The ladies of ABC’s “The View” have a unique idea for the Democratic Party’s 2020 presidential election ticket: Hillary Clinton and her daughter Chelsea.

Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar and their co-hosts sat down Wednesday with Chelsea Clinton to discuss her new book, “She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World.” The talk covered ways the Clinton family dealt with President Trump’s Election Day victory before broaching the subject of her future political ambitions.

“When your mother didn’t win the election, a lot of people on my team were very upset and devastated — and really surprised,” Ms. Behar said, media watchdog NewsBusters reported Wednesday. “Your mother, too. I mean, I saw her commencement speech and she’s saying, you know, she hit the bottle.”

“Well, [that’s] a little bit of an overstatement,” replied the guest.

Ms. Clinton then spoke about “fake news” and climate change before co-host Sara Haines cornered her on future professional plans.

“You said you’re not interested in running for political office, but your political tweets do give people hope,” Ms. Haines said while holding up a “Clinton-Clinton 2020” bumper sticker. “Is there anything that would change your mind?”

The audience burst into applause and cheers as “Clinton-Clinton 2020” also appeared on a giant television screen.

“As I’ve said before, I don’t think being a citizen is something that just happens on Election Day,” Ms. Clinton said. “I think registering to vote, showing up to vote is hugely important. I also think standing up for what we believe, saying what we believe, saying what we’re both for and against, standing in opposition to and in affirmation of is hugely important. … I hope that we will have more women throwing their hat in the ring, and I look forward to supporting some of those women in the future.”

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