The cohosts of The View might have started Friday’s (October 31) edition with a fun Halloween skit , but things got pretty serious (and mildly combative) during the first “Hot Topic” discussion about the most recent concerns shared by California Governor Gavin Newsom over what Donald Trump ‘s second administration is doing — particularly when it comes to the upcoming 2028 midterm elections.

The segment started with the cohosts reviewing footage of Newsom warning, “I really am scared to death about what’s going on in this country. I really believe it is code red. It’s a five-alarm fire. We won’t have a country — we won’t have an election that’s fair and free — if we don’t stand up. We won’t. There will not be a fair, free election. It will be a Putin election…. That’s what Trump

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