‘The View’ organizes debate on why Donald Trump won the election
“The View” panelists sharply disagreed on the reasons behind Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 presidential election.
In one Hot Topics segment from Friday’s episodeJoy Behar began by praising President Joe Biden for promising a peaceful transition of power when Trump takes office, before noting that Democrats have begun to publicly blame each other for the staggering loss of Vice President Kamala Harris.
“The lesson for Democrats is not, ‘We haven’t gone far enough to the left,’” Alyssa Farah Griffin said. “They lost rural voters. They lost working-class voters.” She then said voters were more concerned about their immediate economic problems than about the bigger issues facing the country.
Sunny Hostin offered her own opinion, saying, “I think the more relevant question is actually, ‘What’s wrong with America? What is wrong with our country that the Republican Party would choose as its candidate and support a candidate who is an insurrectionist, who is an election denier, someone who is a twice-impeached, 34-times convicted felon, someone who has been accused of alleged sexual misconduct by 26 women, found liable for sexual abuse. What is wrong with this country that they choose a message of division, xenophobia, racism and misogyny over a message of inclusivity?”
Behar further pointed out that Democrats are the ones who passed measures like “Society Security, Medicare, Medicaid, union protection, unemployment insurance and Obamacare. The Republican Party doesn’t give a damn. The only thing I can deduce is that it is due to the messages. It didn’t get through to people. They don’t pay attention.”
Sara Haines claimed that the way Democrats speak to their voters is “condescending.” “My point is that I don’t blame Joe Biden, nor do I blame Kamala Harris. “I blame it on a message within the Democratic party,” she said. Haines continued by saying that Democrats focused on the wrong issues and misinterpreted what the public expected of them as leaders.
“They didn’t vote for him because he’s a racist or a misogynist. They voted because they needed help in their daily lives,” she concluded.
“Oh yeah, do you think they’ll say in the exit poll, ‘I’m a racist and a misogynist’? I don’t think so,” Behar said.
