Democrats have flipped the House and Senate and before any of them have been sworn into office, many seem to already be drunk on power as they publicly fantasize about all the far-left policies they’re going to enact. Their over zealousness was such an obvious problem that even some of the liberal ladies of ABC’s The View could see the writing on the wall. Most of the cast wanted fixing affordability as the might priority for their fellow Democrats.
Following a clip of presumed future Speaker of the House Hakeem Jeffries boasting about all the far-left liberal policies they were going to pass and all the political investigations/prosecutions they were going to pursue, fill-in moderator Joy Behar wondered if it was wise:
So, here's the question, should they be investigating the Trump administration or trying to work with them to work on issues like affordability and other things? Which do you think is the big priority?
Surprisingly, co-host Sunny Hostin, a friend and big proponent of Jeffries, broke with him on much of what he wanted to do right away. “I think the big priority is affordability,” she said. “You know, we just had Senator-elect Talarico on. We just had Senator-elect el-Sayed on and they both said that. They both said affordability, affordability, affordability, and healthcare.”
It's so obvious that Democrats won't be able to stifle their worst instincts and push their most extreme policies in the next Congress that even members of The View want them to back off:
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JOY BEHAR: So, here's the question, should they be investigating the Trump… pic.twitter.com/3jNDdMFYkY— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) November 6, 2026
“Yeah, but why should this criminal group get away with it?” Behar shrieked. “The guy’s coming away from this administration with $2.2 billion. His children made money. The Epstein files, the Epstein files are still a big mystery.”
The cast members who were the most zealous in trying to get Trump were the show’s purported Republicans. “But you have to be able to walk and chew gum,” co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin said.
Ana Navarro wanted to reassure people that Democrats could multitask to get Trump and push their far-left agenda too:
But people need to understand how Congress works, right? There's all of these different committees that can work on legislation of their jurisdiction. So, the agricultural committee could be out there doing farm policy while Robert Garcia is running his Oversight Committee and doing oversight on Epstein and on the corruption and on the grift and abuses of power. And you know what? Jayapal is going to be chair of the Immigration Subcommittee. I cannot wait for her to get some of those agents in front of her who have been shooting and killing people on the streets of America.
Farah Griffin reiterated that Democrats “need to walk and chew gum, because corruption was a top issue so there needs to be oversight, there needs to be investigations and accountability, but affordability is the most important thing.”
She also warned them not to over play their hand and try to rush through their most extreme policies:
The biggest thing that Trump fumbled after 2024 was taking winning as an endorsement of all his craziest far-right extreme ideas. What I would caution Democrats against is, you guys have a sweeping victory but it was moderates that were the majority makers for you guys. So, to lean into the farthest left policies would also be a mistake. Focus on the cost of living.
This was all similar to moderator Whoopi Goldberg’s comments from Thursday when she warned Democrats to fix things first:
I'm just going to say this, Democrats you know what you need to do. I just want to say, I know there's a lot of stuff y'all want to get done but you need to fix some stuff before you start putting out all kinds of summons and all kinds - We need stuff taken care of. And I know you're not coming in till January but we don't want to see you reflecting what they did to the nation. We don't want to see that.
Whoopi Goldberg scolds Democrats. She tells them to "fix some stuff" (presumably she means affordability) before doing political prosecutions:
"I'm just going to say this, Democrats you know what you need to do. I just want to say, I know there's a lot of stuff y'all want to get… pic.twitter.com/A8eJL2jK91— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) November 5, 2026
It’s obvious Democrats were champing at the bit to do the most extreme things. So obvious that many on the left were probably fearful of going too far and harming their chances in 2028. The View had made it clear they had an eye on the calendar too.
The transcript is below. Click "expand" to read:
ABC’s The View
November 6, 2026
11:15:53 a.m. Eastern(…)
JOY BEHAR: So, here's the question, should they be investigating the Trump administration or trying to work with them to work on issues like affordability and other things? Which do you think is the big priority?
SUNNY HOSTIN: I think the big priority is affordability. I mean, Americans can't -- there are farmers that's can't run their farm equipment because they can't afford diesel. There are working class Americans that can't drive to work, they can't even afford to take the train or take the bus because it's become so expensive. They can't afford to feed their children. They can't afford to - their public schools are failing.
BEHAR: So, it's important.
HOSTIN: They need to do that and we've had –
[Light applause]
Thank you. But, we’ve had - You know, we just had Senator-elect Talarico on. We just had Senator-elect el-Sayed on.
[Applause]
And they both said that. They both said affordability, affordability, affordability, and healthcare.
BEHAR: Yeah, but why should this criminal group get away with it?
[Crosstalk]
BEHAR: The guy’s coming away from this administration with $2.2 billion.
HOSTIN: That's true.
BEHAR: His children made money.
ALYSSA FARAH GRIFFIN: But you have to be able to walk and chew gum.
BEHAR: The Epstein files, the Epstein files are still a big mystery.
NAVARRO: Listen, I can assure you Robert Garcia who’s going to be the new chair of the Oversight Committee is going to get to the bottom of the Epstein files and that's something that's going to be a focus of this.
But people need to understand how Congress works, right? There's all of these different committees that can work on legislation of their jurisdiction. So, the agricultural committee could be out there –
HOSTIN: That’s’ true.
NAVARRO: - doing farm policy while Robert Garcia is running his Oversight Committee and doing oversight on Epstein and on the corruption and on the grift and abuses of power.
And you know what?
BEHAR: What?
NAVARRO: Jayapal is going to be chair of the Immigration Subcommittee.
HOSTIN: Oh, really?!
NAVARRO: I cannot wait for her to get some of those agents in front of her who have been shooting and killing people on the streets of America.
HOSTIN: Wow.
[Applause]
FARAH GRIFFIN: I see it as a need to walk and chew gum, because corruption was a top issue so there needs to be oversight, there needs to be investigations and accountability, but affordability is the most important thing.
The biggest thing that Trump fumbled after 2024 was taking winning as an endorsement of all his craziest far-right extreme ideas. What I would caution Democrats against is, you guys have a sweeping victory but it was moderates that were the majority makers for you guys. So, to lean into the farthest left policies would also be a mistake. Focus on the cost of living.
Like, I’s like to point out no one is even talking about my dear friend Governor Josh Shapiro because we forgot he was even on the ballot. He won by 22 points.
BEHAR: He’s great, I like him a lot.
FARAH GRIFFIN: Jon Ossoff in purple Georgia won by 18 points -
BEHAR: Oh, Jon Ossoff, fabulous.
FARAH GRIFFIN: They’re talking about the cost of living and delivering for the public. That’s where it's got to be.
HAINES: To what Ana said, about they can walk or chew gum – or someone said.
HOSTIN: Alyssa said.
HAINES: Sorry, Alyssa said that.
That can happen at the same time. I think the big thing is that the optical part we see is all about action being taken for the American people. Because that was the loudest message of this election. So, I do believe they can still hold people accountable because when a Fox poll is saying 88 percent of the American public is most concerned with corruption even before that, you can do both at the same time.
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