By The Daily Wire (World News) | Created at 2024-11-15 15:20:07 | Updated at 2024-11-22 14:41:06
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A spokesperson for ABC has denied rumors that “The View” is hunting for a pro-Trump panelist to help balance the one-sided views that have helped define the show.
“This report is not true,” publicity director Lauri Hogan told The Daily Wire in a statement. “‘The View’ is an opinion-based show featuring a diverse panel of women with different points of view – the current panel is clearly resonating with audiences given that the series just had its highest rated episode in more than a decade and hit a 4-year high in total viewers.”
The denial comes days after a report from The New York Post featuring claims from an unnamed source that ABC execs were scrambling to add pro-Trump individuals to some content following the president-elect’s landslide victory over Democrat nominee Kamala Harris this month. One show mentioned in particular was “The View,” which currently includes six women known for their disdain of President-elect Trump.
“The View is facing pressure from higher-ups,” the source told The Post. “Viewers can expect some major changes including bringing in new panelists that can bring in a pro-Trump perspective.”
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“Everyone on ‘The View’ endorsed Kamala Harris. They lost. They are out of touch with America,” the insider added. “For a show about different perspectives, ‘The View’ doesn’t seem to have any when it comes to Trump. ABC bosses don’t want to alienate the pro-Trump demographic.”
Conversations on “The View” are almost always dominated by far-Left viewpoints from co-hosts like Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, and Sara Haines. Token Republican voices have been from anti-Trumpers, such as Ana Navarro and Alyssa Farah Griffin.
Hostin blamed “uneducated white voters” for Trump’s win on the first episode of “The View” following the election, claiming that racism had played a major role in the 2024 presidential campaign. She said she was “profoundly disturbed” over Kamala’s defeat.
Co-host Navarro agreed that racism and sexism drove the results. Meanwhile, Goldberg said that even though Trump had won, she’s not giving up her former vow never to utter his actual name.
“He’s now the president. I’m still not going to say his name. That’s not going to change,” she said. Goldberg also claimed, “Too many people that I know died trying to vote.”
ABC may have denied the rumors of adding a Trump-friendly panelist to “The View,” but if that changes, at least two Daily Wire podcast hosts have offered to join the show. In response to the original Post article, Ben Shapiro replied with a “Hunger Games” GIF that said, “I volunteer!”
“Am I Racist?” star Matt Walsh also responded to the rumors on X, writing, “I would be happy to serve my country in this post.”
