The View's Alyssa Farah Griffin fears Gen Z leaders could get 'dehumanized' as Sara Haines shares hot take on 'good politicians'

'The View' hosts Alyssa Farah Griffin and Sara Haines
PUBLISHED JUN 20, 2024
Sara Haines and Alyssa Farah Griffin discussed what the future holds for young politicians (Screengrab/The View/X)
Sara Haines and Alyssa Farah Griffin discussed what the future holds for young politicians (Screengrab/The View/X)

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: Sara Haines and Alyssa Farah Griffin argued politics in the United States had taken a turn for the worse as they sat at the Hot Topics table with their co-hosts Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar and Sunny Hostin on the June 19 episode of 'The View.'

The discussion was initiated in light of former President Barack Obama recently sharing that his wife Michelle was against their daughters, Malia and Sasha, joining politics, to which Hostin earlier lamented that the country needed more young "leaders" than "influencers." Goldberg shared that the newer generation were "not taught how to stand for stuff."

Sara Haines says 'many good politicians' have been 'chased out' 

Haines agreed with Hostin's premise of leaders versus influencers, saying, "I think seeing what I see in the world and how politics has chased out so many good politicians... You know, the reason Obama is sitting there and everyone is like, 'Michelle. Run. Do this.' And they are like, 'We're good. We did everything we could for this country and we're out.'"

"So, as a parent, I think I'd go in and want a leader, I'd much rather see a leader at a local level or some other career where you can make arguments, you can be heard, you can have a voice, but not the national level of our politics. At this point, the worst among us has survived the longest like cockroaches and they don't do a lot while they are there," Haines said. 

Co-hosts at the Hot Topics table on the June 19, 2024 episode of 'The View' (Screengrab/The View/X)
'The View' co-hosts debated young leaders during a Hot Table discussion (Screengrab/The View/X)

"So I don't know one parent that would say, 'I really hope my child goes and does that," she stated, and was immediately opposed by Hostin, who raised her hand and expressed, "I hope my child does that." However, Haines did not budge from her stance as she repeated, "I do not."

Alyssa Farah Griffin says politics 'gives me anxiety'

Griffin exclaimed that she related to the Obamas wanting to keep their daughters out of politics and shared a recent conversation she had with her husband.



 

"I said, 'I used to love politics. It was my first love, and now it just stresses me out and gives me anxiety.' I don't know ... if ten years ago if our politics was the way it (is) I would have gotten into it," Griffin said. 

She added, "It used to be... I worked on Capitol Hill for the Republicans. We would work on policy, we would work in committee hearings, we would be fighting with the Democrats, but we would be doing it respectfully. At the end of the day, we'd get a beer with each other and we would be able to say like, 'Listen, we have different ideas on border security, that doesn't mean we have to hate each other, we have to dehumanize each other.'"

"What I worry about ... about the next generation of leaders- I worry about young people who are seeing the ugliness of our politics right now, and they think that's normal. They think that you always go to the worst insult and most dehumanizing language," Griffin said.

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