From “Deeply Disturbed” to “No Regrets”

UPDATE, with full video added: The view The co-hosts — all of whom, including Republican Alyssa Farah Griffin, supported Kamala Harris for president — reacted today to Donald Trump’s victory with varying degrees of anger, disappointment and optimism.

“So what happened last night?” joked host Whoopi Goldberg at the start of the Hot Topics discussion. “Is anyone doing anything interesting?”

Check out the discussion above. Here is an overview of the co-moderators’ edited and condensed comments:

Joy Behar: My conclusion is that the system works, we live in a democracy, the people have spoken… I vehemently disagree with the Americans’ decision, but I am very, very hopeful that we have a democratic system in this country . We should appreciate it, we should love it, we should protest when the situation arises that we have to protest, and I am sure it will. I’ve experienced this before with Nixon. It was very difficult, but boy oh boy, do we have a country. If we can keep it.”

Sarah Haines: “What I always tell my children is that you feel what you feel, everyone has different feelings, some got what they wanted, many didn’t… And you take one step in front of the other. So today we are here and I am still optimistic because I feel arm in arm with so many people who agree with me and I will not stop marching.”

Alyssa Farah Griffin: “Is this the result I wanted? No, but we live in a democracy… And what matters to me is this: Tens of millions of Americans – our friends, our neighbors, our family members – voted for Donald Trump. We disagree with them, I know we all do at this table, but they are good, decent people who are patriots and love this country. I can’t say what made her decide to be with him, but I think it’s a moment for us to listen to each other, listen to each other and express what our concerns are… This is a country where There really is more that connects us than separates us. I know it doesn’t feel like it to many people in this moment, but we need to lower the temperature, the name-calling, and the demonization.

“It’s a moment,” Griffin continued, “to listen to voters.” I always believed he could win… I didn’t expect it to be this resounding, and I think there are some lessons to be learned from that pull. I think we forget rural America, I think the working class feels left behind… and he spoke to them. We may not have liked his words, but they worked for him.”

Sunny Hostin: “I’m deeply disturbed … I think in 2016 we didn’t know what we were going to get from a Trump administration, but now we do. “We know he will have almost unlimited power. I’m not actually worried about myself or my position in life, I’m worried about the working class. I’m worried about my mother, a retired teacher. I am concerned about our elderly and their social security and healthcare. I worry about the future of my children, especially my daughter, who now has fewer rights than me. I remember my father telling me many, many years ago that I was the first person in his family to have full civil rights, and now I have fewer civil rights than when he told me this.

“I am deeply disturbed,” she continued, “that the 14th Amendment has not prevented someone who participated in an insurrection from becoming President of the United States.” I think that in the future it is better that Remove the convicted felons box from job applications because if you can be president of the United States, you should not be prevented from working in this country.”

After expressing concern about the health care system, the economy, debt, mass deportations, detention camps and “Elon Musk’s warning of temporary hardship,” Hostin said, “As a woman of color, I was so hopeful that a mixed-race woman would marry one “A Jewish man could be elected president of this country, and I think that had nothing to do with politics. I think it was a referendum on cultural resentment in this country.”

Ana Navarro: “I am of course very disappointed and sad. I was at Kamala Harris’ headquarters in Washington yesterday and it was a very sad scene, the mood changed immediately.” She then quoted John F. Kennedy: “For me it doesn’t matter whether I’m on the winning side or The loser is standing, it’s a matter of being on the side of my sympathies.”

Navarro continued: “I have no regrets. I worked incredibly hard to elect the first Black Asian American woman president. The story has slipped through our fingers again. “I worked like hell to keep Donald Trump from becoming president, but today, unlike Donald Trump and his supporters, I recognize that he won and hope for the best for our country.”

Whoopi Goldberg: “Think about it. [Harris] I did it in two months. Everyone can always say she should have done this, she should have done that. She was everywhere, she talked to everyone and people didn’t come out. I don’t know why and it doesn’t matter. He will now be president. And I still won’t say his name.”

Even a former one view Co-host wanted to join the fray, even though her criticism was directed at the show itself. She tweeted: “It is real misconduct on the part of ABC News that there is not a single conservative woman on The View this morning who voted for Trump or simply won’t be rebuffed by his supporters from explaining to America why he’s still so.” .” popular.”