'The View' co-hosts unleash on critics calling on Sotomayor to retire: 'I did not want to hear this'

"The View" co-hosts lashed out at critics calling for Sonia Sotomayor to step down on Thursday, and said former MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan was "wrong" to suggest the Supreme Court justice step down.

The co-hosts questioned why Justice Clarence Thomas was still on the court, and criticized Hasan.

"This guy, to go for Justice Sotomayor, who we know her thoughts, we don’t always agree them, but we know her thoughts and she’s a thoughtful person. We don’t know some of these other folks, and getting her off doesn’t mean somebody else is going to get on and be better. So what is his point? There are people who should be gone because they’re not doing what I think they should have done. Clarence Thomas should have recused himself. He shouldn’t be sitting there," co-host Whoopi Goldberg said.

Co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin defended Hasan and said he has called for Thomas to recuse himself, but Goldberg said, "I did not want to hear this."

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"But for me this was a slap, A to a 69-year-old woman because you’re acting like she has got an issue. You got an issue with her, so she should go. I say get rid of the people who aren’t doing their job," Goldberg continued.

Hostin and Goldberg argued Democrats don't "stack the court," but Republicans have, by "stealing two seats."

Hostin said Hasan was wrong about Sotomayor, who she considers to be very smart.

"This take, I will say to my friend, I thought was the wrong take. Especially because, as you pointed out, Clarence Thomas is 75. Samuel Alito, who wrote the Dobbs decision, is 74. John Roberts, the Chief Justice, is the same age as Justice Sotomayor. He’s 69. Kagan is 63. When you point those out how can you say this woman