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Sunny Hostin feels 'terrible' about Kamala Harris fumbling her viral question about differences with Biden
"The View" co-host Sunny Hostin defended her viral question to former Vice President Kamala Harris last year that set back her campaign in a new podcast interview, but Hostin said she felt "terrible" that it had such an impact. As producer Brian Teta joked on the show's "Behind the Table" podcast that Hostin had "single-handedly taken down the Democratic Party" with her question to Harris about differences between her and President Joe Biden, the liberal co-host insisted it was fair and something Harris should have expected. Harris joined the co-hosts of "The View" in early October 2024 and was asked by Hostin if there was anything she would have done differently than Biden over the course of the presidency. Harris told the co-hosts, "not a thing comes to mind," which was widely criticized and seen by some as a turning point for the campaign, given Biden's unpopularity and Harris avoiding an easy opportunity to create space for herself. "I knew it instantly when she answered it," Hostin said during the podcast conversation, when asked by Teta if she knew it would be a viral moment. "Which is why I asked the follow-up question, 'is there one thing?' Because I knew, I could see the soundbite and I knew what was going to happen, but I thought it was a really fair question and I thought it was a question that she would expect." Hostin had no interest in hurting Harris' chances. The liberal co-host openly supported Harris and also predicted she would easily win the election. Hostin argued she felt Harris needed to express what her administration would look like in contrast with Biden's. "And now Jake Tapper wrote it in his book?" she asked her fellow co-host, Alyssa Farah Griffin. "I feel terrible." Teta also asked the co-hosts if they felt Harris' answer really cost her the election. "No, right?" Hostin asked the live audience present, as she smiled. Co-host Sara Haines and Teta agreed, as Griffin suggested it did play a role in her loss. "The Trump campaign put so much ad money behind that specific clip and what they were trying to do is tie her to Biden's unfavorabilities, but more than that, just simply the right-track, wrong-track of the election… They used it to say, 'Well, she's not going to do anything different,'" Griffin said. Democratic strategist James Carville said after the election that Harris' loss could be reduced to the viral moment on "The View." "The country wants something different. And she's asked, as is so often the case, in a friendly audience, on 'The View,' 'How would you be different than Biden?' That's the one question that you exist to answer, alright? That is it. That's the money question. That's the one you want. That's the one that everybody wants to know the answer to. And you freeze! You literally freeze and say, 'Well, I can't think of anything,'" Carville said last November after Trump's win. At the start of the podcast discussion, Behar quipped, "it's Sunny's fault she didn't win." Hostin said in November she was surprised by Harris' flub, and called it a layup question at the time. "I was surprised at the answer because it was a question that really could have inured to her benefit. It was a question that could have been a change maker," she said.
Daily Mail
2 days ago
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- Daily Mail
Hilarious moment Sunny Hostin tried to stop Arnold Schwarzenegger from telling migrants to be grateful to US
The View 's Sunny Hostin tried - and failed - to interrupt Arnold Schwarzenegger as he spoke on the daytime talk show about how migrants should treat the US when they arrive. Hostin, 56, tried to interrupt Schwarzenegger not once but twice during Tuesday's episode, as the actor and former California governor explained how he felt about the anti-ICE riots occurring in Los Angeles. Co-host Joy Behar reminded Schwarzenegger of how he was 'once an immigrant of this country,' leading him to give a lengthy response. 'I just think the world of the history of immigrants in America,' Schwarzenegger said, adding 'we need to do things legal.' Hostin then tried try to speak over the star, a week after claiming that two-thirds of Americans polled in a January survey supported deportations of undocumented migrants simply due to their own misunderstanding. 'You got to do things legal,' Schwarzenegger pressed on. 'And those people that are doing illegal things in America - and they're foreigners - they are not smart, because when you come to America, you're a guest.' Hostin again tried to pry her way in by placing her her hand on Schwarzenegger's arm to indicate she wanted to speak - to no avail. 'And you have to behave like a guest,' Schwarzenegger continued unfazed. 'Like, when I go to someone's house and I'm a guest, then I will do everything I can to keep things clean. Everything that is the right thing to do - rather than committing a crime or being abusive.' The actor ultimately declared that migrants should be working not only to improve their situations, but the situation of the country that accepted them. Schwarzenegger, who arrived in the US from Austria in 1968, talked up the US as 'the land of opportunity,' crediting the country for his career. 'I am going to America to use the great opportunities that America has - in education, jobs, creating a family, all of those kind of things,' he went on. 'You have to think, if I get all of those things from America, I have to give something back. 'You have a responsibility as an immigrant to give back to America [and] to pay back America. 'Go do something for your community for no money whatsoever. Make this country a better place.' He then received a round of applause from the audience. A critic of Trump, Schwarzenegger voted for Kamala Harris in last year's election. In 2003, he became one of the rare Republicans to win a gubernatorial bid in California. Last week, Trump mobilized another 2,000 National Guard members as protests in LA continued. The chaos was triggered by immigration raids that resulted in dozens of arrests and a dispersal order from downtown overnight after an intense day of demonstrations in the region. Around 300 National Guard troops were deployed initially, and hundreds more since. Trump has said the National Guard was necessary because California Gov. Gavin Newsom and other Democrats have failed to quell recent protests targeting immigration agents.
Fox News
2 days ago
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'The View' hosts have fierce clash over Middle East, Whoopi Goldberg compares U.S. to Iran
"The View" co-hosts clashed fiercely during a discussion about the Middle East on Wednesday as co-host Whoopi Goldberg compared living in the United States to Iran, receiving pushback from Alyssa Farah Griffin. "Let's remember the Iranians throw gay people off buildings. They don't have basic human rights," Griffin said, as she and co-host Sara Haines argued they weren't going to "defend a terrorist nation," Iran. The co-hosts discussed the conflict between Israel and Iran as fighting between the two continues. Co-host Sunny Hostin ripped Israel earlier during the discussion for preemptively striking Iran, calling the move illegal under international law. Goldberg pushed back and invoked historic racism against Blacks in the United States. "Let's not do that, because if we start with that, we have been known in this country to tie gay folks to the car. Listen, I'm sorry, they used to just keep hanging Black people," Goldberg insisted as Griffin pushed back and said the situations weren't comparable. Griffin said, "In the year 2025 in the United States, is nothing like if I step foot wearing this outfit into Iran right now." "It is the same," Goldberg said. "Murdering someone for their difference is not good whoever does it." Griffin reiterated her point and repeated that living in the U.S. in 2025 was "very different" than living in Iran. "Not if you're Black," Goldberg insisted and Hostin added, "not for everybody." Goldberg said that the U.S. was the greatest country in the world but said people were worried about their kids being shot. "Nobody wants to diminish the very real problems we have in this country. That's no one's intention, but I think it's important to remember that there are places much darker than this country, and people who deserve rights," Griffin said. Goldberg pushed back again and said, "Not everybody feels that way," before stating Black people effectively weren't allowed to vote until 1965. "They don't have free and fair elections in Iran. It's not even the same universe," Griffin argued. An exasperated Goldberg at one point said there was no way for her to make her understand her argument. Hostin, who called out Israel throughout the exchange, said angrily at another point, "I want to say this so that I don't get a bunch of hate mail." "Criticism of the Israeli government is not antisemitic, okay? I'm criticizing Benjamin Netanyahu, I am criticizing Israel. I'm not an antisemite. Under international criminal law, what is happening is now is not legal. That's the bottom line," she said.
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3 days ago
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'The View' co-host warns cast mates not to demonize ICE and military personnel over LA riots
"The View" co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin on Wednesday warned her co-hosts against "demonizing" Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in their discussion about the Los Angeles riots. "I think Trump is not doing this just for optics," co-host Sunny Hostin said. "I think that this is a test case so that he can dismantle some of our institutions. I think it's a power grab. I think he is trying to use the might of the military to suppress people's rights. I think that is very clear. When you use the military against your own citizens, that is a sign of fascism. That is just the truth." The co-hosts continued to criticize the president for his decision to send in troops to aid law enforcement. Griffin then urged the co-hosts to be careful not to "take the bait," as Hostin insisted that she didn't think it was bait. "I haven't made my point yet," Griffin said. "The ICE agents, those are nonpartisan actors, for the most part, who signed up for jobs and served under multiple administrations. They did not necessarily sign up to be doing this, and they're following an order of the commander-in-chief." Co-host Whoopi Goldberg and Hostin said they weren't demonizing them. "We're saying this is the result of ICE, ICE's actions," Hostin insisted. The liberal co-host blamed ICE for the crisis in LA on Tuesday. Griffin added, "I think it's important to remember it's the commander-in-chief that made the decision. They're following the orders." Goldberg then made a seeming comparison to Germany in the 1930s, saying, "Where have you heard that before? 'I'm just following orders from the commander-in-chief.'" Goldberg agreed with co-host Sara Haines, who said she didn't blame the National Guard or the Marines, but said they needed to be careful. "I think it's important we remember statistically the National Guard, the Marines and even these ICE agents… half of them probably have your political views. Half of them are probably pretty uncomfortable with these orders. They have families at home. They have bills to pay, and they're questioning should I walk away from this," Griffin pushed back. Goldberg agreed and then went on to say construction companies and more would have a harder time getting people to work without immigrants. Hostin insisted on Monday that being undocumented was not illegal during a conversation about the riots in LA.
Daily Mail
3 days ago
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- Daily Mail
Arnold Schwarzenegger brutally terminates Joy Behar's attempt to stir anti-ICE hatred
Arnold Schwarzenegger appeared to ignore an attempt from Joy Behar to stir up anti-ICE sentiment on The View Tuesday - instead choosing to offer an uplifting anecdote about his time in the US. 'You are an immigrant yourself - an immigrant of the country,' Behar began. 'Did you have a visceral reaction to what they're doing - what ICE is doing [in LA]?' Schwarzenegger - after begging Democrats and his fellow Republicans 'to come together and solve' the issue - offered a lengthy, thoughtful response. At points, co-host Sunny Hostin attempted to interrupt the conservative, who calmly continued his take. 'Let me tell you - you said "immigrant" - I'm so proud and happy that I was embraced by the American people like that,' he told Behar. 'Imagine - I came here at the age of 21 with absolutely nothing. And then to create a career like that. 'I mean, in no other country in the world could you do that,' Schwarzenegger reiterated. 'Every single thing - if it's my bodybuilding career, if it's my acting career, becoming governor, the beautiful family that I've created. 'All of this is because of America.' The assertion was immediately met with applause after which the 77 year-old chided 'foreigners' he said were fouling up the one place that welcomed them with open arms. 'This is the greatest country in the world, and it is the land of opportunity,' Schwarzenegger said. 'And because I'm such a proud American, and a proud immigrant... the key thing, is we need to do things legal.' He went on to brand immigrants 'doing illegal things in America' as 'not smart.' 'Because when you come to America, you're a guest,' Schwarzenegger explained. 'And you have to behave like a guest. 'Like, when I go to someone's house and I'm a guest, then I will do everything I can to keep things clean,' he further reasoned. 'Everything that is the right thing to do rather than committing a crime or being abusive.' The Kamala Harris voter declared that immigrants' mindsets should be more along the lines of 'I am going to America to use the great opportunities that America has - in education, jobs, creating a family, all of those kind of things. 'Then you have to think, "If I get all of those things from America, I have to give something back,"' Schwarzenegger added. 'You have a responsibility as an immigrant to give back to America and to pay back America, and to go do something for your community for no money whatsoever.' The Terminator actor advised onlookers to 'give something back to afterschool programs, the special Olympics, or whatever it is. An activist holds aloft a Mexican flag and an effigy of US President Donald J. Trump's head as cars burn during protests sparked by immigration raids in Los Angeles, California 'Make this country a better place.' Another round of applause ensued. Schwarzenegger - one of the rare Republicans to win a Gubernatorial bid in the Golden State - added separately: 'Democrats and Republicans have to come together and solve [immigration reform] if they really want to be public servants. 'If they want to be party servants,' he said, 'it won't happen. Trump on Monday ordered a new blitz on Democrat cities that will see huge numbers of illegal immigrants rounded up for the 'largest mass deportation in history', a week of immigration enforcement efforts in LA where protests escalated into violence. That prompted Trump to respond by sending in the National Guard and hundreds of Marines.
