Overview
- On Thursday’s show, Chrisley argued President Trump is not racist, prompting Sunny Hostin to state he is and Whoopi Goldberg to cite Trump’s record on DEI, a 1970s housing discrimination case, and a recent racist post about the Obamas on Truth Social.
- Chrisley said a staffer posted the Obamas video and noted HBCU funding under Trump; cohosts countered that White House posts reflect the president and that HBCU support predated his term, and Chrisley conceded no staff were fired and called the posting a White House failure.
- A day earlier, the panel publicly corrected Chrisley after she claimed Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was the Democrats’ 2028 pick, noting AOC has said she is not running.
- Viewer backlash to Chrisley’s week on the show included boycott calls tied to her family’s Trump pardons, though some praised her presence; the White House publicly defended Trump’s record in comments to media and officials like press secretary Karoline Leavitt signaled support on social media.
- Chrisley, filling in during Alyssa Farah Griffin’s maternity leave, addressed criticism on Instagram by framing her appearance as civil dialogue and affirming her commitments to faith, family, and freedom.