The co-hosts of “The View” reacted Wednesday morning to Donald Trump’s decisive victory in the 2024 presidential election.
“I’m profoundly disturbed that the 14th Amendment of the Constitution did not prevent someone who participated in an insurrection from becoming president of the United States,” Sunny Hostin said. “I think that, going forward, the convicted felon box on employment applications better be taken off, because if you can be the president of the United States, then you should not be prevented from employment in this country.”
“When the person you voted for does not win, you do not say the system must be broken or that it was rigged,” Sara Haines added. “You say it is what it is, and you show up anyway.”
“The system works. We live in a democracy. People spoke. This is what people wanted,” Joy Behar remarked. “I vehemently disagree with the decision that Americans made, but I feel very, very hopeful that we have a democratic system in this country. We should value it. We should love it.”
“Tens of millions of Americans — our friends, our neighbors, our family members — voted for Donald Trump. We disagree with him — I know we all do at this table — but they are good, decent people who are patriots and love this country. And I can’t speak to what drove them to the conclusion of being with him, but I think it is a moment for us to listen to each other,” said Alyssa Farah Griffin, former Trump White House director of strategic communications, who has spoken out against her former boss.
“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,” former Republican political strategist Ana Navarro declared.
“Everybody can always say, ‘Oh, she should have done this, she should have done this.’ She did what she did. She was everywhere. She talked to everybody. And people didn’t come out. I don’t know why,” Whoopi Goldberg said. “And it doesn’t even matter. He’s now the president. I’m still not going to say his name.”
