Pick-Me: How Alyssa Farah Griffin Abandoned Her Conservatism For Liberal Popularity

During a private recording of “The View’s” Behind the Table Podcast for fans at a New York City winery, co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin reflected on being the show’s second-longest-running “conservative” behind Elisabeth Hasselbeck. However, what she described as her secret to success sounded less like sticking to her principles and bringing an opposing perspective to the table and more like abandoning her worldview to placate the liberals who hated her.

According to Farah Griffin, the way to get “The View” audience to like you was to be “authentic.” But as she spoke, it became clear that she had to appease the rabidly liberal audience by giving up the Republican position, or “talking points,” as she dismissed them: