Overview
- On day 37 of the shutdown, the hosts framed the funding impasse as a dispute over extending COVID-era Affordable Care Act premium subsidies.
- Joy Behar said Republican resistance to an extension compromises flight safety and healthcare access, citing an NBC poll she said shows 52% blame Republicans.
- The panel highlighted FAA warnings discussed on-air, including expected airspace reductions affecting flights at about 40 airports.
- Alyssa Farah Griffin urged reopening the government first and holding a separate vote on the subsidies, drawing pushback from co-hosts.
- Sunny Hostin called healthcare a human right and criticized President Trump while Newsbusters labeled Behar’s remarks as potentially inciting.