‘The View’ host rejects Obama’s claim US isn’t ready for female president

The View co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin on Monday dismissed former first woman Michelle Obama’s declare that America was not prepared for a feminine president, calling the 2 latest feminine candidates, Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris, “flawed.”

“I respectfully disagree with the primary woman,” Griffin stated. “I do not suppose we’re prepared but. When you take a look at the 2 Democratic nominees, Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris, I believe there’s sexism at play. They had been flawed candidates.”

Co-host Pleasure Behar pushed again, saying that “the lads are flawed too.” Behar, a liberal, highlighted that a number of different nations have feminine presidents, citing Mexico, Iceland and “many African nations.” “We’re the one nation,” Behar stated.

Obama made the feedback to a crowd of ladies on the Brooklyn Academy of Music whereas selling her new e book “The Look.” “Sadly, as we noticed within the final election, we aren’t prepared but,” she stated.

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“The View” is co-hosted by Ana Navarro, Sunny Hostin and Alyssa Farah Griffin on June 13, 2025. (Paula Lobo/American Broadcasting Corporations, Inc. through Getty Photographs)

Griffin stated Clinton was extremely certified however was in “anti-dynasty occasions.”

The co-host then stated that Harris was not a very good communicator. “She was not the most effective feminine candidate we might ever see carry out,” Griffin added.

Behar demanded to know who the most effective feminine candidate was, as Griffin argued, “We have not had one but.”

Co-host Sara Haines stated through the dialogue that Michelle Obama would win if she ever ran for president, which Griffin agreed with.

Co-host Ana Navarro recalled asking Harris about the concept the nation wasn’t prepared throughout a industrial break whereas she sat for an interview on the present in October.

“She stated, I refuse to inform little women, particularly women of colour, that they can not take part simply due to who they’re,” Navarro stated, relaying Harris’ phrases.

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Former Vice President Kamala Harris speaks on the Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles on September 29, 2025. (Mario Tama/Getty Photographs)

Co-host Sunny Hostin disagreed. The co-host has repeatedly argued that the US is a misogynistic nation after Harris misplaced to Trump.

“That is nice, I believe that is very bold and that is nice. Due to my lived expertise, as an Afro-Latina, I am ready to take a look at this world by means of a unique prism, and I will inform this nation and this viewers and inform my fellow co-hosts some uncomfortable truths. It is a nation based mostly on racism and slavery, and grounded in that there’s systemic racism and misogyny,” Hostin stated.

Hostin added, “I’ve by no means met anybody who raises their hand and says, ‘I am racist.’ Nevertheless, there are individuals who appear to have the ability to look the opposite means in relation to racism. So you’ve got a president who traffics in misogyny, who traffics in xenophobia, who traffics in sexism, and who received towards a black girl.”

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She insisted that this nation was not prepared for a black girl.

Through the dialog, which was posted on-line on Friday, Obama additionally addressed the query of whether or not she would run for president.

“That is why I am like, do not even take a look at me in relation to working, since you’re all mendacity. You are not prepared for a lady. You are not,” Obama stated.

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The previous first woman argued that she does not imagine males in America really feel comfy with a lady main them.

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“You recognize, we now have numerous rising as much as do, and there are nonetheless, sadly, numerous males who do not feel like they are often led by a lady, and we have seen that,” Obama stated.