The View’s staunchly Republican co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin revealed her surprising presidential endorsement on Election Day.
The 35-year-old former Donald Trump staffer said on Tuesday’s show that she had switched sides and voted for Democratic candidate Kamala Harris because she felt disappointed by Trump and the “failure to rebuild” the Republican Party.
Speaking on The View, he said: “Four years ago today, I was in the White House with Donald Trump on election night. I thought I deserved to lose that night (in 2020), at that moment.
“I thought I hadn’t fought to win the election, but I thought the next four years would be the Republican Party rebuilding itself and becoming something I could believe in and turning the page on Donald Trump, and it wasn’t like that.
“So this weekend, Saturday, for the first time in my life, I voted for a Democrat.”
Staunchly Republican The View host Alyssa Farah Griffin revealed her surprising Election Day presidential endorsement on Tuesday.
The former Donald Trump staffer, 35, said she had switched sides and voted for Democratic candidate Kamala Harris because she felt disappointed by Trump and the “failure to rebuild” the Republican Party (pictured with Trump in 2020).
“I voted for Kamala Harris,” he said, adding that he “voted against the Republicans” for his remaining election decisions.
Griffin added: “I consider my vote to go to her.”
‘I am concerned about the direction Donald Trump will take this country and I take my own warning seriously.
‘What I saw is very real. I’m a Christian, I’m an American, and I’m a Republican, in that order, and I need someone who shares my values.
“I need someone who is a kind, decent person who will bring this country together,” Griffin said.
Still, he added of Harris: “I don’t agree with a lot of her policies.”
“We can criticize them in the future, but today is about a better future and I think the best thing for the country and the future of the Republican Party is for Donald Trump to lose and Kamala Harris to be elected.”
Griffin, who interviewed Harris last month on The View, resigned from his White House job in December 2020.
She previously explained that she did it “because I felt uncomfortable with the lies about the election.”
Griffin said he “considers my vote borrowed” from Harris; pictured with the vice president on The View in October.
The battle between Trump and Harris for the US presidency is expected to be one of the closest political races in history (pictured in September).
She was among Trump officials texting White House chief of staff Mark Meadows to get the then-president to call off the mob during the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
While he called January 6 a “horrible day,” he added, “that was just kind of a summary of who Donald Trump, the man, is.”
“He is the person with the lowest moral character I have ever worked with,” he said.
Griffin then warned what could be expected in a second term.
“In the first term you had people like Vice President Pence, a flawed actor, but someone who I really think tried to guide him down the right path and keep him focused and within the confines of the Constitution,” he said.
He said those types of people would not be welcome in the second round.
“They don’t want Ronald Reagan Republicans, they want Tucker Carlson Republicans, so buckle up,” Griffin said.
