'The View' Co-Host Calls Out Lara Trump Interview

Former Donald Trump aide Alyssa Farah Griffin has criticized the ex-president's daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, over her viral appearance on conservative commentator Alex Stein's show, in which a baby doll was theatrically abused.

Lara Trump, the wife of Eric Trump, previously worked as a press surrogate and adviser for her father-in-law. She was recently elected as co-chair of the Republican National Committee (RNC) by a unanimous vote after Donald Trump endorsed her for the role.

On Saturday, a clip from a recent appearance that Lara Trump made on a show hosted by Stein—a right-wing commentator known for disrupting local government meetings and confronting politicians in public—was passed around on X, formerly Twitter, and remarked upon for its bizarre content surrounding a baby doll.

After a segment in which another host for the show asked Lara Trump to hold a baby and sign an autograph, Stein produced a baby doll and theatrically punted it offscreen, claiming frustration with the other host for bringing babies on-set. He later subjected the doll to further abuse, like hitting it on the head with his shoe.

"During Lara Trump's interview, Alex Stein used a baby doll to pretend to punt a baby off his set," X account PatriotTakes captioned the footage. "Afterwards, Stein lit the doll on fire, slammed it, repeatedly hit it in the head with a 'Biden' shoe, advised having babies smoke, and threatened to light the doll's hand on fire."

As of press time, the footage had garnered more than 840,000 views.

Griffin, who regularly shares her thoughts and criticism of former president Trump in her role as a co-host of ABC's The View and as a political commentator, weighed in with her thoughts on the clip.

"This is what the new RNC leadership is up to: sitting for an interview with the sexist fringe dude who harassed female Nikki Haley staffers," Griffin wrote on X. "When will the @GOP realize that millions of lifelong Republicans don't want to be associated w/the fringe, crazy nonsense it's amplifying?"

Newsweek has contacted the RNC via a website request form for comment.

In February, BlazeTV personality Stein sparked a backlash when he approached some of Haley's young female staff members on camera outside an event in Dallas and called them "hoes." He also asked for information regarding their purported accounts on OnlyFans, a subscription platform that is popular among sex workers.

Representative Chip Roy, a Texas Republican, was among those who spoke out against the incident, writing on X: "I debate elevating this behavior, but it must be called out. I have no problem with out-of-the-box efforts to challenge the status quo. But attacking a young, particularly female, campaign staffer or volunteer like this deserves blunt repudiation. Be better, @BlazeTV."

Stein later issued a public apology to the staffers via his show, Prime Time with Alex Stein.

Following the traction that the Lara Trump interview clip received on social media, Stein responded to the PatriotTakes account with a screenshot of an online dictionary's definition of "satire."

As the PatriotTakes account noted, the episode of Stein's show on which Lara Trump appeared also featured other eyebrow-raising material, including the host inviting viewers to take a pledge to storm government buildings and Target stores. For the latter, conservative grievances were cited over the company selling products targeting transgender customers last Pride Month.

The RNC co-chair was also asked during her interview about the racist "Great Replacement" conspiracy theory, to which she asked if its validity was "even up for debate."

Lara Trump recently pledged that she would use her new position with the RNC to ensure that all of the organization's funds went to helping reelect her father-in-law in November. The statement led to concerns that funds would be used for Donald Trump's legal bills and that down-ballot Republican candidates would suffer.