'The View' co-hosts claim JD Vance as Donald Trump's running mate is 'good news for Democrats'

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: Co-hosts Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Alyssa Farah Griffin, Sara Haines, and Whoopi Goldberg discussed GOP nominee Donald Trump announcing JD Vance as his running mate for the 2024 election on the Tuesday, July 16 episode of 'The View.'

Vance was named as Trump's VP candidate by the former President over his social media platform Truth Social on Monday, as the Republican National Convention began in Milwaukee.

According to Behar, Vance was "a very good choice for the Democrats."

“He’s a carbon copy of Trump, so what new voters is he going to bring in? Not the suburban mom, not the girl who needs an abortion, not the gay people who want to retain their rights, not people who support Ukraine. So what exactly did he accomplish?” she explained, later adding, "He is completely distorted in his views, and so is Trump. So the two of them have that in common. What’s the point?”

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“This was a gamble by Donald Trump to pick him," Griffin stated at the Hot Topics table on Vance becoming the VP candidate. "It was a name that had been out there— his son, Don Jr, and Eric Trump had really been pushing for him, as had Elon Musk and some of these Silicon Valley tech billionaire bro types."

"He’s got some talents. This is somebody who’s incredibly savvy. Is a Yale Law grad. He’s a former Marine. But for every normal interview he’s given in mainstream media, there are extremely polarizing clips of him in some of the farthest right corners of the internet espousing things that are outside of the political mainstream. Democrats are going to have a field day picking apart some of the things he said."

"But why did he pick him? Yesterday, Elon Musk gets reported committed to giving $45 million a month to a Trump-aligned Super PAC since JD Vance has been announced by the VP. We are seeing a total realignment of Republican politics," noted the former Trump White House aide.

"Listen, I’m grateful Donald Trump is safe. I think it was a powerful moment to see he survived this assassination attempt. But the policies that were espoused, Reaganism is dead. This is a very different party. You had the Teamsters on stage. You had JD Vance, your people talking about Ukraine shouldn’t be supported. It’s a really odd moment in our politics. As a Republican, I don’t even know where I fit in anymore," she continued.

"This certainly doesn’t bring in the Nikki Haley national security Republicans. But I also think Donald Trump picked him, not just because of the money, (but) because he’s so confident he’s winning, he could afford to take somebody who’s a little bit risky.”

Sunny Hostin's take on JD Vance becoming VP candidate

Hostin proceeded to guess why Trump picked Vance as his running mate, stating, "I think he picked him because he knows that he’s the vice president that will do the things that Mike Pence would not. I really do believe that. He is an election denier. He has not committed to accepting this year's election results.”

“I think another reason why he picked him is because of Project 2025,” claimed Hostin.

"I know we don’t have enough time to go over it, but some of the huge things of that platform are end marriage equality, limit the United States’ role in NATO, dismantle the Department of Education, raise prescription drug prices for seniors, and end the Affordable Care Act. That’s Project 2025. Project 2025 has praised JD Vance… the president of the Heritage Foundation said this: ‘JD Vance is absolutely going to be one of the leaders, if not the leader, of our movement.' And that's why he (Trump) picked him (Vance).”

Haines, in her turn, said, "I don’t think JD Vance moved the needle on any voters at all, but I think it was a loud message to the Republican Party. It was a doubling down of the MAGA agenda. There was a lot of talk that he could have pulled in a Marco Rubio, even a Nikki Haley up to the last minute, to expand his voter base. He didn’t feel he needed to, which should also tell us something."

"I think he picked someone that is kind of fodder for the Dems, but there’s a reason he’s feeling that right now, and he went with a guy that’s not going to add anything. He is further right in a lot of policies than Donald Trump is,” she added.

The segment was brought to a close with Goldberg reminding voters that the final voice to be heard is that of the voters at the ballot box.