âThe Viewâ returned to the airwaves Wednesday amid former President Donald Trumpâs decisive reclamation of the White House.
Four years after he lost the 2020 general election to President Joe Biden, the countryâs former 45th president staged a stunning political comeback â and the nationâs No. 1 daytime talk show responded to his unprecedented win.
The morning talk show, with a group of hosts led by EGOT winner Whoopi Goldberg, has become a destination for viewers that span across the political spectrum. In addition to Goldberg, co-hosts include comedian Joy Behar, legal expert Sunny Hostin, CNN contributor Ana Navarro, Midwest moderate Sara Haines and ex-Trump spokesperson Alyssa Farah Griffin, all of whom weighed in on the election.
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âThe Viewâ co-hosts â including Republican Alyssa Farah Griffin, who said she would vote for Harris â expressed sadness, disappointment and hope in the wake of the election results.
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Griffin said Trumpâs win wasnât âthe outcome I wanted,â but said that the people who voted for him are still âgood, decent people who are patriots and love this country.â
She then called for people to âbring down the temperature, the name-calling, the demonizing,â and to work to understand each other.
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âI always thought he could win,â she said. âI didnât expect it to be this resounding. And I think there are some lessons from it. I think we forget about rural America, I think the working class feels left behind ⌠He spoke to them. We might not have liked his words, but they turned out for him.â
Sunny Hostin talks election, says sheâs âprofoundly disturbedâ by Trump win
Legal mind Sunny Hostin shared her fears about the working class, the future of Social Security, health care for the elderly, âmass deportationsâ and âinternment camps,â telling her fellow panelists she was âprofoundly disturbedâ by the election results.
âI worry about my childrenâs future, especially my daughter, who now has less rights than I had,â Hostin said. âI remember my father telling me many, many years ago, that I was the first person in his family to enjoy full civil rights. And now I have less civil rights than I had when he told me that.â
Hostin attributed Harrisâ loss to âa referendum of cultural resentment in this country.â
Navarro, who was at the Harris campaignâs headquarters in Washington when results came in, said she had âno regretsâ over her support of Harris.
âI worked hard as hell to elect the first Black Asian woman president. History slipped through our fingers again,â she said. âI worked hard as hell for Donald Trump not to be president. But today, unlike Donald Trump and his followers, I acknowledge that he won. I hope for the best for our country.â
She told LGBTQ Americans, immigrants, elderly citizens and women that, âWe will not stop fighting.â
Whoopi Goldberg refuses to say Trumpâs name on âThe Viewâ
Moderator mainstay Goldberg, who some time ago vowed never to speak Trumpâs name, kept her promise alive.
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â(Harris) did this in two months. Everybody can always say she should have done this, she should have done this. She was everywhere, she talked to everybody and people didnât come out,â she said. âI donât know why and it doesnât even matter. Heâs now going to be president. And Iâm still not going to say his name.â
What time is âThe Viewâ on?
âThe Viewâ airs at 11 a.m. ET/10 a.m. CT. The daytime talk show only airs live in limited time zones.
While popular with more liberal viewers, the show is also often ridiculed by conservatives as being too soft and too partisan. Itâs also an occasional subject for âSaturday Night Liveâ sketches.
Contributing: Bill Coodykoontz, The Arizona Republic