Excessive politics, like many other things, can cause brain damage. This was evident Monday’s Halloween edition on The View. Although the cast didn’t dress up like witches, they thought it was funny and appropriate to make kids dress up in their favorite political obsessions and parade them around the city in a bizarre fashion show. The costumes included mocking Trump and taking swipes at average Americans.
Sara Haines, co-host, was eager to participate in the segment to show off “these Hot Topics costume for kids,” which featured Ashley Alderfer–Kaufman, The View’s wardrobe supervisor. The Mar-a-Lago raid is the most bizarre costume a child can be forced into.
Alderfer-Kaufman declared, “One of your most talked about topics this year: Trump’s Mar-a-Lago raid.” The three children were then marched across the stage. “He has all these classified papers, top secret documents. What did he do with all these classified documents, top secret documents? He flushed them down a toilet. We now have Trump as a toilet for our FBI agents.”
The child playing on the toilet/Trump was apparently told to make a scowling/pouting facial expression. Haines squeals, “Oh, that’s so cute!”
After they presented a child dressed up as a Choco-Taco, the next political swipe was at Dr. Mehmet Oz, the Pennsylvania Republican candidate for Senate. He showed a video showing how much produce prices have risen. They played a cut clip of the video.
“All right. I don’t know what Wegner’s is, but here we are with our Dr. Oz and his crudite,” Alderfer Kaufman announced, before continuing to laugh at the high prices. “We got the salsa, the asparagus, and the broccoli. These prices are actually quite reasonable. He even has his grocery bag. We made it real.
Shortly after, they mocked inflation to take another swipe at average Americans. Alderfer-Kaufman lamented, “Now, unfortunately the economy is definitely on everyone’s mind.”
They simply taped a bunch $100 bills to an inflatable dress and called it inflation. The cost of goods and services is increasing. We all would love to have money. We spent a lot of money on this costume, and now we have inflation,” she stated, praising their lazy design.
Their final costume was not really political, but it was just gross. They sexualized a young boy with a gold, skin-tight, and tight suit with a red slap mark at his forehead.
Her argument was “Now, we don’t want to endorse violence but we couldn’t help [ourselves]”, she said. “So, we have our interpretation. We have an Oscar statue, which we call the Oscar slap. The statue has a red handprint.
Although it is not clear who said it, someone mic’d up on stage and said that the costume was “beautiful.”
All these costumes received wild applause and cheers from the radically liberal audience.
Sponsorships from Procter & Gamble and Carvana made it possible for The View to come up with bizarre ideas for kids’ costumes. Their contact information can be linked.
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ABC’s The View
October 31, 2022
Eastern, 11:30:23
SARA HAINES: Okay. So, Ashley. Let’s see these Hot Topics costumes.
ASHLEY ALDERFER-KAUFMAN: Okay. You spoke about Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate raid as one of the most important topics this year.
SUNNY HOSTIN : Yes.
[Three children walk out in costumes]
[Applause] [Laughter]
ALDERFER-KAUFMAN : He has all these classified documents. What did he do with them? He flushed them down a toilet. We now have Trump as a toilet for our FBI agents.
[Laughter]
HAIENS: Ah, I love that!
(…)
Eastern, 11:31:34
ALDERFER-KAUFMAN – Choco-Taco may be out of stock at the supermarket, but his guy is. This viral video is a reminder. Let’s take another look.
[Cuts to Video]
DR. MEHMET OZ R-PA: I thought I’d go grocery shopping. My wife wants vegetables for crudite and I’m at Wegner’s. He’s got some broccoli. That’s 2 bucks. There’s not a lot of broccoli. There is some asparagus. That’s $4. That’s four dollars more for carrots. There are $10 worth of vegetables.
[Cuts back to Live]
[Applause]
ALDERFER-KAUFMAN: All right. I don’t know what Wegner’s is, but here’s Dr. Oz with his crudite. We ordered the salsa, guacamole, and broccoli. These prices are actually quite reasonable. He even has his grocery bag. We made it real.
HAINES: I love it.
ALDERFER-KAUFMAN : That’s Dr. Oz with his supermarket scrubs.
(…)
Eastern, 11:33:07
ALDERFER-KAUFMAN : The economy is on everyone’s mind. We created this next costume because of that. Here’s our take: car dealership inflatable green dancing guy. These inflatable costumes are very popular. The cost of these costumes is on the rise. We all would love to have some money. We spent a lot of money on this outfit and now we have inflation.
WHOOPI GOLDBERG : That’s pretty [inaudible].
HOSTIN: That’s so delicious.
ALDERFER-KAUFMAN While we don’t endorse violence of any sort, we couldn’t help but mention one of the most hot “Hot topics” of this year. So, here’s our interpretation. We have an Oscar statue. We call it the Oscar slap. The statue has a red handprint.
[Laughter]
UNIDENTIFIED: Beautiful.
HAINES: This is my favorite. This is a wonderful job.
