The View co-host Joy Behar suggested runner-up GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley was remaining in the race "in case" former President Donald Trump choked on a cheeseburger.
During a Wednesday broadcast of the program, fellow co-host and actress Whoopi Goldberg questioned why Haley had not dropped out of the race since the candidate had no path towards the Republican Party's nomination.
In response, Behar referenced a November remark from MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell.
“Well, in the words of Lawrence O’Donnell, ‘maybe he’ll choke on a cheeseburger,'” she said as the audience laughed.
Fellow co-host Alyssa Farah-Griffin, who previously worked in the Trump administration, said she didn't think there was anything wrong with Haley remaining in the race.
"She was a two-term governor of South Carolina," Farah-Griffin said.
The former Trump administration employee said the electoral math was skewed in favor of Trump because the former president "changed the rules" of the upcoming Nevada primary.
"All the Super Tuesday states are winner-take-all. That favors him," she continued. "I like that she's fighting cause currently two people stand between Donald Trump and the White House, and that's Nikki Haley and Joe Biden."
Farah-Griffin said Trump's competition with Haley and Biden was "scary."
In November, O'Donnell downplayed the third Republican presidential primary debate hosted by NBC News as a procedural safety measure for the Republican Party.
“This is the debate for, you know, in case Trump chokes on a cheeseburger," O'Donnell said, appearing to dismiss the debate. "If somehow, Trump falls out, it's going to be DeSantis or Haley. That’s what it looks like."
Trump notably declined to participate in all five Republican primary debates, which fellow candidate Haley and former candidates Florida Gov. Ron Desantis, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie attended.
A sixth primary debate hosted by ABC was scheduled for Jan. 18 but cancelled after Haley announced she would not participate in the debate with DeSantis and insisted she was only interested in debating Trump or President Joe Biden.
Christie suspended his presidential campaign shortly before the fifth debate followed by Ramaswamy, who suspended his campaign the night of last week's Iowa caucus. While announcing the suspension of his campaign, Ramaswamy threw his support behind Trump's re-election effort.
On Sunday, DeSantis announced he was suspending his campaign and endorsed Trump.
Fellow former presidential candidates Gov. Doug Burgum and South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott have also endorsed Trump for president this November, though the former New Jersey governor has not expressed support for Haley or Trump.
Trump secured dominating victories in last week's Iowa caucus and Tuesday night's New Hampshire primary.
Trump and Haley are scheduled to face off in the Nevada primary on Feb. 8.
