As more Democrats are losing House seats, following the Republican presidential win, the Democratic Party has been questioning its up-and-coming leaders. In reviewing this discussion, The View’s Sunny Hostin was appalled on Wednesday, claiming persecution against young Democratic lawmakers such as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) by Republicans. The ABC co-host claimed that Ocasio-Cortez’s political beliefs were not so left-leaning, aligned with most of young Americans, and should be considered basic stances by the Democratic Party.
These outrageous opinions surrounding AOC, by Hostin stemmed from the criticism mounting against young leaders. Sunny continued with her outrageous claims that the stances of AOC should be commonly held and not “demonized,” even claiming they should be “everybody issues.”
HOSTIN: She has been demonized by the right, and she's been demonized as this, like, too progressive far-left person, and I want to set -- try to set the record straight cause if she is too progressive, then the Democrats really are going to lose the working class.
Because this is her platform: The key issues, health care for all people, affordable housing, rebuild the unions, federal job guarantee, free public college, create clean energy jobs, pay parental leave and expand protections for the LGBTQ+ community.
Sunny decried that “If that is too progressive for this country, then that's a problem for the Democrats, and that's a problem, quite frankly for this country.”
These extreme comments, which normally go unchecked on The View, were countered by the token “Conservative” on the show, Alyssa Farah Griffin. Griffin pointed out that some of AOC’s stances were in no way generally accepted in the U.S. electorate, especially when it comes to healthcare:
Most Americans think they want to have some choice and optionality in their healthcare. There is a reason Obamacare did not have the public option. That's not where the majority of the country is. I would argue that AOC is definitely too left for the majority of the country.
This was reminiscent of when Hostin claimed back in July that, much like her, Vice President Kamala Harris wasn’t far left. “Well, to be clear, she's pretty moderate also. She's pretty moderate also,” she said at the time, “…former prosecutors aren’t leftist.”
With Hostin’s comments furthering progressive ideology as common views, Griffin created a reality check amongst a panel of one-sided, and out-of -touch opinions.
The transcript is below. Click "expand" to read:
ABC’S THE VIEW
12/18/2024
11: 04 16 AM EST
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SUNNY HOSTIN: The other thing that I will say is about AOC, she has been demonized by the right, and she's been demonized as this, like, too progressive far left person, and I want to set -- try to set the record straight cause if she is too progressive, then the Democrats really are going to lose the working class, because this is her platform: The key issues, healthcare for all people, affordable housing, rebuild the unions, federal job guarantee, free public college, create clean energy jobs, pay parental leave and expand protections for the LGBTQ+ community. If that is too progressive for this country, then that's a problem for the Democrats, and that's a problem, quite frankly for this country.
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11:05:05 AM EST
HOSTIN: Well, healthcare for all should be an everybody issue.
ALYSSA FARAH GRIFFIN: But the devil is in the details because a lot of is country does not support, for example, the Green New Deal which would absolutely crush jobs across the country, wreak havoc on the econo–
SUNNY: It would create millions of jobs actually–
ALYSSA: It would make, it would actually make international travel virtually impossible to do because of some of the regulations that have been placed. Universal healthcare. You should have, of course, anyone who needs emergency coverage, people should have catastrophic coverage but most Americans think they want to have some choice and optionality in their healthcare. There is a reason Obamacare did not have the public option. That's not where the majority of the country is. I would argue that AOC is definitely too left for the majority of the country…
