Joy Behar reiterated on “The View” that she believes the United States would elect candidates from several minority groups before electing a woman president. Her comments, supported by guest host Star Jones, prompted disagreement from co-hosts who argued that Hillary Clinton’s and Kamala Harris’s defeats do not prove women cannot win the presidency.

Behar cited the unsuccessful presidential campaigns of Clinton and Harris, while Republican co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin predicted a woman would become president within 20 years. Other commentators said the elections reflected candidates’ policies, records and personalities as well as any potential sexism, and noted that two women losing to Donald Trump does not establish that American voters categorically reject female candidates. The discussion comes as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez considers a possible 2028 campaign.