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.

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"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 Nancy PelosiDemocratic senator to party: 'A little message discipline wouldn't kill us' Overnight Health Care: New wave of COVID-19 cases builds in US | Florida to lift all coronavirus restrictions on restaurants, bars | Trump stirs questions with 0 drug coupon plan Overnight Defense: Appeals court revives House lawsuit against military funding for border wall | Dems push for limits on transferring military gear to police | Lawmakers ask for IG probe into Pentagon's use of COVID-19 funds MORE (D-Calif.) posted a video on Twitter of the moment of silence followed by a rendition of "God Bless America."