‘The View’ Makes Bold Claim About ‘Apocalyptic’ Presidency: ‘Signs Were There’
The co-hosts of The View were at odds yet again over the post-election political climate on the talk show's most recent episode.
On Monday, Nov. 25, Whoopi Goldberg, Alyssa Farah Griffin, Sara Haines and Ana Navarro weighed in on the differences between the country's reaction to Donald Trump's 2016 presidential win and the current state of affairs, recalling the widespread protests (including the massive Women's March in January 2017) that erupted eight years ago.
"I think people are exhausted, I think they are looking at, you know, taking care of themselves before they take care of America," Navarro said.
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Haines agreed, suggesting that people might be taking the time leading up to the holidays to rest and focus on their mental health. She also noted that different types of protest can still be effective. For example, she referenced Matt Gaetz's decision to step down from Attorney General consideration after receiving significant backlash.
"The public scrutiny of that and all of the coverage of that, even Mattt Gaetz said when he resigned, 'This became too big of a distraction,'" Haines pointed out.
"That was resistance. It may just not look like what everyone is thinking it is," she continued.
Goldberg offered her take, which is that people are taking a "wait and see" approach to the situation.
“Wait to see what he’s going to do before you know what you can do and what you must do," she said.
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Griffin—who was the White House director of strategic communications and Assistant to the President in 2020 when Trump was in office—had a different outlook from that of her co-hosts.
“God’s honest truth, I kind of always thought Trump would win, until maybe the final days, just ’cause it felt like Kamala Harris had this real momentum,” she said. “But the signs were there.”
"I'm shying away from this sort of apocalyptic, it's all, you know, we need to be losing sleep over it...I root for America, so I root for a smart, serious Donald Trump presidency, and I root for pushback when he doesn’t do things that are smart,” Griffin continued.
"All those things are great to dream about,” Goldberg replied, which got a big laugh from the audience.
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