The ABC News hosts of The View were off and running Wednesday with a plethora of baseless conspiracy theories about President Trump’s latest immigration proposal to essentially add a “gold card” (a play on green card) to the visa program. But according to the lies of ABC News, Trump had already sold the United States to Elon Musk, he would sell access to the country to terrorists via the program, and there was no longer a legal means of immigration.
After playing a soundbite of Trump loosely describing how the “gold card” program would work, ABC moderator Whoopi Goldberg led the cast in some anti-immigrant bigotry once again aimed at Musk:
GOLDBERG: You know, remember when Elon bought America?
JOY BEHAR: Yeah.
SUNNY HOSTIN: Yeah.
GOLDBERG: He could have saved money with this because this is only 5 million.
SARA HAINES: But he only would have gotten a green card, not the whole country.
HOSTIN: Oh, he spent over 200 million.
BEHAR: Timing is everything.
GOLDBERG: You’re right. You’re right. There you are.
FACT CHECK: Misinformation. Musk had been a U.S. citizen since 2002, long before even Trump’s first term.
Faux conservative Alyssa Farah Griffin ridiculously suggested that Trump’s immigration program “makes it sound like America is for sale to the highest bidder. I don't like that.”
FACT CHECK: Misinformation. The program would not sell America to anyone.
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