Former Trump administration staffer Alyssa Farah Griffin, who signed on as the token conservative punching bag on “The View” last year, was pummeled on Twitter after her take that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis isn’t liberal enough to have a chance in the general election, suggesting that his stance on issues such as COVID restrictions, immigration and LGBTQ + rights won’t play well with swing voters.
Griffin took to the social media platform on Sunday to retweet a National Review article that lamented the Sunshine State Republican’s less-than-enthusiastic embrace of the jabs with his campaign being critical of her ex-boss, former President Donald J. Trump’s championing of the vaccines that many conservatives rejected, along with the un-American lockdowns and mandates that DeSantis rejected, sparing Floridians of the COVID tyranny that fellow governors inflicted upon their own citizens.
“I was excited abt DeSantis as recently as last year. But I’m worried abt how hard he’s staked himself to the Right on COVID, LGBTQ issues, & immigration . Plus some of his people come off as straight up bullies. He’s got money& name ID but worry he’s weakened himself in a General,” she tweeted, a missive that invited savage ridicule that could have been even worse if she hadn’t limited who could reply to her account.
I was excited abt DeSantis as recently as last year. But I’m worried abt how hard he’s staked himself to the Right on COVID, LGBTQ issues, & immigration . Plus some of his people come off as straight up bullies. He’s got money& name ID but worry he’s weakened himself in a General
— Alyssa Farah Griffin (@Alyssafarah) June 25, 2023
Twitter users swarmed, tearing into Griffin over the ridiculousness of her statement of expectation that DeSantis would swing left as well as her general fecklessness.
Did you expect him to stake himself to the left? https://t.co/w8xXrQURfa
— David Marcus (@BlueBoxDave) June 25, 2023
DeSantis actually being a conservative uninterested in appealing to the vanities of the Beltway types has indeed been very disappointing to many. https://t.co/PFvZdZRsiU
— Hampton Prescott (@hampprescott) June 25, 2023
Imagine being one of the ladies of The View… and calling other people “bullies.” https://t.co/la2DYfYZth
— Christina Pushaw (@ChristinaPushaw) June 25, 2023
you worked for Donald Trump for years, only quitting just weeks before the administration ended. you know… the guy who wanted to put sharp shooters and an alligator filled moat along the southern border. https://t.co/I0Dyydhu3N
— a newsman (@a_newsman) June 25, 2023
Someone who enjoys being the latest punching bag conservative on The View.. https://t.co/umXa0suYMA
— Ted (@Tedgforce) June 25, 2023
A RINO and a moron, no wonder she’s doing well on @TheView https://t.co/3QkkXxf00q
— Scottie (@BuffaloBlueBear) June 26, 2023
Translation: please hire me when the vipers I work for now have used me up, so I can get paid in the future to betray you. https://t.co/RssT1Mwiqi
— B. Powell Majors (@powellmajors) June 25, 2023
Biden/Dems have gone full-on Open Borders, grooming kids with sex ed in elementary school, lockdowns & vaccine mandates for Covid that never worked.
Does DeSantis go ‘too far’ in opposing this hot garbage?
Not possible. Full reversal is required. https://t.co/bQ38bvTCXZ— Patrick McGuinness (@patmcguinness) June 25, 2023
You ma’am, are a circus clown for a left wing audience. Keep dancing https://t.co/sqfCQmujbx
— Josh__Seattle (@Josh__Seattle) June 25, 2023
Who’s paying you now? https://t.co/XYfI7RDNDk
— DeSantisfaction (@BrandonNot345) June 25, 2023
Others called her out for her lack of backbone by turning off replies.
#Uniparty posts tweet & then turns off replies. She wants to dis DeSantis & have no push back on what she says.
And her day job is supposed to be on a “debate show”.
She’s following the @PeterHotez strategy of “I’m a coward” https://t.co/oumQ7Y1qfn
— WakeUP2023 (@WUp2022) June 26, 2023
Turns off comments because she’s a coward The fact that’s he’s to the right on Covid, LGBTQ issues and immigration is exactly WHY I’m voting for him, you idiot. https://t.co/wjWfI0zjmA
— Kristy (@FlaGirlKristy) June 25, 2023
Alyssa is so sure of her weak-minded position that she doesn’t allow replies. https://t.co/Rc8kp4QzJJ
— Real Man of Genius (@realmanofgenius) June 25, 2023
Still others expressed skepticism that she’s even a conservative.
I was excited when I heard The View was searching for a Conservative to hire.
But instead they hired Alyssa. https://t.co/5GBs5Jygmy— Holly Thornton (@beachmamax2) June 25, 2023
The notion Alyssa is “conservative” is just as big of a hoax as Joe Biden saying he never talked to his crackhead son about his business deals.
I doubt she’s even republican https://t.co/sFJEimS2QT
— Elroy Plambecker (@One_Party_State) June 25, 2023
Well, that’s because you’re a democrat https://t.co/7BXeN3o9ly
— Mike (@michaeljashmore) June 25, 2023
Lol. A so called “conservative” that is an actual shill for the Liberal view pukes who have said “the holocaust was not about race”, dressed in black face and she drinks coffee with them daily, has something to say. https://t.co/EM0Pgi3J7g
— Kat (@KatManDoToo) June 25, 2023
Remove conservative from your profile! You are a fraud https://t.co/MN2cStxDbj
— undercover Tim (@secretagenttim) June 26, 2023
Griffin’s former boss didn’t have kind words for her either with Trump calling her a hypocritical “sleazebag” in a blistering Truth Social diatribe last month.
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