Kellyanne Conway thanked the hosts of The view for Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 presidential election, and said that the questions they asked Kamala Harris exposed the problems inherent in the vice president’s campaign.
The ABC The morning talk show emerged as a key pro-Harris outlet during the election, with its hosts regularly criticizing Trump and inviting both the vice president and her running mate. Tim Walzto discuss their bid for the White House.
Conway, who served as Trump’s campaign manager during his first run for the White House and as a senior adviser to the president during his administration, said Harris’ actions had damaged her campaign.
“I’d like to thank the ladies of the View,” Conway said. “I think they helped Donald Trump.” Turn to the Fox News camera, Conway added: “Thank you very much for asking Kamala Harris simple questions that she couldn’t answer.”
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During her October 8 appearance on the show, co-host Sunny Hostin asked Harris if she would have done anything other than be president Joe Biden over the past four years, to which the Vice President responded: “There’s nothing that comes to mind.”
While Harris later added that she would break with Biden by a Republican To her hypothetical cabinet, her response was widely criticized as a misstep, given Americans’ negative views on the matter the economy, tough stances on immigration and that of the president ailing approval ratings.
Ohio senator and vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance jumped on the answer at a mid-October event in Pennsylvania, telling rallygoers that “nothing comes to mind” should become the slogan for the Harris-Walz campaign.
End of October interview with PoliticsTrump campaign manager Jason Miller said Harris’ response to Hostin’s question was the moment that “killed” her campaign.
“I think this strategy by Kamala Harris, to go out and cater to a whole bunch of media, has really backfired,” Miller told the interviewer. “I mean, who did I think Sunny Hostin came from? The view really killed Kamala Harris’ candidacy? But you could argue that Sunny did that.”
Peter Loge, a former senior advisor to Barack Obamasaid it would have been difficult for Harris to “break away” from Biden in the way that some suggested could have benefited her campaign.
“Harris couldn’t completely separate himself from Biden. She is the sitting vice president and no one would have believed her if she had done that,” Loge said. Newsweek. “The fact that Republicans won the vote handily indicates that this was not a Biden or Harris issue, but a throwaway issue.”
“Most Americans usually just want everything to work. They want to have beer to pay for gas and groceries, they want to feel safe and they want their kids to learn in school,” Loge added. “Many Americans think things aren’t working, so they fired the politicians responsible and replaced them with a new crop.”
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Conway further speculated about the reaction of The view‘hosts for Trump’s victory.
“They’re probably just going to insult Americans for making this choice, calling us misinformed and misaligned and worse, deplorable, irredeemable, nonsense, you name it,” Conway told Fox.
During the Wednesday morning episode of The viewwhich aired after Conway’s Fox appearance, co-host Joy Behar said of the elections: “My opinion is that the system worked. We live in a democracy. People spoke. This is what people wanted.”
“I strongly disagree with the decision the Americans have made. But I am very hopeful that we have a democratic system in this country,” Behar continued. “We have to appreciate it. We have to love it. We have to protest when the situation arises that we have to protest, and I am sure it will happen.”
ABC News declined to comment on Conway’s statements when contacted Newsweek.
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