‘The View’ Slams Judge Judy Over Shocking Remark (Video)

Judge Judy’s blunt advice to Americans unhappy with the country did not go over well at The View.

On Friday’s show, Ana Navarro and Sunny Hostin pushed back after Judith Sheindlin said in a recent USA TODAY interview that people who dislike America should “go somewhere else.” Navarro argued that criticizing the government can be an expression of love for the country, while other hosts questioned whether Sheindlin’s words had been taken too personally. (AOL)

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Sheindlin, 83, made the comment while discussing her belief that capitalism, entrepreneurship and excellence helped make America successful. She called the United States her home and objected to people arriving in the country and saying they wanted to change it. The interview was published as she marked 30 years since Judge Judy first aired. (AOL)

Navarro heard something more pointed in those words. The cohost, who was born in Nicaragua, said people on social media have told her to leave America because she criticizes President Donald Trump.

“I think we can distinguish between not loving the current government and liking America,” she said. Navarro argued that people who want change should stay, vote and organize. She also said that leaving one’s home country is neither simple nor affordable for many families.

Hostin agreed with Navarro’s reading of the remark, saying Sheindlin seemed to focus on her own success while overlooking Americans who struggle with racism, education costs and the price of food. She called the comment out of touch with people whose experience of the country has been very different from Sheindlin’s.

But the panel did not agree on what the TV judge meant. Joy Behar said she did not think Sheindlin was telling Trump’s critics to leave. Alyssa Farah Griffin defended Americans’ right to criticize their country while saying she understood concerns about calls to move away from capitalism. Sara Haines offered another interpretation: Sheindlin may have been talking about people who reject the country’s basic values, rather than anyone who wants a different president.

That distinction is at the heart of the argument. Sheindlin did not name Navarro or say that disagreeing with Trump should make someone leave America. Navarro was explaining how the phrase lands for someone who has repeatedly heard it directed at her. And as the First Amendment makes clear, Americans have the right to speak out about their government and petition it for change. (AOL)

Sheindlin’s remarks arrived during a milestone week for the former family court judge. CBS aired a 30th-anniversary special on Sept. 22 celebrating the courtroom show that made her a television fixture. Three decades later, one of her off-camera opinions has given another daytime panel plenty to debate. (AOL)