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Alyssa Farah Griffin Calls Out Conservative Double Standard on 'Take Down the Rhetoric' After Trump's Execution Remarks

Alyssa Farah Griffin urged conservatives to apply the same "take down the rhetoric" standard to President Trump after he suggested severe penalties for six Democratic lawmakers who shared a video urging troops to refuse illegal orders. Co-host Sarah Haines contrasted the veterans’ measured message with the president’s incendiary response, citing past episodes of violence and the need for consistent pressure to cool political rhetoric. Griffin warned that inflammatory statements derail important conversations and called for equal accountability across the political spectrum.

04:59 AM, 11/22/2025Politics

Alyssa Farah Griffin, the Republican co-host on The View, urged conservatives to apply the same standard they demanded after past threats when President Donald Trump escalated rhetoric by suggesting severe punishment for six Democratic lawmakers. The lawmakers had shared a video in which military veterans urged troops to refuse illegal orders; Trump responded on social media by characterizing their actions as "seditious" and calling for extreme penalties.

Co-host Sarah Haines contrasted the veterans’ measured message with the president’s response, highlighting a double standard in how heated political language is policed depending on who uses it. Haines referenced recent episodes of politically motivated violence — including threats tied to Charlie Kirk and the attack on Paul Pelosi — and noted that public pressure once prompted some conservatives to call for cooler rhetoric.

Sarah Haines: "Here are a bunch of military veterans saying in a measured tone and specifically, you do not have to obey an illegal order... And the answer is 'sedition, hang them, punishable by death.' There is a difference in tone there. We can agree to disagree on whether a video should be released, but jumping to death by hanging seems like a steep jump. We need to bring the rhetoric back to civil disagreement — we are not mortal enemies."

Griffin agreed, saying incendiary presidential language often distracts from important policy discussions and that those who previously demanded a reduction in violent rhetoric should hold that standard consistently. She specifically called on conservatives who condemned violent language after threats connected to Charlie Kirk to express equal outrage when the rhetoric comes from the right.

Alyssa Farah Griffin: "To so many of my friends on the right who were rightfully angry and said we needed to take down the rhetoric after threats tied to Charlie Kirk — that standard matters just as much when the right is ratcheting up the rhetoric. Nothing about this video warranted the president's response or the retweets that followed, full stop."

Both hosts urged a return to civil disagreement and warned that escalatory language from any political direction undermines constructive debate and public safety.

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