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'View' star slams AOC, says she's 'nervous' about NYC mayor candidate Zohran Mamdani
'The View' conservative cohost Alyssa Farah Griffin admitted she's 'nervous' about NYC mayor candidate Zohran Mamdani after historic primary and slammed AOC as 'not the answer' in politics.
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Griffin asks, "How many bills has she passed into law?" and "What this country needs is solutions, and not just people who can talk about them."By
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Published on June 25, 2025 02:17PM EDT
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Zohran Mamdani, Alyssa Farah Griffin on 'The View,' and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.Credit:
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- The View cohosts discussed big moves in liberal politics after Donald Trump took aim at AOC.
- Alyssa Farah Griffin said she's "nervous" about NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani.
- The former Trump associate also jabbed AOC's "legislative record" and said she's "not the answer" in politics.
Hours after Mamdani — the son of Mississippi Masala and Vanity Fair director Mira Nair — won the city's Democratic mayoral primary against Andrew Cuomo, the former Donald Trump associate criticized both Mamdani and AOC during a wider discussion about her ex-boss' public condemnation of the latter.
"AOC, listen, she is a smart, sharp voice on the left, but I've got to say, Donald Trump is dying to have this fight with her because he wants to make her the face of the Democratic party," Griffin, who previously worked for Trump's communications team, said after the president attacked AOC for suggesting he be impeached for how he handled the United States' involvement in bombing Iran's nuclear sites.
Joy Behar, Sara Haines, Ana Navarro, Sunny Hostin, Alyssa Farah Griffin on 'The View'.
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"Why? Because she's super articulate, smart, and somebody that energizes young people. How many bills has she passed into law? She has a less than 1 percent success legislative record. Similar to Bernie Sanders," Griffin continued. "He had less than a 1 percent record of actually passing legislation. You always need people who are going to get people energized, but what this country needs is solutions, and people who can't just talk about them, they can work across the aisle and they can get them done. To me, AOC is not the answer." (According to her profile on the congressional website, Ocasio-Cortez has still sponsored 69 bills and cosponsored 1,446 bills across six years in office.)
Her quotes came moments after the other cohosts spoke about Mamdani, described by the Associated Press as a "democratic socialist," though Griffin said she wanted to shift the focus back to a more national matter because she (and most of the show's viewers) don't live in New York City.
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"I'm very nervous about this potential new mayor here, because this city does have real problems and you need somebody with experience," Griffin said. "He's had no real job that makes him ready to run one of the biggest economies in New York City, and it makes me nervous."
Entertainment Weekly has reached out to representatives for Ocasio-Cortez and Mamdani for comment.
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Griffin has spoken out against Democratic strategies since Vice President Kamala Harris lost the 2024 presidential election against Trump, even going as far as to spar several times with her View cohosts about the topic on air.
The View airs weekdays at 11 a.m. ET/10 a.m. PT on ABC.
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