By Page Six | Created at 2024-11-22 20:36:01 | Updated at 2024-11-23 01:22:54
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“The View” co-hosts got into another tense political discussion while disagreeing over the validity of President-elect Donald Trump’s new pick for attorney general during Friday’s episode.
The co-hosts –– Joy Behar, Sara Haines, Ana Navarro, Sunny Hostin and Alyssa Farah Griffin –– were discussing Trump picking Pam Bondi after Matt Gaetz withdrew amid his controversial sexual misconduct allegations.
While Haines, Navarro and Griffin were thankful for the change, Hostin argued that Bondi was just as “dangerous” as Gaetz.
“I believe she’s a dangerous pick as well, because she supported Trump’s false election claims,” Hostin said, referring to Trump’s refusal to accept his 2020 presidential defeat. “She was involved in the effort to overturn the results, and so that is now the person that is going to be our chief law enforcer?”
Behar, 82, and Navarro, 52, quickly interrupted, and Navarro defended Bondi’s record and joked, “What’s a little election denialism between friends? Everything in life is relative!”
Hostin, 56, appeared stunned and quipped, “Election denialism is a very big deal, Ana.”
“We got to take the wins where we can find them, folks,” Griffin, 35, chimed in, while also adding that Bondi is “also qualified” for the role.
Navarro piped up again and asked if she was allowed to “continue saying” her opinion on Bondi being a better choice than Gaetz.
“One at a time!” Behar said and clapped, while the rest of the four women continued to talk at the same time.
Hostin got the floor next and reminded her co-hosts that they cannot “minimize some of the things” Bondi has done, when she is “supposed to be the people’s attorney.”
Haines, 47, began talking before Hostin finished her thoughts and said, “Agree, but I would still take her over Matt Gaetz!”
“You can take her over Matt Gaetz, but can’t minimize denying an election,” Hostin argued, to which Haines denied “minimizing” those claims.
Griffin then the chance to speak and pointed out that Gaetz had “dreadful character flaws” while also being “deeply unqualified” –– unlike Bondi.
“She’s been the Florida attorney general, she’s been a prosecutor, she is going to get confirmed by the senate [and] republicans really like her,” Griffin said.
However, Hostin was still adamant to make her point and reiterated that Bondi is an “election denier.”
“I know, but no one’s going to be perfect under Donald Trump,” Griffin replied.
Behar –– who acted as the moderator with Whoopi Goldberg out –– once again urged the ladies to stop interrupting each other and shouted, “One at a time!”
Navarro and Hostin continued to go back and forth for a few more seconds before Behar interjected one final time.
The tense argument came just two days after Hostin and Griffin got into a heated debate over school voucher tax credits.
Hostin and Griffin spoke over each other several times and made it hard to understand their points, so Goldberg, 69, jumped in and scholed them.
“There’s no last thing being said here right now,” Goldberg said before cutting to commercial. “No one can hear what anyone’s saying.”
