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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe View's Joy Behar Says Conservative Woman Could Win Presidency 'Faster Than a Liberal'
On the Behind the Table podcast, Behar and Sunny Hostin joined View producer Brian Teta and the conversation at one point centered around whether the United States would ever have a woman president. Behar threw out Republican Liz Cheney a vocal critic of President Donald Trump as someone she could see winning.
Its possible that somebody like a Liz Cheney could win if she wasnt in the doghouse with her own party right now. She could be somebody who could run. I think maybe a conservative woman would win faster than a liberal. Its possible, she said. Teta agreed and added that a lot of people think a conservative woman could win long before a liberal candidate. A white conservative woman, yes, Hostin threw out, adding there is still a lot of misogyny in the country.
Hostin chalked up Trumps presidency to a reaction to the country having a Black president in former President Barack Obama. There was a reaction to feminism [too], a backlash to feminism, Behar said. So there will be reaction to any kind of progress. On The View itself, the hosts had gone over former First Lady Michelle Obama claiming the United States is not ready for a woman president. Behar noted other countries have elected female leaders, while Alyssa Farah-Griffin argued that presidential candidates like Hillary Clinton and former Vice President Kamala Harris have been too flawed to win their respective elections, both against Trump.
I respectfully disagree with the first lady, she said. I dont think that were not ready. I think when you look at the two candidates that were Democratic nominees, Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris, there is sexism that plays in. They were flawed candidates.
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Lovie777
(22,970 posts)leftstreet
(40,668 posts)just sayin
Jbraybarten
(265 posts)Solly Mack
(96,941 posts)Takket
(23,714 posts)Maru Kitteh
(31,759 posts)W_HAMILTON
(10,333 posts)And no woman or obvious minority will be doing that as long as the Republican Party first and foremost is full of racists and bigots.
betsuni
(29,075 posts)The American presidency is different from other countries prime ministers, psychologically.
betsuni
(29,075 posts)Oh right, Trump won because he was a fabulous candidate running a terrific campaign on a wonderful policy platform, Hillary was unlikeable and sent emails, Kamala didn't say exactly the right thing about Biden on "The View."
Sparkly
(24,885 posts)"Flawed candidate" thing drives me up a wall!!
WhiskeyGrinder
(26,954 posts)obnoxiousdrunk
(3,115 posts)Scrivener7
(59,520 posts)Redleg
(6,921 posts)The GOP would either need to abandon its toxic masculinity bullshit or the female candidate would have to embrace it. I am fairly sure that Nancy Mace and MTG both think they might stand a chance. I just don't believe that the majority of Americans will like them.
Maru Kitteh
(31,759 posts)Someone to guide the little Mrs. on the right thing to do behind closed doors.
Oh and she better be like, BLINDINGLY white. So white shes incandescent.
Redleg
(6,921 posts)I have since then recognized my error and apologize to Mitt for thinking this. He is still quite white and quite privileged (as I am to a lesser extent) but he certainly isn't the worst exemplar of whiteness.
I got a kick out of your statement "So white she's incandescent."
JI7
(93,615 posts)Jbraybarten
(265 posts)MorbidButterflyTat
(4,507 posts)a "conservative" MAGAt Republican woman could STEAL the presidency, but only if the old white men allowed and orchestrated it.
CTyankee
(68,198 posts)I work with one of these guys. He has told me he could never vote for a woman for POTUS.
MiniMe
(21,883 posts)She couldn't even hold onto her house seat.