As fans await The View’s announcement of who will be the ABC talk show’s new co-host, some are threatening to boycott watching should Alyssa Farah Griffin be selected.
A co-host vacancy became available after Meghan McCain announced her departure from The View last summer, citing hostility from the other hosts.
Farah, the former White House director of strategic communications under the Trump administration, has been rumored to take McCain’s seat on The View.
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The former Trump staffer has guest-hosted several times, giving viewers time to oppose an official placement.
“I’ll #BoycottTheView permanently if they hire #TrumpTraitorTrash,” a viewer wrote on Twitter.
I’ll #BoycottTheView permanently if they hire #TrumpTraitorTrash#TheView
— Lisa Votes Blue ?? (@L5Pgirl) August 1, 2022
Another viewer wrote: “The one nice thing about Alyssa Farah Griffin being named a permanent co-host on @TheView is that I will now have an extra 200 hours a year. What could you accomplish with another 200 hours a year? #BoycottTheView #TheView.”
Others suggested ABC was misguided about the potential benefits of Farah joining The View.
“@abcnews thinks it will give them higher ratings. They miscalculated,” a Twitter user said.
Farah has defended herself against critics who say she shifted to an “anti-Trump” philosophy after National Review pointed out the drastic political transformation.
Then I went on to work at @DeptofDefense in the Trump Admin for a year. It was my greatest professional honor. In the final 8 months of the Trump Admin, at the height of COVID, I was asked to go the West Wing. I originally did it on detail from DOD, intending to return
— Alyssa Farah Griffin ?? ?? (@Alyssafarah) July 14, 2022
“Personal thread: National Review has a piece out on me about how I’ve ‘changed.’ I didn’t read it but want to share this for those who don’t know: I worked for VP Mike Pence for 2 years. I will always be grateful & honored to have served in that role,” Farah tweeted.
She then added that she went on to become a part of former President Donald Trump’s administration and worked in the Department of Defense.
“I haven’t stopped using my voice since to condemn his lies & unfitness for office. I remain a conservative who believes in limited federal government & a robust national defense,” Farah said.
But when you’ve worked in the highest levels of government, you realize the problems that come to the Oval Office, or the office of the SecDef aren’t always as simple as something you can solve on purely partisan lines.
— Alyssa Farah Griffin ?? ?? (@Alyssafarah) July 14, 2022
Farah became a CNN contributor after leaving the White House.
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The View said it would make its announcement this Thursday.
