Joy Behar hopes to 'actually influence people's thinking' with her criticism of the Trump administration

"It's because of the freedom to speak my mind, that has always been the attraction," she responded, before talking about other parts of her career. "I like the people I work with, number one, I like everybody." 

"I also feel an obligation to speak about the administration that we're in the midst of, and I feel like we're in a privileged position to say certain things and that we, you know, we can actually influence people's thinking sometimes, even if it's a little bit, that we're in a lot of trouble in this country right now, and that I like the idea that we can say stuff that people will listen to," she said.

Behar was also asked about the many political figures she's gotten to interview on the show and about why politicians come on the talk show. 

"We can show them the way they are in real life, the way they really are," Behar said. "I've met Hillary Clinton many times. She's different when she's running for office, and she's all scared to make a mistake. When she's herself, she's very funny. She should have come on 'The View' more, I think at that time. In fact, somebody screwed her up, somebody in her campaign said, 'don't go on,' and it was a big mistake."

Behar said Clinton was a grandma, wife and mother and was much more than just someone who ran for office. 

Biden appeared on the show in May for one of his first interviews since leaving the White House. 

"I wasn't surprised, not because I didn't think the vice president was the most qualified person to be president," Biden said. "She is. She's qualified to be President of the United States of America. I was surprised because they went the route of, the sexist route, the whole route. I mean, this is a woman, she's this, she's that. I mean, I've never seen quite as successful and a consistent campaign undercutting the notion that a woman couldn't lead the country, and a woman of mixed race."