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Meghan McCain's time on The View may be coming to an end, but it doesn't look like she'll stop sharing her, often polarizing, opinions any time soon.
The conservative voice of The View and daughter of late Republican senator John McCain recently took to Twitter, offering a controversial opinion that people have "ample reason" to question science.
But is “science” saying protesting won’t spread a virus, that climate change should have killed us in 2012 or that… https://t.co/KDM1JLagPd— Meghan McCain (@Meghan McCain) 1626447530.0
In the tweet, McCain shared a tweet by Frank Luntz, a political strategist and pollster, who left the Republican Party at the beginning of the year.
Luntz's tweet highlighted results from a recent Gallup poll, showing faith in science from Republicans shrank from 72% in 1975 to 45% today, while in contrast the Democrats science faith grew from 67% to 79% in the the same amount of time.
The timing of McCain's controversial statement comes at a particularly polarizing time in the US. The Delta variant of Covid-19 is spreading throughout the country and new cases are once again on the rise, largely in unvaccinated populations of conservative states.
Replies condemning McCain's Tweet swiftly began to flood her Twitter page.
Several pointed out factual errors in her message and questioned how someone with her education could make such an illogical argument.
@MeghanMcCain 1. Science never said protesting won't spread the virus 2. Science never said climate change would "k… https://t.co/QUsSS8MLmY— StarWarsJunkie (@StarWarsJunkie) 1626448201.0
@MeghanMcCain Science is a rigorous process rooted in evidence. There's nothing not to believe. If you think ignori… https://t.co/cUBtvUfrIU— Noble Crap (@Noble Crap) 1626447868.0
@MeghanMcCain Well Meghan, science and the people in charge can only share what they knew at the time! As always th… https://t.co/rJiiRuTYVu— Steve McPartlin (@Steve McPartlin) 1626448651.0
@MeghanMcCain No one ever said science was going to end the world in 2012 — that was the myth about the Mayan calen… https://t.co/7g2FRhRVw8— Holly (@Holly) 1626451073.0
@MeghanMcCain This is like your worst take. I know we don’t agree on much. But you are educated. You should unders… https://t.co/nFgi4E9aiA— Ryan “Pass HR1” Featherstone (@Ryan “Pass HR1” Featherstone) 1626449972.0
@MeghanMcCain Great. Feel free not to go to a doctor next time you are sick.— WhatIfBarackOrHillarySaidIt 💉🗳️💙 (@WhatIfBarackOrHillarySaidIt 💉🗳️💙) 1626447664.0
@MeghanMcCain In pandering to the lowest common denominator, you've lost all sense of logic & reason. We've been g… https://t.co/aVxqYLhrln— 7 million votes IS a mandate! 🌊🇺🇸🏳️🌈🌊☯️🌊 (@7 million votes IS a mandate! 🌊🇺🇸🏳️🌈🌊☯️🌊) 1626457511.0
McCain's critics were out in force.
@MeghanMcCain Dude. You've lost the respect of most thinking people. You're sliding into Alex Jones world.— Bob C (@Bob C) 1626448162.0
@MeghanMcCain This is deplorable! Instead of continuing to express your lack of trust in Dr. Fauci maybe you could… https://t.co/9oSDolq1Hr— that's hilarious! (@that's hilarious!) 1626452325.0
@MeghanMcCain Meghan McQanon please log off of Twitter— pfizer father (@pfizer father) 1626448652.0
@MeghanMcCain Science changes as knowledge and research grows. Please don’t be stupid.— alaud (@alaud) 1626447793.0
@MeghanMcCain Keep it up, Dr. Megs. Just great work you’re doing there. https://t.co/ouHIruuYuo— Kristine Kenyon (@Kristine Kenyon) 1626465911.0
@MeghanMcCain Aren't you supposed to be working??? Or have you completely checked out? I will be so glad when you are gone!— Rona (@Rona) 1626450487.0
McCain's days of sparring with Joy Behar and her other co-hosts on The View will be a thing of the past at the end of July.
But it seems clear McCain will have no shortage of opponents on Twitter.