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Hostin, 56, and Griffin, 35, – who have sparred before on the topic – were reacting to a segment broadcast Friday on Real Time With Bill Maher, which touched on reasons President-elect Donald Trump defeated Vice President Kamala Harris in decisive fashion earlier this month.

Hostin said she disagreed with Maher’s opinion that Democrats were deceptively playing up racism as a factor in Trump’s defeat of Harris, saying that it did play a role, in addition to sexism.

‘I know that, as a country, it’s very difficult for people to believe that racism and misogyny, they’re just alive and well,’ Hostin said.

Hostin, a one-time federal prosecutor, said that her life experience told her that racism and sexism ‘does still exist, even if your lived experience doesn’t tell you that it exists.’

As a graph depicting election stats was showing a drastic difference in voting tendencies between people of color and white people supporting Trump, Hostin noted that educated people also largely voted for the Democratic candidate.

The View panelists Sunny Hostin, 56, and Alyssa Farah Griffin, 35, clashed Monday over politics on the ABC series

‘It’s not only clear by race, it’s also clear by education,’ Hostin said. ‘Those who attended college voted for her at a higher degree than those who didn’t.’

Griffin said she disagreed, saying that economics ultimately worked against Harris, who would have been the country’s first female president if elected.

The one-time Trump staffer said that the ‘biggest common denominator in this election was that people want a good life and ability to provide for their family.’