close
close

first Drop

Com TW NOw News 2024

“The View’s Alyssa Farah Griffin is voting for a Democrat for the first time
news

“The View’s Alyssa Farah Griffin is voting for a Democrat for the first time

Alyssa Farah Griffin, Donald Trump’s former White House communications aide, told her cohosts on ABC’s The view today that she voted for a Democrat for president for the first time in her life.

The conservative voice of the daytime show said on the show today: “Four years ago today, I was in the White House with Donald Trump on election night. I was sitting there next to one of his Cabinet officials when Arizona was called for Joe Biden and it became increasingly clear that Trump was going to love. I believed at that moment that he deserved to lose that night. I didn’t think he fought to win the election, but I thought over the next four years the Republican Party would rebuild and become something I could believe in and turn the page on Donald Trump, and that didn’t happen.

“So this weekend,” she continued, “I voted for a Democrat for the first time in my life on Saturday.”

Griffin’s reveal drew applause from her cohosts Whoopi Goldberg, Sara Haines, Joy Behar and Sunny Hostin, and the studio audience.

Watch the clip above.

Griffin said her vote is “lent” to Kamala Harris and added that while she voted for Harris and running mate Tim Walz, she voted Republican for the down-vote nominees. She said that while she disagrees with some of Harris’ policies, she worries about the direction Donald Trump will take the country.

“I’m a Christian, I’m an American and I’m a Republican, in that order,” she said.

“I need someone who is a kind and decent person who will bring this country together,” Griffin said. “I don’t agree with a lot of her policies and we can criticize that later, but today is about a better future and I think the best thing for the country and the future of the Republican Party is that Donald Trump loses and that Kamala Harris is elected.”

With the announcement, Behar said, “Good girl!”, while Haines praised Griffin “who voted for a democracy and a Constitution.”

Goldberg also spoke about today’s election, referencing the viral video of Trump wielding a microphone in a manner that seemed to suggest oral sex was being simulated. “When we showed that bit of him with the microphone yesterday, it bothered me all day and I couldn’t figure out why and this morning I found out. I don’t want to hear anymore from parents who are nervous about what their children are learning and afraid of drag queens reading books to your children. If what you saw him do didn’t disgust you enough to protect your children, I don’t want to hear from you anymore.

Watch Goldberg’s response below.