The clown show at The View hit a new low this week, and this time it wasn’t just the usual leftist hysteria—it was outright mockery of the recently deceased Pope Francis. During an interview segment with Saturday Night Live cast member Bowen Yang, who plays Vice President J.D. Vance in the show’s increasingly unhinged political sketches, the conversation took a nasty and disrespectful turn. Asked by co-host Sarah Haines whether he initially hesitated to play Vance, Yang responded that it was due to “imposter syndrome,” and tried to appear humble about it. But then, as the liberal studio audience warmed up to his virtue-signaling, Yang dropped what he clearly hoped would be a zinger: “I mean he’s… Look, the guy’s a pope killer.”
Today on THE VIEW this idiot Bowen Yang said J.D. Vance “is a pope killer” and the hyenas laughed! I don’t care if it was a joke or not, I’d sue him and the show! pic.twitter.com/W5qdQxZh0J
— Pandora (@Pandora35049992) April 24, 2025
Let that sink in. Pope Francis, the spiritual leader of over a billion Catholics worldwide, had just passed away on Easter Monday. He had met with Vice President Vance shortly before his death. And in the left’s warped media bubble, that was all the material they needed to turn a tragic moment into a punchline.
The co-hosts of The View—predictably—erupted with laughter. Whoopi Goldberg, always eager to validate the most inappropriate commentary imaginable, chimed in with “Somebody had to say it.” Yang grinned and repeated the line for dramatic effect. Joy Behar tried to spin it as some kind of spiritual metaphor, desperate to keep the joke from backfiring, but the damage was already done.
What’s worse is that these are the same people who preach nonstop about “respect,” “tolerance,” and “kindness”—as long as it’s directed at their ideological allies. When it comes to conservative Catholics, or anyone associated with the Trump administration, their smug elitism gives them license to slander, mock, and humiliate. They didn’t just laugh off the death of the Pope—they used it as a political hit against Vice President Vance, a faithful Catholic whose presence at the Vatican was meant to honor the passing of a spiritual leader, not serve as fodder for cheap late-night comedy.
This is what the modern left has become: so obsessed with ridiculing conservative leaders, they’re willing to desecrate sacred institutions and moments of mourning to score points. Bowen Yang’s comment wasn’t brave or edgy—it was disgusting. He didn’t just insult a vice president or a pope—he spit in the face of every Christian watching.
Of course, Behar couldn’t resist turning the moment into another Trump-bashing opportunity. After muttering that she was never invited to meet the Pope—a moment of transparent bitterness—she tried to contrast Pope Francis with Trump and Elon Musk by suggesting that they “cut back on services for sick children” while the Pope washed the feet of the poor. This is classic Joy Behar, using the suffering of others as a self-righteous cudgel against her political enemies while pretending she’s some kind of moral authority. Never mind that President Trump expanded funding for community health centers, championed criminal justice reform, and kept America’s churches open while Democrats were locking down everything but liquor stores.
This is what they think passes for humor now. Take a man’s death, inject a political jab, laugh about it, then pat yourself on the back for being “spiritually insightful.” It’s the kind of smug, self-congratulatory nonsense that turns people off from the leftist media entirely. They have no reverence for faith, no respect for grief, and no boundaries when it comes to attacking the right.
Pope Francis deserves to be remembered with dignity. Whether you agreed with all his politics or not, mocking his death for cheap laughs and partisan jabs is grotesque. But don’t expect The View to apologize. To them, nothing is sacred—except their own power and their own ideology.
