’s not a liar or a crook or a murderer or anything like that so, it’d be good to get the — I think we should get the homicide out of the White House and get a fresh start because we don’t want any more murderers.”

“I think we should just go on to the next question,” Walters said.

Behar added in confusion, “Who’s the murderers?”

“Oh, Clinton, he murdered a guy!” MacDonald said matter-of-factly. 

The hosts talked over one another in fierce protest, telling the comedian he had gone too far. But MacDonald didn’t let up asking in shock that they’d never heard about the accusations (presumably Vince Foster).

“I don’t want to hear it,” Walters said firmly. “And this is not the place to make those accusations.”

“I thought it was a matter of record,” MacDonald added relentlessly.

“I’ll tell you what’s a matter of record,” Jones added, “you won’t be invited back if you don’t shut up.”

Amazingly enough, the audience seemed more on his side in places, gauging by their response. That is something that HAS changed on The View: more boos these days when dissing Democrats.

The conversation turned to Bill Cosby, someone the ladies loved and MacDonald called a comedic idol of his, of course not without yet another political jab:

“I love that guy, he’s my hero, you know, like Bill Clinton would be your hero.”

Taking endless pushback from the hosts, MacDonald said, “People always told me Hollywood was incredibly liberal and biased, and I thought it was untrue, but…”

According to Wikipedia, MacDonald was back on the view in 2003 criticizing his home country for not helping with the Iraq War and said Ronald Reagan was the greatest president ever.

MacDonald’s feelings about the Clintons haven’t changed. Though no fan of Donald Trump, MacDonald recently told Larry King that Hillary Clinton is one of the most corrupt politicians America has ever seen.

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