Isabel Brown fires back at ‘The View’ after hosts blast her pro-family CPAC remarks

Conservative influencer and Daily Wire host Isabel Brown pushed back Tuesday against the co-hosts of “The View” after they criticized her remarks at last week’s Conservative Political Action Conference urging young women to embrace marriage and motherhood, calling their response “elitist” and accusing them of taking her comments out of context.

Ms. Brown, a 28-year-old influencer and recent mother, told the CPAC audience in Grapevine, Texas, that it was “high time” to start “encouraging your children to grow up and have the courage to get married and have kids — more kids than they can afford before they think they’re ready.” She also argued that personal decisions such as leaving dating apps, stopping birth control and marrying are choices that “ultimately trickle down into the political policies that we will see save our country.”

Appearing Tuesday on Fox & Friends, Ms. Brown said the clip circulated by “The View” represented only a fraction of a broader conversation. “That clip was a very short two seconds of the greater conversation that we were having, clearly taken wildly out of context and with the intention to continue pushing the anti-family propaganda on the women of our generation,” she said.

Ms. Brown also accused the show’s wealthy hosts of hypocrisy, saying they were “out of touch” and lecturing everyday Americans about family decisions from a position of financial privilege.

The backlash originated during Monday’s broadcast of “The View,” where moderator Whoopi Goldberg introduced a clip of Ms. Brown’s CPAC remarks and the panel quickly piled on. Co-host Sara Haines argued that tying a woman’s value to marriage and motherhood was “the stupidest, most old-fashioned thing,” adding, “We have come too far.” Ms. Haines also said the women’s movement had always been about giving women a choice — including the choice to have a family — rather than prescribing one path.

Guest host Whitney Cummings mocked the framing, saying, “If your marriage requires courage, I have a lot of questions about your husband.” She also suggested Ms. Brown’s perspective might shift as her child grows older and becomes more demanding.

Co-host Sunny Hostin called the remarks “reckless,” citing an affordability crisis and arguing that a married two-person household would need to earn more than $400,000 a year for childcare to be considered affordable under federal guidelines. Ana Navarro offered a more pointed retort, saying that anyone not paying her bills has no say over her reproductive decisions.

Ms. Brown hosts her own original series on DailyWire+ and is the author of “Frontlines: Finding My Voice on an American College Campus.” She has more than 1 million followers on Instagram. She holds a master’s degree in biomedical sciences policy and advocacy and is studying theology at Notre Dame. 

In a written statement to Fox News Digital, Ms. Brown said she was “truly sad for the hate and contempt ’The View’ shows toward one of the most beautiful things about womanhood,” adding that the panel’s reaction amounted to “godless, anti-human propaganda.”