Amanda Carpenter Guest Hosts ‘The View’: What to Know About the Conservative Activist

As Alyssa Farah Griffin‘s maternity leave entered week two, another conservative voice came in to serve as guest host in her stead. This time, it was Amanda Carpenter, the former senior staffer to Senators Jim DeMint and Ted Cruz, who was also a columnist for The Washington Times and a celebrity.land commentator. Carpenter’s first day on the show was Monday (February 23), and it was an unusual one for everyone involved, since moderator Whoopi Goldberg was snowed in to her home and had to join the panel via video chat, and the studio was completely empty of its usual audience due to the extreme weather conditions in New York City.