The View continued to taunt the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday as they hyped up the Democratic Party’s chances to win the open Senate seat in Texas, and, beyond that, actively told their fans in the state to specifically vote for James Talarico over Republican Ken Paxton. One of them even made the plea: “Hope alone won't win an election. People got to turn hope into vote.”
The conversation started by mocking President Trump’s San Antonio speech from the previous night. Faux conservative co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin marveled that Trump needed to be there, ignoring how President Obama visited blue states in midterms: “I mean, the fact that Texas is in play speaks to the moment right now that people are so frustrated with the current leadership.”
The View urges people to go vote for Talarico.
"Hope alone won't win an election. People got to turn hope into vote," Ana Navarro pic.twitter.com/yC9p8gIwtZ— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) October 8, 2026
Farah Griffin followed up by hyping up how Paxton was struggling in the final month:
But this is kind of a perfect storm and it's a mess of the president's own making. So, John Cornyn the incumbent Republican senator had been in this seat for 20 years. He was popular, he would have been doing well cruising to reelection right now.
But he insisted on backing Ken Paxton, an ethically plagued guy with the charisma of a shoe, who isn't liked in his own state. Who Donald Trump like regularly criticizes. He like criticizes how he dresses, how he talks, how he looks. He’s now five points behind James Talarico.
“But I’ve got give credit to James Talarico who is a very good candidate,” she boasted. “He has been message disciplined, he’s been talking about the cost of living, and he appeals to even, you know, moderate Republicans in that he speaks like a southern Christian, you know, moderate Democrat.”
Together, Farah Griffin and co-host Sunny Hostin got the audience cheering with their joint predictions that Talarico basically had it in the bag (Click “expand”):
FARH GRIFFIN: And it's working, so we might see Texas go blue.
HOSTIN: I think we will. I think we will see Texas go blue, actually.
[Applause]
I really do.
In September not only one but eight pollsters had Talarico ahead. 51 to 45 percent. That's significant given a Democrat hasn't won statewide office in 30 years. That same poll showed that he is leading Paxton among women, 56 percent to 40 percent. Among voters, 18 to 29, 66 percent to 22 percent. And among Hispanics 62 percent to 30 percent. We are talking about Texas. He is going to win this race.
[Applause]
“We’ll see. We’ll see,” declared moderator Whoopi Goldberg, looking to temper expectations. “As you guys pointed out the other day, we’ve seen this before (…) and suddenly some weird number comes out.”
“So, fingers crossed,” Goldberg added.
The other fake Republican on the panel, Ana Navarro agreed with Goldberg’s trepidation. “You’re not kidding. 2016 left me scarred,” she said.
Navarro went on to use fans in Texas not to rest on their rosy assessments and they should get out and vote for Talarico:
HOSTIN: I have hope in Texas.
NAVARRO: And people should have hope. Hope alone won't win an election. People got to turn hope into vote. And I don’t think relying on polls and kind of just sitting back and getting complacent is something that nobody can afford to do if they want to see change.
The View had a controversial history of covering Talarico’s campaign. Earlier this year, they drew the attention of the FCC by not offering equal time to the candidates running for the party nominations ahead of the primaries. They gave Talarico just under ten minutes of airtime (9:47) and nearly 18 (17:39) to one of his Democratic opponents, Jasmine Crockett. They didn’t have any of the Republicans on.
The transcript is below. Click "expand" to read:
ABC’s The View
October 8, 2026
11:04:00 a.m. Eastern(…)
ALYSSA FARAH GRIFFIN: I mean, the fact that Texas is in play speaks to the moment right now that people are so frustrated with the current leadership. A Democrat hasn't won statewide in Texas in over 30 years. I still think it could go either direction for Paxton or Talarico.
But this is kind of a perfect storm and it's a mess of the president's own making. So, John Cornyn the incumbent Republican senator had been in this seat for 20 years. He was popular, he would have been doing well cruising to reelection right now.
But he insisted on backing Ken Paxton, an ethically plagued guy with the charisma of a shoe, who isn't liked in his own state. Who Donald Trump like regularly criticizes. He like criticizes how he dresses, how he talks, how he looks. He’s now five points behind James Talarico.
But I’ve got give credit to James Talarico who is a very good candidate. He has been message disciplined, he’s been talking about the cost of living, and he appeals to even, you know, moderate Republicans in that he speaks like a southern Christian, you know, moderate Democrat. And it's working, so we might see Texas go blue.
SUNNY HOSTIN: I think we will. I think we will see Texas go blue, actually.
[Applause]
I really do.
In September not only one but eight pollsters had Talarico ahead. 51 to 45 percent. That's significant given a Democrat hasn't won statewide office in 30 years. That same poll showed that he is leading Paxton among women, 56 percent to 40 percent. Among voters, 18 to 29, 66 percent to 22 percent. And among Hispanics 62 percent to 30 percent. We are talking about Texas. He is going to win this race.
[Applause]
GOLDBERG: We’ll see. We’ll see.
[Crosstalk]
GOLDBERG: Remember. As - I’m sorry. As you guys pointed out the other day, we’ve seen this before. We have seen - I and suddenly some weird number comes out. And you’re going, ‘wait, what happened?’ So, fingers crossed.
ANA NAVARRO: You’re not kidding. 2016 left me scarred.
GOLDBERG: I know.
NAVARRO: We - Everyone was waiting for there to be fireworks.
HOSTIN: I have hope in Texas.
NAVARRO: And people should have hope. Hope alone won't win an election. People got to turn hope into vote.
[Applause]
And I don’t think relying on polls and kind of just sitting back and getting complacent is something that nobody can afford to do if they want to see change.
HOSITN: A lot of people have voted - have asked for mail in vote - ballots.
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