What Meghan McCain Actually Thought Of Alyssa Farah Griffin Taking Her Spot On The View

Georgetown-educated Alyssa Farah Griffin once held several positions in the Trump White House; first as the press secretary to the Department of Defense, then as press secretary to then-vice president Mike Pence, and finally as the president's communications director. She has since become a vocal critic of Donald Trump, acknowledging on "The View" that she "aligned with the wrong people," (via EW). She was particularly outraged over Trump's refusal to admit the 2020 election results were legitimate, even after the January 6 attack on the Capitol. 

In an interview she gave as part of the probe into the insurrection, Griffin recalled the president admitted to losing to Joe Biden, yet continued to urge supporters to protest the results (via CNN). Now, Griffin is one of the conservative voices on "The View" offering a balance to outspoken liberal co-hosts like Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg. Per ABC7, Behar applauded the move when it was announced in 2022: "There's an audience out there of people who don't agree with me, and they should be represented also."  

Meghan McCain, happy not to be at the table anymore, told Andy Cohen, "I wish her the best of luck. It's very hard, it's going to get harder when midterms come, and I wish her success." At the same time, however, she couldn't resist pointing out that she and Griffin run in very different social circles — and their fathers have a lot to do with that.