Overview
- On Wednesday's episode, the hosts delivered a unified, scathing review of the speech, accusing the president of demonizing immigrants and inflaming divisions.
- Joy Behar said watching made her physically ill, and Sunny Hostin called parts despicable and disgusting as she decried rhetoric she viewed as targeting Somali communities and noted the omission of two Minnesotans shot by ICE agents.
- Conservative guest host Amanda Carpenter criticized the partisan stagecraft and said Democrats gave the president split‑screen advantages during his televised clash with Rep. Ilhan Omar, renewing debate over attending future addresses.
- Whoopi Goldberg labeled it insanely rude that only the U.S. men's hockey team appeared among honored athletes, pointing out that female gold medalists were not invited.
- The White House, through spokesperson Davis Ingle, derided the hosts and praised the speech as incredible, while Carpenter also highlighted Protect Democracy’s pending litigation alleging aggressive ICE surveillance in Minnesota and Maine.