The View bosses ‘desperately hunting for pro-Trump panelists’ after woke stars all backed loser Kamala
ABC News executives are reportedly actively looking for a conservative, pro-Trump voice to join The View’s panel after the woke stars all endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president.
The talk show — co-hosted by liberals Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin and Sara Haines and Republican Trump critics Ana Navarro and Alyssa Farah Griffin — featured the vice president in an episode just a month before the election.
Then, just one day after Trump’s victory, the panelists dressed in all black as if they were attending a funeral.
But now ABC News Group president Debra OConnell and ABC News boss Almin Karamehmedovic are holding sit-down meetings with executive producers and other senior editorial leaders to discuss the reporting, reports the New York Post.
The focus is mainly on The View, say unidentified sources.
ABC News executives are actively seeking a conservative, pro-Trump voice to join The View panel, the New York Post reports
All six panelists supported Harris in the presidential election, with some attacking the president-elect
“The View is facing pressure from on high,” the source said. “Viewers can expect some big changes, including bringing in new panelists who can bring a pro-Trump perspective.”
The source further noted that all six current panelists supported Harris in the presidential election.
‘They lost. They’re out of touch with America,” the insider said, noting, “For a show about different perspectives, The View seems to be out of touch when it comes to Trump” and ABC News executives “don’t want to alienate people ‘. pro-Trump demographic” as they try to maintain the show’s ratings and ad revenue.
“Ultimately, these changes are not about politics. They are about economics,” the source explained. Trump got more than half of the votes.
“TV networks must find pro-Trump voices and diversify viewpoints to reflect the diverse perspectives of Americans.”
Another unidentified source also noted that the change comes after ABC News executives were surprised by Trump’s victory.
“We’re trying to figure out how we’re going to view the next four years with everyone in ABC News on one side,” the source said.
ABC News Group Chairman Debra OConnell and ABC News CEO Almin Karamehmedovic hold sit-down meetings with executive producers and other senior editorial leaders to discuss reporting following Trump’s victory
It remains unclear whether the show would kick off one of the woke panelists or simply add a seventh.
But including a conservative on the infamous show could cause problems with the top talent, the first source said.
“The question is what will happen to the Whoopis and the Joys if they land a Trumpster,” the insider said.
Many of the panelists have already spoken out against the president-elect since his victory, with Goldberg – the show’s longest-running permanent co-host – announcing that she will continue to refuse to use Trump’s name.
“He’s not the president. “I’m still not going to say his name,” the alert co-host said. “That’s not going to change.”
Goldberg has refused to use Trump’s name since he first took office in 2016, saying she “couldn’t” put the word “president” in front of his name.
Sunny Hostin also said she was “deeply disturbed” by the election results, as she blamed “uneducated white women” and “Latino men” for Trump’s victory, claiming they voted for policies that would have a negative impact would have on them.
‘I think [Trump’s victory] had nothing to do with policy, I think this was a referendum on cultural resentment in this country,” she told the show.
“Black women tried again last night to save this country… what we don’t have are white women, who voted for Donald Trump by about 52 percent – uneducated white women, I understand. You actually have Latino men voting for him more.”
Amid the Trump bashing, former panelist Meghan McCain took to X to lash out at her former castmates
She also took issue with the network for not having “a single conservative woman” on the panel during election season
Amid the Trump bashing, former panelist Meghan McCain took to X to lash out at her former castmates.
“With all due respect, please stop sending me segments from The View,” she wrote, describing the show as a “radical progressive nuthouse and that’s why I left years ago.”
McCain was also widely criticized on the show for not having “a single conservative woman” on the panel during election season.
“It is an outright malfeasance on the part of ABC News that there is not a single conservative woman on The View this morning who voted for Trump or is simply not turned away by his supporters to explain to America why he is so popular,” she said. them. said after Trump’s victory.
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