‘How Do You Say That?!’ View Co-Host Shocks Table By Declaring Trump Would Win By Same Or ‘Bigger’ Margin Today
The View’s Alyssa Farah Griffin shocked her co-hosts and some of her audience when she declared that President Donald Trump would win by the same or a bigger margin if a new election were held today.
On The View, the table talked about a new Quinnipiac poll finding that 79% of Americans believe the United States is in a “political crisis.” Joy Behar immediately blamed the polling results on Trump being in office, which Griffin pushed back on, arguing young people are feeling economic strains that are turning them off in general from Washington, D.C. and politics.
“You’re talking about an economic problem, we’re talking about democracy, it’s completely different,” Behar said.
“I think that people throw around the term democracy, I think Democrats totally over calculated this last election. At the end of the day, if it’s a Tuesday morning, you’re deciding what bill you can afford to pay, you’re not voting on democracy, you are voting on the cost of living,” Griffin countered.
Ana Navarro argued the election would very different today after months of Trump in office.
“I think if somebody was running now against Trump, when people have been painfully reminded of what an authoritarian he is, it would be very different,” she said.
Griffin predicted Trump would potentially be even more popular in an election.
“I’m going to say something that’s going to make this table and this audience very upset, but I want to tell the unvarnished truth. I think if the election were re-held today, Donald Trump would win by the same, if not a bigger margin,” she said, getting audible gasps from the audience.
“How do you say that though?” a surprised Behar asked.
“This country is so deeply polarized. If you hated him before, you hate him even more now,” she said. “There are definitely people who are like, I’m having some buyer’s remorse, but there’s this poll today that shows that on the top issues people voted on, they still trust Republicans more. We are literally a 48, 48 country and then this little percentage in the middle that goes either way.”
Check out the exchange below:
ALYSSA FARAH GRIFFIN: The millennials were the first generation that was likely to not do better than their parents were. The fact that people are working harder than ever and not being able to get ahead, and they feel like the American dream is unattainable, they just feel like, the system that Washington is giving us doesn’t work.
JOY BEHAR: You’re talking about an economic problem, we’re talking about democracy, it’s completely different.
GRIFFIN: I think that people throw around the term democracy, I think Democrats totally over calculated this last election. At the end of the day, if it’s a Tuesday morning, you’re deciding what bill you can afford to pay, you’re not voting on democracy, you are voting on the cost of living. It’s a nebulous term, it just doesn’t mean enough to people. I think people are frustrated with the cost of living and they’re frustrated with the environment we live in.
ANA NAVARRO: I think it didn’t mean enough to people because they had forgotten how bad Trump was. I think that meant a lot to people in 2020 when Joe Biden was first running because we were just surviving that first Trump term. I think if somebody was running now against Trump, when people have been painfully reminded of what an authoritarian he is, it would be very different. But I also think that the reason people don’t feel democracy is working is because- Our system is supposed to work through a system of checks and balances. And today, unfortunately, there are no checks and balances. The Congress is a fickle organization of rubber stamping Republicans that do zero oversight over the abuses of the Trump administration and the courts have no enforcement mechanism. So they can issue judicial orders, but they don’t have the teeth to be able to enforce them.
GRIFFIN: The courts have intervened against Trump numerous, numerous times. I think the courts have largely held their intended, our founders intended for them to work slowly.
NAVARRO: The court said not to deport Kilmar Abego Garcia and they did.
GRIFFIN: And he is back now and that was the system working.
NAVARRO: Months and months afterward so people are frustrated.
GRIFFIN: I’m going to say something that’s going to make this table and this audience very upset, but I want to tell the unvarnished truth. I think if the election were re-held today, Donald Trump would win by the same, if not a bigger margin.
BEHAR: How do you say that though?
GRIFFIN: This country is so deeply polarized. If you hated him before, you hate him even more now. There are definitely people who are like, I’m having some buyer’s remorse. But there’s this poll today that shows that on the top issues people voted on, they still trust Republicans more. We are literally a 48, 48 country and then this little percentage in the middle that goes either way.
Watch above via ABC.
