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The hosts of "The View" on Tuesday reacted to former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaking out about the Democratic party's shortcomings and the state of the upcoming election.

Clinton called out her party for not passing laws to protect Roe v. Wade in an interview with The New York Times published over the holiday weekend.

"We didn't take it seriously, and we didn't understand the threat," Clinton told the Times. "Most Democrats, most Americans, did not realize we are in an existential struggle for the future of this country."

Host Sara Haines shared Clinton's frustration with the Democratic party's inability to pass laws protecting Roe.

"Hillary Clinton was critical of Democrats for dropping the ball on not codifying Roe v. Wade. I've said that here before, it really bothers me," Haines said.

Haines accused both parties of using abortion as a campaign issue rather than actually looking for solutions.

"They use it when elections come around and then do nothing when they're in office," she said.

Clinton also gave credit to Republicans for being more "relentless" on issues that matter to them.

"They take a loss, they get back up, they regroup, they raise more money," the former presidential candidate said. "It's tremendously impressive the way that they operate. And we have nothing like it on our side."

Host Alyssa Farah Griffin agreed, arguing that Republicans have more consistent messaging and are rallying around former President Donald Trump.

"What I think Hillary Clinton hit on very brilliantly is the GOPs are much better at messaging around one message," Griffin said. "Trump says one crazy thing and people are lined up outside of a courtroom, they're willing to freeze on the court bench with him, they're saying it all over Fox News."

Griffin said Democrats have not been able to achieve that level of messaging consistency.

"I couldn't tell you today what Joe Biden's core campaign message is," Griffin said.

Host Sunny Hostin also said Republicans will follow their party more often than Democrats.

"They just fall in line and they've done that repeatedly," Hostin said. "I wish the Democrats did the same things."

In the Times interview, Clinton stressed how she seems the upcoming election as nothing short of a referendum on American democracy.

"If we don't make the right decision in this election in our country, we may never have another actual election. I will put that out there because I believe it," Clinton said. "And if we no longer have another actual election, we will be governed by a small minority of right-wing forces that are well organized and well funded and are getting exactly what they want in terms of turning the clock back on women."

Hostin pointed out that while the majority of Hispanic and Black women voted for Clinton in 2016, the majority of white women voted for Trump.

"There were 53% of white women that turned to Trump. I will never understand that statistic, actually," Hostin said. "And I hope that does not happen again. I think it's very, very important that people understand what an existential threat this man is to women in particular."

Host Whoopi Goldberg agreed with Hostin.

"I don't think there's a Democrat on the face of this earth who doesn't realize what a threat he is," Goldberg said.

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