The co-presidents of the Women’s March appeared on The View Monday to discuss the controversy around the organization — and things got heated with co-host Meghan McCain.

Co-presidents Tamika Mallory and Bob Bland were grilled about anti-Semitism claims waged against the group ahead of its third annual march as well as Mallory’s ties to the controversial head of the Nation of Islam, Louis Farrakhan, who also has a history of anti-Semitic views. McCain came ready for battle.

Women’s March co-presidents, from left, Tamika Mallory and Bob Bland appeared on “The View” Monday — and faced a grilling from Sunny Hostin and Meghan McCain. (Photo: The View) More

After Mallory addressed why she has associated with Farrakhan (“Just because you go into a space with someone does not mean you agree with everything they say“) and dubbed him “GOAT” on social media (“I didn’t call him the ‘greatest of all time’ because of his rhetoric. I called him the greatest of all time because of what he’s done in black communities”), McCain jumped in. “Let me interject,” said the conservative co-host. “I would never be comfortable supporting someone who [said], ‘I am not anti-Semite, I am anti-termite.’ ‘It’s the wicked Jews, the false Jews, promoting lesbian, homosexuality,’” two quotes made by Farrakhan. McCain also cited a quote that she said allegedly came from Mallory and Women’s March co-founder Carmen Perez that “Jewish people have a history of exploiting black people,” as reported by Tablet magazine.

“A lot of people — and I include me in this — think you’re using your organization as anti-Semitism masked in activism and are using identity politics to shield yourself from critiques,” said McCain, who also criticized the women’s organization for making her — a woman who is conservative and “pro-life” — feel excluded from a march that is supposed to represent all women.

"The Women's March unequivocally condemns anti-Semitism, bigotry…" Co-president @bobblanddesign addresses anti-Semitic allegations surrounding the organization: "We condemn any statements of hate and… we're committed to repairing any type of harm." https://t.co/f8u2wc159S pic.twitter.com/Y9SDi9S56C — The View (@TheView) January 14, 2019





Bland denied that Tablet quote and said, “I’ll be very clear in this room — that the Women’s March unequivocally condemns anti-Semitism, bigotry.” She also said the group condemns Farrakhan’s remarks about Jewish people. “We have repeatedly — in statement after statement this year, which are available directly on our website for anyone to read — condemn any statements of hate, and we’ve actually been working so hard over the last two years to fight this type of hate over and over again. We’re committed to repairing any harm because we understand that the Jewish community is feeling hurt right now.”

McCain asked Mallory to condemn the statements, to which Mallory replied, “What I will say to you is that I don’t agree with many of minister Farrakhan’s statements.” She wouldn’t condemn them (“It’s not the way that I speak,” she replied), so McCain kept hammering away. However, Mallory refused to play ball, saying only, “It’s very clear over the 20 years of my own personal activism, my own personal track record who I am and that I should never be judged through the lens of a man.”

.@TamikaDMallory on posting a photo with Louis Farrakhan using the caption 'GOAT,' an acronym meaning "greatest of all time": “I didn't call him the 'greatest of all time' because of his rhetoric, I called him 'greatest of all time' for what he's done with black communities." https://t.co/7GJhyoj2F5 — The View (@TheView) January 14, 2019





Both Bland and Mallory also said that they were comfortable sharing the stage at the march with a Trump supporter and someone who is anti-abortion, responding to McCain’s saying that there is no place for conservative women in the marches. “There’s no prerequisite for people coming to the March,” Mallory replied. Anything to the contrary is just “not true.”