Behar says Dem effort to reclaim men is a 'waste of money,' suggests 'teaching them to not be such sexists'

Co-hosts of ABC's "The View" on Friday feuded over how the Democratic Party should change its game plan after losing male voters.

Co-host Joy Behar scoffed at the idea, deriding it as "20 million bucks just to talk to boys."

"You know what I think? I think it's a waste of money. Maybe these guys should spend their money on teaching men to not be such sexists," Behar said, as the audience applauded. 

"But the stats don't bear that out," co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin said, arguing that Trump has done better with multiple demographics across races and sexes than his Republican predecessors did.

Behar suggested this was merely because he was "running against a woman."

"You think Democrats that were with Biden in 2020 left to be with Trump because they're sexist?" Griffin asked.

"I don't know the reason, but it's very suspicious," Behar replied.

Griffin mocked the idea of appealing to authenticity by hiring analysts and strategists to analyze how men speak, suggesting instead, "What made Joe Rogan or Theo Von or some of these manosphere guys huge was there's a level of authenticity." 

She added that men want to be able to speak about the issues they face as a group, particularly the phenomenon of men falling behind, without being accused of sexism or excluding women.

Haines brought up the appeal of both Trump and the manosphere. "What drove people to this manosphere was people were saying, 'It's okay to be a man, you have value.' I think the language around men with 'toxic masculinity' were sometimes misunderstood to make men the problem."