The anti-American rhetoric flowed like a river on Tuesday’s edition of The Views as ABC co-host Sunny Hostin proclaimed that America was worse than China, and suggested the American prison system was worse than China’s genocide against Uyghur Muslims. She went on to assert that she “felt real good in Ghana” because she wasn’t a minority.
Racist Hostin’s anti-American screed came in response to a segment where they reacted to an unspecified poll that supposedly showed only 38 percent of Americans said patriotism was important to them.
“It's the notion of patriotism and the notion of America and the American flag has been co-opted by the right as if they are true patriots,” Hostin sneered at conservatives, before suggesting they all were “white supremacists” and “the biggest domestic threat of this country.”
She then bloviated that “as a woman of color” she understood how racist and terrible America was and how China’s genocide of the Uyghurs somehow paled in comparison to the U.S. prison system:
HOSTIN: And so, as a woman of color a with a 6'2" black kid in college and a 5’7” - 5'8" black kid in high school, I don't see that part of American exceptionalism! I'm sorry.
I think this country has a lot of problems that could be solved. Yes, maybe, they’re putting Muslims in jail in Afghanistan I think you mentioned.
ALYSSA FARAH GRIFFIN: In China.
HOSTIN: In China. They’re putting more black people in jail here.
Hostin’s racist, self-righteous screed ignored China’s labor camps and forced sterilizations.
Self-described conservative Alyssa Farah Griffin pressed Hostin on what country she thought was better than America and the racist she preferred Ghana because she wasn’t a minority there:
FARAH GRIFFIN: But can I ask, because we’ve had this conversation before. On the issue of race, what country on Earth do you think would be better? Would you rather live in or feel like it's more inclusive?
HOSTIN: Where I’m not a minority. I felt real good in Ghana.
And after a commercial break, Hostin was back to demanding reparations despite being a multimillionaire who lives in a swanky mansion outside New York City.
Surprisingly, co-host Whoopi Goldberg disagreed that race was the issue driving patriotism down. “I don't think this is about race,” she scoffed. According to her, it was because “We don't teach people that it is your right, your birthright to vote in this country. It's a gift. We don't teach people what their rights are as human beings.” And because her taxes went up and she wasn’t getting anything for it.
But according to co-host Joy Behar, the real reason people didn’t like America was that “there's shootings on a regular basis” and it’s not socialist enough:
But kids today, who are young people now, are looking at this country and they are saying, “if I get sick, I could become bankrupt. If I go to college, I could be in debt until I collect social security.” (… ) And I think that access to the internet has caused a lot of people to say, “gee, they can do it in Denmark. They can do it in Sweden. They can do it in Italy has national health even, you know.” And there are many countries in the world that really do take on these issues.
“Are we that exceptional anymore as we used to be?” she wondered.
Sunny Hostin's anti-American screed was made possible because of lucrative sponsorships from Ancestry and General Mills. Their contact information is linked.
The transcript is below, click "expand" to read:
ABC’s The View
March 28, 2023
11:18:57 a.m. Eastern(…)
JOY BEHAR: Alyssa, we all know – You know, Alyssa, we all know it's a great country because we all have benefited from some of the great things about this country. But kids today, who are young people now, are looking at this country and they are saying, “if I get sick, I could become bankrupt. If I go to college, I could be in debt until I collect social security.” There's shootings on a regular basis in this country. There are major things that are happening here that are making people turn against the country. And those are just some of the things.
And I think that access to the internet has caused lot of people to say, “gee, they can do it in Denmark. They can do it in Sweden. They can do it in Italy has national health even, you know.” And there are many countries in the world that really do take on these issues. And so, we're thinking, “are we that exceptional anymore as we used to be?” Yes, we're a powerful country. We have the best military. But what about the people?
[Crosstalk]
SUNNY HOSTIN: You know, Sara and I – we’ve had this discussion about the flag and that –
BEHAR: And that’s another thing! I put my flag out because I don't want Republicans to think that they own the flag. Okay? I'm a liberal Democrat. That flag goes out every year on my porch.
[Applause]
HOSTIN: And that’s the issue. It's the notion of patriotism and the notion of America and the American flag has been coopted by the right as if they are true patriots.
But when I listen to Christopher Wray, the head of the FBI, he said white supremacy is the biggest domestic threat of this country. And so, as a woman of color a with a 6'2" black kid in college and 5’7” - 5'8" black kid in high school, I don't see that part of American exceptionalism! I'm sorry.
I think this country has a lot of problems that could be solved. Yes, maybe, they’re putting Muslims in jail in Afghanistan I think you mentioned.
ALYSSA FARAH GRIFFIN: In China.
HOSTIN: In China. They’re putting more black people in jail here.
[Applause]
FARAH GRIFFIN: But can I ask, because we’ve had this conversation before. On the issue of race, what country on Earth do you think would be better? Would you rather live in or feel like it's more inclusive?
HOSTIN: Where I’m not a minority. I felt real good in Ghana.
GOLDBERG: I don't think this is about race. This is about a promise –
BEHAR: It’s not only about race.
GOLDBERG: No, it's not. I mean, this is really about all of the things that we believed we were doing that we don't do anymore. We don't teach people that it is your right, your birthright to vote in this country. It's a gift. We don't teach people what their rights are as human beings. You don't treat me -- you treat me like I'm money thing for you.
You’ve increased my taxes, give me nothing for it. You haven't made it better. You making it worse. And then you’re surprised people are going, basically, I don't feel like this is America anymore. It's many, many things.
(…)
