Savannah Chrisley was quickly shut down by the ladies on The View.
During the Wednesday, February 18, Hot Topics discussion, the cohosts addressed Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s awkward response to a question recently posed to her at the Munich Security Conference.
When the 36-year-old Democrat was asked if the United States should send troops to aid Taiwan if China invaded, she seemed unsure of how to respond and stalled for about 20 seconds.
After The View played the clip of AOC’s response, they cut to President Donald Trump saying that “she had no idea what was happening.” However, the ladies noted that the 79-year-old president, on numerous occasions, has misspoke or fumbled.
“Mispronouncing a word is totally different from not knowing your position on Taiwan,” Chisley — who is serving as guest host for Alyssa Farah Griffin, who’s on maternity leave — said in defense of Trump.
“What’s important is how you recover from something,” Chrisley, 28, continued. “[Trump] has continued on with his speech and then continued on to meet with world leaders, so the recovery is what mattered.”
When moderator Whoopi Goldberg pointed out that the Apprentice alum is the president of the United States and not just a member of Congress, Chrisley said, “I understand that wholeheartedly. AOC, though, is also the Democrats’ pick for the next election.”
However, Chrisley’s bold prediction seemed to take the rest of the ladies at the table by surprise, with them yelling back “no” and saying they don’t believe that to be true.
While the media has speculated that AOC could run for president in the next election, she has not made any official statements on the matter. She also told the New York Times that she had gone to Munich “not because I’m running for president,” but because she wanted to “sound the alarm bells” about various issues.
In response to Chrisley, Joy Behar said, “You better tell that to Gavin Newsom.” The California governor, 58, has expressed interest in running for president in 2028 and could be a very serious Democratic candidate.
Circling back to AOC’s recent misstep, Goldberg said, “As one who stepped in much poo over the years, you know, it’s just a little message to everybody: None of us is perfect. And this does happen — people stumble.”
