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'The View' co-hosts react to Donald Trump's win: Here's how to watch

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“The View” returned to the air Wednesday as former President Donald Trump decisively reclaimed the White House.

Four years after losing the 2020 general election to President Joe Biden, the country's former 45th president staged a stunning political comeback — and the nation's top daytime talk show responded to his unprecedented victory.

The morning talk show, featuring a panel of hosts led by EGOT winner Whoopi Goldberg, has become a go-to destination for viewers across the political spectrum. In addition to Goldberg, the co-hosts include comedian Joy Behar, legal expert Sunny Hostin, CNN contributor Ana Navarro, Midwest anchor Sara Haines and former Trump spokeswoman Alyssa Farah Griffin, all of whom offered their opinions on the election expressed.

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“The View” co-hosts — including Republican Alyssa Farah Griffin, who said she would vote for Harris — expressed sadness, disappointment and hope following the election results.

Griffin said Trump's victory was not “the result I wanted” but said the people who voted for him were still “good, decent people who are patriots and love this country.”

She then urged people to “lower the temperature, the name-calling and the demonization” and work to understand each other.

“The View” co-hosts react on Donald Trump's victory: How to watch the ABC daytime show

“I always thought he could win,” she said. “I didn't expect it to be so resounding. And I think there are some lessons to be learned from that. I think we forget rural America, I think the working class feels left behind… He spoke to them. We may not have done that.” He liked his words, but he didn’t like them.

Sunny Hostin talks about the election and says she is “deeply disturbed” by Trump's win

Sunny Hostin, a lawyer, shared her concerns about the working class, the future of Social Security, healthcare for the elderly, “mass deportations” and “internment camps” and told her fellow panelists she was “deeply disturbed” by the election results.

“I worry about the future of my children, especially my daughter, who now has fewer rights than me,” Hostin said. “I remember my father telling me many, many years ago that I was the first in his family to enjoy full civil rights. And now I have fewer civil rights than I did when he told me that.”

Hostin attributed Harris' loss to “a referendum on cultural resentment in this country.”

Navarro, who was at the Harris campaign headquarters in Washington when the results were announced, said she “doesn't regret” her support for Harris.

“I worked incredibly hard to elect the first Black Asian president. “The story has slipped through our fingers once again,” she said. “I worked like hell to keep Donald Trump from becoming president. But today, unlike Donald Trump and his supporters, I recognize that he won. I hope for the best for our country.”

She told LGBTQ Americans, immigrants, senior citizens and women: “We will not stop fighting.”

Whoopi Goldberg refuses to say Trump's name on 'The View'

Moderator Goldberg, who had vowed some time ago never to say Trump's name, kept her promise.

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“(Harris) 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 comment,” she said. “I don’t know why and it doesn’t matter. He will now be president. And I still won’t say his name.”

When is “The View” on?

“The View” airs at 11 a.m. ET/10 a.m. CT. The daytime talk show only airs live in limited time zones.

While the show is popular with more liberal viewers, it is also often derided by conservatives as being too soft and too partisan. It's also an occasional subject for “Saturday Night Live” sketches.

Contributor: Bill Coodykoontz, The Arizona Republic

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