Before the bombshell New York Times report that revealed Democrats plotted to put a decoy Dan J. Sullivan on the Alaska Senate Ballot to confuse voters and siphon away votes from Republican incumbent Senator Dan S. Sullivan, the cast of The View saw no issue with the multiple on the ballot, and laughed away the issue and a Department of Justice lawsuit into the matter.
Introducing the topic first with Attorney General Todd Blanche’s interview on CNN’s State of the Union, Goldberg stated, "Attorney General Todd Blanche is defending a DOJ lawsuit that's trying to block Alaska from certifying Senate election results if Republican incumbent Dan S. Sullivan loses because another candidate who entered the race named Dan J. Sullivan.”
She exclaimed, “I don't know what the problem is, but here, take a look at the clip.”
On Monday, before Wednesday's NYT bombshell, ABC’s The View claimed there was no issue with the multiple Dan Sullivans on the ballot in Alaska’s Senate Election.
Whoopi Goldberg exclaimed, “I don't know what the problem is.” pic.twitter.com/TemzNE6ygX— Nick (@nspin310) October 29, 2026
Goldberg then instilled more Democrat midterm fears and claimed, “So just to put it in terms, you-know-who has been trying and failing to influence the midterms.”
She then asked, “What is the problem here? Alaskans are unable to read? They don't see an X next to somebody's name?”
As revealed by The New York Times on Wednesday, a couple of days after this segment aired on ABC, Democrats colluded to put a decoy Sullivan on the ballot to confuse voters.
After playing a clip of AG Todd Blanche on CNN defending the Alaska lawsuit, ‘‘The View’ continued to minimize the possible confusion on the ballot and decried a DOJ lawsuit into the matter.
Ana Navarro then added, “Trump said Alaskans were too dumb to understand the word… pic.twitter.com/abVro5eAvo— Nick (@nspin310) October 29, 2026
Still, after the DOJ lawsuit, the ladies of The View defended the ballot and claimed there was no problem, as they looked at the actual ballot on the screen behind them, led by the show’s supposedly conservative host, Alyssa Farah Griffin:
FARAH GRIFFIN: Well, look, we have the ballot so people can see.
GOLDBERG: Yeah. Pull it up.
FARAH GRIFFIN: It clearly says “Dan Sullivan, Republican incumbent.” SO, it’s very clear. You know who you're voting for if you vote for that Dan Sullivan.
GOLDBERG: Right
HOSTIN: Yeah.
FARAH GRIFFIN: Listen, it’s pretty clear there
Sunny Hostin then joined in and blurted, “This is extraordinary.” She added, “The extraordinary nature of the Department of Justice filing a lawsuit to not certify an election before a single vote is counted. That is extraordinary, and I think we all need to understand how extraordinary it is.”
Hostin continued and called the DOJ lawsuit “unprecedented” because the Justice Department’s “job is to protect the integrity of our elections. The job isn't to protect who wins.”
Ana Navarro joined in the "unprecedented" talk and said, “What's unprecedented is the president of the United States directing the Department of Justice to do this.”
Sara Haines also joined in to bash the lawsuit: “Testing the results is fine, but you have to accept those results when they come back, and that's the part they are not doing.”
Navarro later implored the Republican incumbent Sullivan to concede if he loses the election, before Goldberg claimed the fake Sullivan story and DOJ lawsuit was a tool of voter suppression:
Well, we’ll find out. You know, It's all of this stuff meant to keep you from not going out to vote because you are not going to recognize the difference between the two names.
Navarro closed by claiming Trump was essentially calling Alaskans dumb:
Well, he said – Trump said Alaskans were too dumb to understand the word incumbent.
The View has yet to react to the New York Times report of Democrat operatives and Alaska's Democrat Senate candidate Mary Peltola's campaign influence in the decision to place Sullivan on the ballot, as the report was released after Wednesday’s show.
The transcript from Monday's show is below. Click "expand":
ABC’s The View
October 26, 2026
11:17:01 AM Eastern
WHOOPI GOLDBERG: Welcome back. Well, Attorney General Todd Blanche is defending a DOJ lawsuit that's trying to block Alaska from certifying Senate election results if Republican incumbent Dan S. Sullivan loses because another candidate who entered the race named Dan J. Sullivan. I don't know what the problem is, but here, take a look at the clip.
[Cuts to clip]
AG TODD BLANCHE: The real wrong here is that Alaskans are going to be confused and will not have their vote heard. So, an Alaskan intends to vote for a candidate but is confused because of a second candidate with exactly the same name who has voted Democrat his entire life, who donated money to the other Democrat opponent is running.
DANA BASH: This is a president who is saying Democrats are trying to steal this important seat. He's admitting it's political. Do you see your job as helping Republicans keep the seat?
BLANCHE: He's not admitting it's political! Wait, you're saying that a president saying that there's something improper happening at the ballots is necessarily political? He's the executive. He's supposed to make sure that everything in this country is running right.
[Cuts back to live]
GOLDBERG: What? What, what, what, what?
Okay. So just to put it in terms, you-know-who has been trying and failing to influence the midterms. A federal judge recently restricted his attempts to have Homeland Security investigators find evidence of illegal voting in states like California, Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. The administration has also sued 30 states and D.C. for refusing to hand over voter roles. So far, he has lost 27 of those cases.
What is the problem here? Alaskans are unable to read? They don't see an X next to somebody's name?
ALYSSA FARAH GRIFFIN: Well, look, we have the ballot so people can see.
GOLDBERG: Yeah. Pull it up.
FARAH GRIFFIN: It clearly says “Dan Sullivan, Republican incumbent.” SO, it’s very clear. You know who you're voting for if you vote for that Dan Sullivan.
GOLDBERG: Right
HOSTIN: Yeah.
FARAH GRIFFIN: Listen, it’s pretty clear there
GOLDBERG: Then Dan Sullivan Jr.. He’s junior, so you know he ain't the other one.
FARAH GRIFFIN: Here’s my thing -
HOSTIN: It’s very clear
FARAH GRIFFIN: I would guess that any Senate race that comes within like 25,000 votes the administration is going to contest legally, and states have different processes. Some do automatic recounts, some you can force them. So, I expect this to happen.
HOSTIN: But I just think -- think about it. This is extraordinary. The extraordinary nature of the Department of Justice filing a lawsuit to not certify an election before a single vote is counted. That is extraordinary, and I think we all need to understand how extraordinary it is.
I mean, the Department of Justice -- but I don't know that everybody understands that this is almost unprecedented. It's unprecedented because the Department of Justice, yes, the job is to protect the integrity of our elections. The job isn't to protect who wins.
(CROSSTALK )
ANA NAVARRO: What's unprecedented is the president of the United States –
HOSTIN: Acknowledging it -
NAVARRO: – directing the Department of Justice to do this.
SARA HAINES: Testing the results is fine, but you have to accept those results when they come back, and that's the part they are not doing. You can't keep saying when Republicans win the system is fair, and when they don't it's rigged.
HOSTIN: Correct.
(CROSSTALK)
NAVARRO: Let me just say this, I know Senator Dan Sullivan, the current -- the incumbent Republican senator, and I hope that if he loses this election, he does what he should do for the dignity of the office, for the people of Alaska, and concede the loss and accept the results.
Either way, if Pelota loses, same.
GOLDBERG: Well, we’ll find out. You know, It's all of this stuff meant to keep you from not going out to vote because you are not going to recognize the difference between the two names.
NAVARRO: Well, he said – Trump said Alaskans were too dumb to understand the word incumbent.
GOLDBERG: Well, apparently. He couldn't spell it.
We will be right back.
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