The View

The conversation got heated Wednesday as The View hosts former federal prosecutor Sunny Hostin and ex-Donald Trump staffer Alyssa Farah Griffin debated special counsel Robert Hur's testimony before Congress on Tuesday.

Hur had been questioned about his report into classified documents improperly found in the possession of President Joe Biden.

The co-hosts of "The View" were shocked at how Alabama Republican Sen. Katie Britt misled the public in her State of the Union response speech last week.

Over the weekend, it was revealed that Britt changed facts when she blamed President Joe Biden for a shocking tale of a woman being sex-trafficked as a 12-year-old. The facts were revealed, Whoopi Goldberg said, showing the woman was trafficked in Mexico, "nowhere near the border," during George W. Bush's administration.

Ahead of the State of the Union address, the co-hosts of "The View" complained about the demise of civility and decorum in Congress.

They attributed the beginning of the end to Republican Rep. Joe Wilson of South Carolina, who shouted "you lie!" at then-President Barack Obama in 2009. The move was so unacceptable to lawmakers that an overwhelming majority of Congress voted to chastise him for it.

Speaking to veteran ABC News journalist Jonathan Karl, "The View's" hosts addressed several questions they had about the state of the 2024 presidential campaign — and what they'd watched unfold over the past several months.

Among the most outspoken was former Donald Trump White House communications director Alyssa Farah Griffin, who has since denounced the former president and pledged to work to defeat him.

As Donald Trump heads into "Super Tuesday" — and is expected to wipe the floor with his opponent — his former communications director sees warning signs that he should be very concerned about.

Even though he's clearly beating Nikki Haley, Alyssa Farah Griffin sees substantial numbers voting for her — and those people, she said, will not be joining team Trump.

The co-hosts of "The View" were floored to see the Supreme Court pick Congress as the decision-makers on the move to boot Donald Trump from state ballots using the Constitution's 14th Amendment insurrectionist clause.

The justices ruled Monday that Colorado could not remove the former president from its ballot — and that only Congress could make that decision when it comes to federal offices.

"The View" began talking about the retirement of Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) — and the audience broke into cheers and applause.

"The other big news out of D.C. yesterday was that the longest serving party leader in Senate history, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, announced it's time for him to go," Whoopi Goldberg said.

The co-hosts of "The View" started Monday off with a recap of Donald Trump's comments about people of color in speeches over the weekend.

Trump told crowds that he is getting greater support in the African American community because he was indicted four times on 91 charges — implying that people of color now relate to him because he claims he's victimized by the criminal justice system.

Republicans lost another special election on Tuesday, this time handing New York's Third District to the Democrats after disgraced former Rep. George Santos (R) was removed from office.

In his acceptance speech, Congressman-elect Tom Suozzi mocked the GOP for trying to link him to President Joe Biden and "The Squad." The centrist Democrat said it clearly didn't lead them to victory.

"The View" began its show Tuesday talking about Jon Stewart's return to "The Daily Show" — and his first big segment pointing to the advanced ages of both presidential candidates.

While Stewart talked about the recent special counsel report claiming Joe Biden had memory issues because he answered questions with "I don't recall," the host showed clips of Donald Trump and his adult children similarly answering questions.

The Washington, D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals handed down its decision on Donald Trump's absolute immunity case just as "The View" was starting on Tuesday. So the co-hosts addressed the matter Wednesday, dancing on the grave of Trump's legal defense.

Goldberg began reading the news about Trump's latest legal loss in the style of a preacher.

President Joe Biden's vulgar descriptions for Donald Trump made news this week, but a former White House staffer said the former president swears incessantly behind the scenes.

The current president reportedly refers to the ex-president privately using colorful — and extremely crude — language. But "The View" co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin, who served an aide in the Trump White House, said her former boss was profligately profane.