{"id":1590703,"date":"2022-08-05T09:02:39","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T13:02:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1590703"},"modified":"2022-08-05T09:05:06","modified_gmt":"2022-08-05T13:05:06","slug":"the-view-names-alyssa-farah-griffin-ana-navarro-new-conservative-co-hosts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-view-names-alyssa-farah-griffin-ana-navarro-new-conservative-co-hosts\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThe View&#8221; Names Alyssa Farah Griffin &#038; Ana Navarro New &#8220;Conservative&#8221; Co-Hosts"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-view-names-alyssa-farah-griffin-ana-navarro-new-conservative-co-hosts%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1590703&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Conservative political adviser Alyssa Farah Griffin has been named the newest co-host of \u201cThe View.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The news was announced Thursday, with fellow Republican Ana Navarro also appointed as a permanent panelist to the ABC gabfest. <\/p>\n<p>The pair will join Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin and Sara Haines for show\u2019s 26th season, which kicks off after Labor Day. <\/p>\n<p>Both Griffin, 33, and Navarro, 50, are Republicans who will bring a right-leaning perspective to \u201cThe View\u201d \u2014 something that has been lacking since the departure of Meghan McCain last year. <\/p>\n<p>However, Griffin and Navarro are two very different types of conservatives and it is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-11050385\/ABC-Alyssa-Farah-Griffin-Meghan-McCains-time-replacement-View.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said that they do not get along behind the scenes. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Griffin \u2014 who has been a frequent guest co-host in recent months \u2014 previously acted as White House director of strategic communications and assistant to the president in the Trump administration. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Navarro \u2014 who has been a contributor on \u201cThe View\u201d since 2013 \u2014 has long been a vocal opponent of the former President and the MAGA movement. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>Who is Alyssa Farah<\/strong> <strong>Griffin?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Born in\u00a0Los Angeles on June 15, 1989, Griffin is the daughter of two journalists. Her father, Joseph Farah, was the executive news editor at the\u00a0Los Angeles Herald Examiner, then an editor at Northern California\u2019s\u00a0the Sacramento Union.<\/p>\n<p>Her father is of\u00a0Syrian\u00a0and\u00a0Lebanese\u00a0descent. In 1997, Joseph founded the far-right conspiracy website\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/WorldNetDaily\">WorldNetDaily<\/a>, known for espousing conspiracy theories \u2014 including doubts about President Barack Obama\u2019s US citizenship.<\/p>\n<p>Griffin worked for her father as the\u00a0\u201cspecial Washington correspondent\u201d during and after she pursued her bachelor\u2019s degree in journalism\u00a0and public policy at\u00a0Patrick Henry College.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/alyssa-farah-griffin-the-view-04.jpg\"><\/a><figcaption>Then-White House communications director Alyssa Farah talks to reporters following an interview with FOX outside the West Wing on Oct. 9, 2020.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Her mom, Judy \u2014 who\u2019s of Ukrainian descent \u2014 has worked for HuffPost, the\u00a0Associated Press and\u00a0Comstock\u2019s. <\/p>\n<p>Griffin married\u00a0Justin Griffin, a current MBA candidate at the Stern School of Business at New York University, in Florida in November 2021. He is the grandson of real estate\u00a0developer and\u00a0Republican Party\u00a0activist Samuel A. Tamposi. <\/p>\n<p>While acting as a guest host on \u201cThe View\u201d in February, Griffin revealed that her father and stepmother <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fQ9NJZC4HHg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">did not attend the couple\u2019s wedding<\/a> after she publicly spoke up against President Donald Trump. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\">[embedded content]<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<h2>What jobs has Griffin had?<\/h2>\n<p>Griffin started her journalism career writing for World Daily Net. In 2010, she accepted a media internship with Congressman\u00a0Tom McClintock\u00a0and had a yearlong stint as an associate producer on\u00a0\u201cThe Laura Ingraham Show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the 2012 presidential election cycle, she traveled across the country as a spokesperson for the College Republican National Committee, speaking on the youth vote.<\/p>\n<p>Two years later, she became Congressman\u00a0Mark Meadows\u2019 press secretary, then his communications director.<\/p>\n<p>Under Meadows and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jim_Jordan_(American_politician)\">Jim Jordan<\/a>, she then became the communications director for the\u00a0Freedom Caucus\u00a0in the House of Representatives.<\/p>\n<p>In September 2017, Griffin became Vice President Mike Pence\u2019s\u00a0special assistant to the president and press secretary. <\/p>\n<p>Two years later, she was appointed as press secretary for the US Department of Defense after the position was vacant for nearly a year. She also served as the\u00a0director of media affairs during this time. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/alyssa-farah-griffin-mike-pence-10.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/alyssa-farah-griffin-mike-pence-10.jpeg\" alt=\"Alyssa Farah Griffin walks with then-Vice President Mike Pence.\" class=\"wp-image-23322005\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/alyssa-farah-griffin-mike-pence-10.jpeg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/alyssa-farah-griffin-mike-pence-10.jpeg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/alyssa-farah-griffin-mike-pence-10.jpeg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Alyssa Farah Griffin walks beside then-Vice President Mike Pence. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Official White House Photo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She joined the Trump administration as the controversial president\u2019s chief of staff in 2020 and became a White House press secretary that April \u2014 a job she later regretted. <\/p>\n<p>Griffin resigned as press secretary on Dec. 3, 2020, which was effective the following day.<\/p>\n<p>She denounced Trump\u00a0over the\u00a0Jan. 6\u00a0insurrection and joined CNN as a political commentator near the end of 2021. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt no point in my entire life was my goal to be on TV and be a talking head. I know I for sure said to my husband multiple times, \u2018I want to stay off TV because I don\u2019t wanna forever be seen as a Trump spokesperson,\u2019\u2009\u201d she\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/2022\/05\/alyssa-farah-griffin-the-ex-trump-aide-americas-household-conservative\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told\u00a0Vanity Fair<\/a> about the gig.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFamous last words,\u201d Griffin added. <\/p>\n<h2>What did Griffin do for the Trump administration?<\/h2>\n<p>Griffin was an important piece of the president\u2019s coronavirus response, the Washington Post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/trump-struggled-summer-coronavirus\/2020\/08\/08\/e12ceace-d80a-11ea-aff6-220dd3a14741_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>She <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NrVxGP6QQ4k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reinforced that report<\/a> during an appearance on \u201cThe View,\u201d telling the hosts, \u201cMy duty was to serve the American public and to serve the country, and I did my best to do that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were dealing with unprecedented crises in this country, hearing we were going to have a \u2018Pearl Harbor a day\u2019 of loss of life,\u201d Griffin explained about accepting the job during the pandemic. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I thought if there\u2019s anything [I can do] to help, I couldn\u2019t say no.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, Griffin said she would not support another Trump presidency, adding, \u201cWe got to move on from this era.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/alyssa-farah-griffin-the-view-03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"695\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/alyssa-farah-griffin-the-view-03.jpg\" alt=\"Alyssa Farah Griffin as the guest co-host on \" The View \/><\/a><figcaption>Alyssa Farah Griffin as a guest co-host on \u201cThe View\u201d on May 24.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">ABC via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-wrapper twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">There were cases of fraud that should be investigated. But the legitimate margins of victory for Biden are far too wide to change the outcome. You need to know that. <\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m proud of many policy accomplishments the Trump Admin had. But we must accept these results.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alyssa Farah Griffin \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@Alyssafarah) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Alyssafarah\/status\/1346937691108233223?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 6, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2>What are Griffin\u2019s political beliefs?\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>Griffin is a conservative. <\/p>\n<p>Although she worked for the Trump administration, she has spoken out against him, saying she quit a month after he lost the 2020 election because she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/magazine\/2021\/01\/07\/alyssa-farah-q-and-a-456369\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201csaw where this [the Republican Party] was heading.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>During the Jan. 6 insurrection, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alyssafarah\/status\/1346907951613812738\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">she tweeted<\/a>, \u201cCondemn this now, @realDonaldTrump \u2026 You are the only one they will listen to. For our country!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere were cases of fraud that should be investigated,\u201d she <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Alyssafarah\/status\/1346937691108233223\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">continued later that day<\/a>. \u201cBut the legitimate margins of victory for Biden are far too wide to change the outcome. \u2026 We must accept these results.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/alyssa-farah-griffin-the-view-05.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/alyssa-farah-griffin-the-view-05.jpg\" alt=\"Alyssa Farah Griffin on \" The View \/><\/a><figcaption>Alyssa Farah Griffin has made multiple appearances on \u201cThe View.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">The View\/ YouTube<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Although her Twitter still regularly leans to the right, Griffin doubled down on her Jan. 6 words while also bashing former White House Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Matthews in July.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe [Matthews] believed in him [Trump] like millions of Americans. On 1\/6 he let her &#038; our entire country down,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Alyssafarah\/status\/1550278442230448128\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Griffin wrote<\/a> in a tweet. <\/p>\n<h2>Who is Ana Navarro?<\/h2>\n<p>Unlike Griffin, Navarro is a longtime political pundit who has appeared on cable news shows for close to two decades. <\/p>\n<p>The Miami-based Republican has been a contributor on \u201cThe View\u201d since 2013, and has been a guest co-host for the past four seasons, usually appearing on the panel once per week. <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unclear how often she will feature on the show now that she is a permanent co-host, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-11080893\/ABC-set-CNN-republican-commentator-Ana-Navarro-permanent-host-View.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Daily Mail<\/a> reports that she has inked a multi-year deal with ABC. As part of the deal, she will still be able to keep her other job as a CNN talking head. <\/p>\n<p>Navarro \u2014 who is married to 74-year-old lawyer and lobbyist Al C\u00e1rdenas \u2014 was born to a wealthy family in Nicaragua, before emigrating to the US when she was 8 years old. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/the-view-cohosts-whoopi-suspension-05.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/the-view-cohosts-whoopi-suspension-05.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21060098\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/the-view-cohosts-whoopi-suspension-05.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/the-view-cohosts-whoopi-suspension-05.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/the-view-cohosts-whoopi-suspension-05.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Lou Rocco\/ABC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The outspoken brunette is a Republican, but leans left on social issues. She recently hit headlines for declaring that she was pro-life and that<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/roe-v-wade-ruling-cnn-host-slams-navarro-citing-special-needs-relatives-justify-abortion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> parents expecting babies with disabilities should have the option to abort them. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The star is a vociferous critic of former President Donald Trump and became <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/politics\/ana-navarro-fires-back-at-donald-trump-jr-after-obesity-tweet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">embroiled in feud with his son, Donald Trump Jr., <\/a>after he made a jibe about her weight. <\/p>\n<p>She shot back describing him as \u201ca dimwit, with no skill, or talent or significant accomplishments, living off your father\u2019s fame and name and fortune.\u201d <\/p>\n<h2>Who else was considered for the co-hosting gig?<\/h2>\n<p>Stephanie Grisham<strong>,<\/strong> Tara Setmayer, Michele Tafoya and others <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/08\/30\/the-view-to-have-guest-hosts-after-meghan-mccains-exit\/\">were candidates<\/a> for the conservative seat at \u201cThe View\u2019s\u201d table, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.primetimer.com\/theview\/who-is-the-views-next-conservative-co-host\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PrimeTimer reported<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p>Since McCain\u2019s departure, producers also recruited Mia Love,\u00a0Gretchen Carlson and\u00a0Eboni K. Williams, among others to temporarily fill in. Execs eventually settled on Griffin and Navarro as the show\u2019s right-wing voices. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conservative political adviser Alyssa Farah Griffin has been named the newest co-host of \u201cThe View.\u201d The news was announced Thursday, with fellow Republican Ana Navarro also appointed as<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1590820,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1590703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1590703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1590703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1590703\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1590820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1590703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1590703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1590703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}