Whoopi Goldberg wants Republicans to 'cop to what’s wrong' in the party and explain their bad behavior

With the entrance of former Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ) in the Republican Party primary, The View hosts were reminded of conversations about Gov. Chris Sununu (R-NH), who announced this week he is not running.

Alyssa Farah Griffin focused on how amazing someone like Sununu would be for the Republican Party, but there was no way that he would make it through a Republican primary. Donald Trump, by contrast, can sweep a Republican primary and then be destroyed in the general election.

"Donald Trump is a loser. He lost the midterms, lost 2020. He's a drag on the Republican ticket," she said. "This is what frustrates me about my party right now."

She brought up Georgia, noting that the state was once a Republican stronghold, but now it's clear that Trump's candidates will lose there.

"Are we going to be right-wing, culture wars and going after drag queens, or do we believe in free speech, free markets, and free minds?" she asked. "And we're going to see it play out. Sadly the Trump side is winning right now, but I'm excited that Larry Hogan, and Chris Christie are going to fight for the Republican Party I believed in and have been a member of my whole life."

Sara Haines noted that the Republican Party has effectively been hijacked by the anti-LGBT,anti-choice community and that it's going beyond culture wars with the party genuinely trying to hurt people. It's something that Griffin explained is hurting a lot of people and their allies.

"That has been the case for more than eight years," Goldberg said. "This is the problem. This is the problem. [Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC)] was interesting. I enjoyed having him in our time yesterday. I thought it was really kind of nice with Tim Scott. A good conversation. But you know, I want Republicans to cop to what is wrong. To me, that's really important. You have to cop — every time you pretend there's no issue, you lose me. You will never get me. See, you can get me if you could explain some of your behavior."

Sunny Hostin said she doesn't think that they can.

"I agree with you, you have to make up strawmen, a boogie man, underneath the bed when you have no policy, when you have no program and no real vision for this country," she said.

Joy Behar noted that Sean Hannity is refusing to put Chris Christie on his show, and she said that is likely because he is a threat against Trump.

See the conversation below or at the link here.