The previous Trump advisor will reportedly grow to be the brand new fifth co-host for the favored daytime speak present, filling Meghan McCain's spot as a conservative voice on this system, in line with 'Selection.'
The search could also be over! Alyssa Farah Griffin will reportedly grow to be the fifth co-host of The View for its twenty sixth season, in line with Selection. The outlet reported that sources mentioned that Alyssa, 33, will probably be named because the present’s new host, almost a yr after Meghan McCain mentioned her remaining goodbye to the present in August 2021. All through the twenty fifth season, a number of completely different conservative voices joined the women on the Scorching Subjects desk to see how the chemistry was among the many co-hosts, together with Alyssa. The previous political advisor has been a frequent presence all through the most recent season and can reportedly be a part of the desk completely in September. Discover out the whole lot it's good to learn about Alyssa right here!
1. Alyssa was an advisor to Trump
Whereas it might shock some individuals given what different co-hosts have mentioned about him, Alyssa labored as an advisor to former President Donald Trump for a stretch in 2020. Whereas she’s had a big selection of positions in Washington, her most notable time was when she served because the White Home Director of Strategic Communications from April 2020 to December 2020. That wasn’t her solely job beneath Trump; she was additionally appointed a particular assistant to him in 2017, and he or she additionally served because the press secretary for the Division of Protection from September 2019, till she took on her White Home function.
2. She’s been a commentator for CNN and ‘The Hill’
A graduate from Patrick Henry School’s journalism program, it ought to come as no shock that Alyssa has a powerful journalistic background. Whereas she has loads of expertise in Washington and having visitor co-hosted The View loads of occasions previously season, she has additionally labored with a few of the largest media organizations reporting on politics. She served as a co-host for The Hill’s on-line present Rising. After leaving the White Home, she was additionally introduced on as a political commentator for CNN in December 2021, as reported by Mediate.
3. She labored with many extra Republican politicians earlier than Trump
Whereas Trump is clearly the largest identify that she labored for, Alyssa served in a wide range of political roles earlier than taking a job on the White Home. Early in her profession, she served as a press secretary for then-North Carolina Rep. Mark Meadows, who later turned Trump’s chief of employees. She was additionally the conservative Freedom Caucus’ Communications Director. Earlier than taking up her communications job beneath Trump, she served because the press secretary for former Vice President Mike Pence when she was additionally a particular assistant to the president.
4. She’s since flipped her views on Trump
Whereas Alyssa nonetheless identifies herself as a Republican, she’s sought to distance herself from Trump, and he or she’s disavowed him, particularly in gentle of the January 6 assault on the Capitol. Whereas rioters invaded the constructing, she tweeted calling for him to inform the insurrectionists to cease. “Condemn this now, @realDonaldTrump – you're the just one they may take heed to. For our nation!” she wrote on the time. It’s additionally been revealed that in the course of the assault, she texted Meadows and mentioned, “If somebody doesn’t say one thing, individuals will die,” per The Washington Submit.
Most of all, she’s sworn towards voting for Trump once more if he makes one other run for the White Home in the course of the subsequent presidential election, per Newsweek. “If he’s a Republican candidate in 2024, sure, I can't be supporting Donald Trump in 2024,” she mentioned throughout an look on MSNBC in Could 2021.
5. She received married to Justin Griffin in 2021
Politics apart, Alyssa tied the knot together with her husband Justin Griffin in November 2021. After the marriage, she shared an adorably picture of her and her hubby, talking about what an ideal day that she had. “Greatest day of my life, marrying my finest good friend,” she wrote in her Instagram caption.
Whereas saying “I do,” might have been Alyssa’s “finest day,” it wasn’t drama-free. She revealed that her personal dad Joseph Farah, who’s a conservative journalist himself, had skipped out on the ceremony after she disavowed Trump, throughout a February look on The View. “I needed to cope with two individuals very near me—my father and step-mother—who didn’t need to attend my wedding ceremony [because of] political variations after I spoke out towards President Trump,” she mentioned, earlier than noting that they didn’t attend.