Yahoo Lifestyle ‘The View’ Hosts Get Into Heated Debate Over Why Donald Trump Won the Election: ‘What Is Wrong With America?’
“The View” panelists sharply disagreed on the reasons behind Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 Presidential election.
In a Hot Topics segment from Friday’s episode, Joy Behar began by praising President Joe Biden for promising a peaceful transfer of power when Trump takes office, before she noted that Democrats are publicly beginning to blame each other for Vice President Kamala Harris’ staggering loss.
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“The lesson Democrats should take is not, ‘We didn’t run far enough to the left,'” said Alyssa Farah Griffin. “They lost rural voters. They lost working class voters.” She then said that voters were more concerned with their immediate economic problems rather than any larger issues facing the country.
Sunny Hostin chimed in with a take of her own, stating, “I think the more relevant question actually is, ‘What is wrong with America? What is wrong with our country that the Republican Party would choose as a candidate and support a candidate who is an insurrectionist, who is an election denier, who is someone who is a twice impeached, 34 time 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 would choose a message of divisiveness, of xenophobia, of racism, of misogyny, over a message of inclusiveness?’”
Behar went on to point out that Democrats are the ones who passed measures like “Society Security, Medicare, Medicaid, union protections, unemployment insurance, and Obamacare. The Republican Party doesn’t give a rat’s patootie about it. All I can deduce is that it’s the messaging. It didn’t get through to people. They’re not paying attention.”
Sara Haines claimed that the way Democrats speaks to its voters is “condescending.” “My point is I don’t blame Joe Biden, I don’t blame Kamala Harris. I blame a messaging within the Democratic party,” she said. Haines continued by saying that Democrats focused on the wrong issues and misread 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 everyday lives,” she concluded.
“Oh yeah, you think they’re going to say, ‘I’m a racist and a misogynist’ in the exit poll? I don’t think so,” said Behar.
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