Meghan McCain rips The View successor Alyssa Farah Griffin as a joke says shes not a real conservative

Meghan McCain is ripping her successor on ABC’s “The View” as a “joke” — blasting current co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin as not a real conservative.“I’m gonna say something that’s a little nasty,” McCain said Tuesday on her podcast, “Citizen McCain.”“The person they replaced me with is a joke.She is in no way representative of conservative women.”The former co-host didn’t hold back as she took aim at Griffin, the Trump White House alum who took her seat on the daytime talk show.At one point, McCain appeared to intentionally forget her name, calling Griffin “whatever.” She then repeated her past criticisms of “The View.”“It’s been a wildly disappointing experience for me to see what legacy I helped do during the four years there while my dad battled brain cancer and I had not one, but two miscarriages while I worked there,” she added.McCain is the daughter of the late Sen.

John McCain (R-Ariz.).McCain also blasted show’s track record, claiming: “The show has only won an Emmy twice in its history — one time is when I was there, for Best Political Show.”McCain’s claim is incorrect.“The View” has won more than two dozen Daytime Emmy Awards since its debut in 1997.Despite her criticism of her successor, McCain praised former co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck, saying: “She was great, and she was really strong, and she fought for a lot of the things that I fight for.”A spokesperson for McCain declined to comment.

The Post has sought comment from Griffin and ABC.McCain joined “The View” as a permanent co-host in October 2017 and remained on the panel until August 2021, a nearly four-year run that coincided with the Trump presidency and positioned her as the show’s primary conservative voice.Her tenure was marked by frequent on-air clashes, most notably with Joy Behar, including a heated January 2021 exchange in which Behar told her, “I did not miss you.Zero.”McCain later cited the moment — along with broa...