Overview
- On her Citizen McCain podcast this week, Meghan McCain said Alyssa Farah Griffin does not represent conservative women and called her replacement a “joke,” citing Griffin’s 2024 vote for Kamala Harris.
- McCain said The View’s executive producer asked her to help pick a successor and that she recommended conservative commentator Allie Beth Stuckey.
- Reporters corrected McCain’s Emmy claim, noting The View has won more than 30 Daytime Emmys and that no “Best Political Show” category exists.
- Following Tuesday’s YouTube video, Kathy Griffin called McCain an “annoying c***” and said she dropped planned jabs at Alyssa Farah Griffin after learning Alyssa had just had a baby, later calling her “the nicest one at the table.”
- Alyssa Farah Griffin, a former Pence press secretary and Trump White House communications director who joined the show in 2022 after a stint at CNN, has not issued a new response as outlets note ABC and Griffin did not immediately comment.