Meghan McCain under fire for "identity politics" The View rant questioning race and gender representation

The Daily Beast

On The View this morning, McCain noted that there has only been one Asian female (Lisa Ling) in The View's history. “So does that mean that one of one of us should be leaving because there’s not enough representation?" she asked. "Is identity politics more important than the qualifications for the job? And I think that's a question going forward that the progressive left is going to have to reconcile.” As Matt Wilstein points out, the irony is McCain got her job because of her "identity" as John McCain's daughter. Meanwhile, CNN’s Abby Phillip tweeted in response: “There have been more View co-hosts who are children of famous people than view co-hosts who are Asian. Does she really think that’s because there aren't enough Asian people with the right qualifications?”