The View‘s Alyssa Farah Griffin left her costars and the live audience stunned with her comments about Donald Trump on the Friday, September 26, episode of the hit talk show.

As the ladies discussed the state of the country and the economy, Griffin noted how many people “feel like the American Dream is unattainable,” claiming “they just feel like the system that [George] Washington is giving us just doesn’t work.”

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The former White House staffer believes people “throw around the term ‘democracy,'” as it’s no longer an important concept to some since people are more focused on money.

“If it’s a Tuesday morning and you’re deciding what bill you can afford to pay, you’re not voting on democracy, you’re voting on the cost of living,” she shared.

“I’m gonna say something that is gonna make this table and this audience very upset, but I want to tell the unvarnished truth,” Griffin stated. “I think if the election were re-held today, Donald Trump would win by the same, if not a bigger, margin.”

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Sara Haines‘ mouth dropped open at her comment, which also caused the audience to groan loudly.

“How do you say that though?” co-host Joy Behar asked in disbelief.

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“This country is so deeply polarized,” Griffin explained. “If you hated him before, you hate him even more now. There are definitely people who are like, ‘Oh, I’m having some buyer’s remorse.’ But there’s this poll today that shows that on the top issues people voted on, they still trust Republicans more.”

Haines noted she would be interested to know the ages of those polled, as she assumed they would be younger, because “anyone who has read their history books, since the beginning of time, democracy may be fragile, but it is the only way.”

“You do no want a theocracy, You do not want a monarchy. You do not want socialism or communism,” she insisted. “They have never worked. In intention or spirit, they sound great, but go back to the books.”

As OK! reported, Trump’s 2024 presidential election rival, Kamala Harris, appeared on the show just a few days earlier to promote her book 107 Days.

The former VP recalled the night she lost the election, spilling, “That night, I grieved in a way that I have not since my mother died. And the pain was not at all about losing a race — I knew what it was going to mean for the country.”

“I knew what it was going to mean, I knew,” she continued. “And all I could say over and over again was, ‘My God, my God, my God.’ It was very difficult. Many people experienced it in different ways.”