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Rarely is ABC’s The View kind to conservatives and Republicans, but Friday’s episode was one of those exceptions as left-leaning co-host Sara Haines called on and urged “young conservative minds” to get involved in politics and run for elected office. Her stated goal was to get more young people represented in Congress and noted that liberals often have a problem with ideological diversity.
Her comments came during a conversation to praise Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) leadership and her stepping down from Democratic leadership in the next Congress. “She had a real talent for keeping both young progressives and conservatives in line. She’s like the Italian mother, you know?” Joy Behar quipped, going on to note her life experience and later-in-life run for Congress at 47.
“I see nothing against people with a lot of experience being in government, but representation is more than just skin color or biological sex, it’s also young people because these laws affect everyone in the country,” Haines prefaced.
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