The morning after the 2024 election, the hosts of The View shared their opinions on Wednesday’s episode of the daytime talk show.
All the ladies supported Vice President Kamala Harris, so it wasn’t surprising they were disappointed Donald Trump has since been confirmed as the 47th U.S. president.
Some of them even wore black — as if they were in mourning.
“I vehemently disagree with the decision that Americans made, but I feel very, very hopeful that we have a Democratic system in this country,” said Joy Behar. “I’ve been through this before with Nixon. It’s been very difficult but boy oh boy do we have a country. If we can keep it.”
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Sara Haines, like Behar, tried to remain positive.
“So here we are today and I still feel optimistic because I feel arm in arm with so many people who agree with me and I’m not going to stop marching,” said Haines.
Alyssa Farah Griffin — a former White House director of strategic communications during Trump’s first presidency — felt there are lessons to be learned from him winning again.
“I think we forget about rural America, I think the working class feels left behind and he spoke to them. We might not have liked his words, but they turned out for him,” Griffin said.
Sunny Hostin added, “I’m profoundly disturbed — I think in 2016 we didn’t know what we would get from a Trump Administration but we know now. We know that he will have almost unfettered power.”
Ana Navarro said she was “disappointed and sad.”
“I have no regrets,” said Navarro. “I worked hard as hell to elect the first Black Asian American woman as president. History slipped through our fingers again.”
“I worked hard as hell for Donald Trump not to be president, but today, unlike Donald Trump and his followers, I acknowledge that he won and I hope for the best for our country,” she added.
Whoopi Goldberg continued her tradition of refusing to say Trump’s name.
“He’s now going to be president. And I’m still not going to say his name,” The Color Purple actress simply said ending the conversation.
The discussion between the co-hosts is available in the video below:
