‘The View’ panel slams lawmakers who skipped 9/11 moment of silence: ‘Shameful’

The hosts of “The View” on Wednesday slammed lawmakers who did not attend a moment of silence on the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.

Whoopi Goldberg said that just 26 percent of lawmakers went to the House event on the steps of the Capitol. 

“Shameful,” said Meghan McCain in a clip posted by Mediaite. 

{mosads}”We don’t know why they weren’t there, but this might not have been the right day to screw around with the optics,” Goldberg said. “This was a moment that affected everyone in this country.”

“Every one of you people, every one should be out there,” she told lawmakers. 

Wednesday was the 18th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, which killed nearly 3,000 people. 

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) posted a video on Twitter of the moment of silence followed by a rendition of “God Bless America.” 

Members of Congress are coming together in front of the U.S. Capitol to mark a moment of silence, eighteen years after the September 11 attacks. #NeverForget https://t.co/5RinF8MpHV

— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) September 11, 2019 

Flags fly at half-staff in memory of the victims of 9/11. pic.twitter.com/aO5xA9FmzR

— Kevin McCarthy (@GOPLeader) September 11, 2019