{"id":346600,"date":"2025-10-31T22:49:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T22:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/346600\/"},"modified":"2025-10-31T22:49:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T22:49:13","slug":"the-view-co-host-alyssa-farah-griffin-says-newsom-doubting-fair-elections-under-trump-is-irresponsible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/346600\/","title":{"rendered":"‘The View’ co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin says Newsom doubting fair elections under Trump is irresponsible"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Friday\u2019s episode of \u201cThe View,\u201d<\/a> co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin argued it was \u201cwholly irresponsible\u201d for Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom to cast doubt on free and fair elections in the United States under the leadership of President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe won\u2019t have a country. We won\u2019t have an election that\u2019s fair and free if we don\u2019t stand up,\u201d Newsom told ABC News Thursday, adding Trump wants a \u201cPutin election.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reacting to Newsom\u2019s comments, Griffin said, \u201cI think it is wholly irresponsible for the governor of the most populous state, who, by the way, oversees elections in his own state. He oversees the cybersecurity infrastructure. He oversees the secretary of state. Down to poll watchers, to election workers, Gavin Newsom has a lot of power in this.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe could, at a minimum, say, \u2018I can promise you, California will have a free and fair election, and I\u2019ll work with every governor to make sure that there\u2019s no efforts to undermine them.\u2019 But that\u2019s not what he\u2019s doing,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Co-host Sunny Hostin challenged Griffin\u2019s argument, asking how Newsom could assure voters of election integrity while the president plans to send federal election monitors to California.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause he\u2019s the chief executive of the state,\u201d Griffin responded. \u201cMonitors, we need to know what that means. I do think it\u2019s an alarming phrase.\u201d<\/p>\n

Before she could finish her point, co-host Joy Behar interrupted and asked, \u201cDoesn\u2019t it sound like election intimidators?\u201d<\/p>\n

Griffin said that Newsom\u2019s comments about fair elections were irresponsible. ABC<\/p>\n

Griffin noted that Newsom has \u201chis own authorities in the state\u201d and drew a parallel between his stance on election monitors and his efforts to redistrict California.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor him to say this, it reminds me very much of the gerrymandering debate,\u201d she recalled. \u201cSo, everyone is angry when Texas redraws congressional maps to add more Republican seats. \u2018They\u2019re cheating. It\u2019s rigged.\u2019 So, California responds by cheating and rigging it and adding more Democratic seats.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Justice Department announced last week that it plans to send federal election watchers to California and New Jersey for their closely watched elections next month.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

California Governor Gavin Newsom announces that California is suing the White House to restore SNAP funding before the cutoff during a news conference in Sacramento, California, U.S., October 28, 2025. REUTERS<\/p>\n

California voters will also decide on a ballot measure aimed at redrawing the state\u2019s congressional map in favor of Democrats, a move meant to counter GOP-led redistricting in states like Texas.<\/p>\n

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Co-host Sara Haines appeared to agree with Griffin\u2019s assertion about Newsom\u2019s comments<\/a>, arguing earlier in the show that his claims are likely to discourage voters who already seem to be losing trust in the election system.<\/p>\n

Donald Trump speaks during a press conference in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 15, 2025. REUTERS<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople fought hard for those rights to vote, and we already don\u2019t have people showing up at our polls. We don\u2019t need to plant seeds. You always go out. You always vote,\u201d Haines said. \u201cLet the rest be determined as it plays out, because when fraud was claimed last time, not one judge in this country saw any proof of any fraud.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, by planting these seeds, you\u2019re already taking a public that\u2019s lost trust in everything and saying, \u2018Your vote doesn\u2019t matter.\u2019 That\u2019s the fastest way to affect an election,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital has reached out to Newsom\u2019s office for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Friday\u2019s episode of \u201cThe View,\u201d co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin argued it was \u201cwholly irresponsible\u201d for Democratic California…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":346601,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[276,69,90,171,1854,398,6219,173,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-346600","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-california","9":"tag-donald-trump","10":"tag-elections","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-gavin-newsom","13":"tag-media","14":"tag-the-view","15":"tag-tv","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=346600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346600\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/346601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=346600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=346600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=346600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}