As NewsBusters foretold last week, far-left sycophant and co-host of ABC’s The View, Sunny Hostin groveled at the feet of former Vice President and failed presidential candidate Kamala Harris (D). Hostin was seeking absolution for the blame she received for sinking Harris’s campaign with a simple softball question. Hostin was relieved when she finally got what she was looking and praying for.
Well into their interview which took up nearly the entire show, faux conservative Alyssa Farah Griffin tiptoed into asking Harris if there were any blind spots in her campaign given how much the American people opposed then-President Biden: “Understanding that many people saw you as an extension of Joe Biden, were there glaring warning signs that, when there's only two options to vote on, that you missed going into election day?”
Taking the question as a nudge toward her infamous appearance on the show, Harris quipped that they must have read “The View” chapter in her book first. She prefaced by saying “that day and that interview for me really was symbolic of the issue,” with that issue seemingly being a staunch loyalty to Biden that led to a blind spot:
I'm a loyal person, and I didn't fully appreciate how much people wanted to know there was a difference between me and President Biden. I thought it was obvious. And I didn't want to offer a difference in a way that would be received or suggested to be a criticism.
And – you know, in the campaign full time I was pointing out the differences. My theory of the case was we need to bring costs down. We're going to extend the child tax credit. We're going to have Medicare cover home healthcare for people including people in sandwich generations who are raising young children and taking care of their parents. I was about taking on price gauging, bringing down costs. And I thought I was making the point and I realize now that I didn't fully appreciate how much of an issue it was.
Upon hearing that, Hostin meekly spoke up to admit that she did understand how unpopular Biden was at the time (not that she admitted it on air), and was essentially the reason she asked the question:
During your appearance and you write about it, you say, “everything about my appearance on The View was going well until it wasn't.” And if you recall, you were here 28 days before the election, and I asked you, “if there was anything you would have done differently than President Biden during the past four years,” and you said, quote, “there is not a thing that comes to mind," end quote.
Hostin then asked the question that had been weighing on her heart for nearly a year, if she was to blame for Harris losing:
HOSTIN: You write you had no idea you just pulled the pin on a hand grenade. In the moment I knew. The Trump campaign weaponized your answer against you. My question. And some, including James Carville and Jake Tapper point to that answer as a turning point in your candidacy. Do you think that moment tipped the election?
HARRIS: No, no.
BEHAR: Good, because Sunny doesn't want to take the blame.
With that exchange, the audience and the table roared with laughter. They even carried out a mockery of a Catholic blessing for Harris:
HARRIS: It was kind of a confession happening here. No. [Makes the sign of the cross]
ANA NAVARRO: I absolve you.
HARRIS: Exactly.
Feeling emboldened by Harris’s forgiveness, later in the show, Hostin wanted her idol to scold America for not listening to her warnings about President Trump:
Madam Vice President, since Trump has taken office, everything that you warned about has happened. Do you sometimes just want to scream, “I told y'all so!” and feel free to do it right now.
“Sunny, nothing comes to mind,” Harris chided. Hostin was the first to laugh and the two shared a fist bump.
The transcript is below. Click "expand" to read:
ABC’s The View
September 23, 2025
11:29:24 a.m. Eastern(…)
ALYSSA FARAH GRIFFIN: Madam Vice President, before the election two-thirds of Americans felt that the country was on the wrong track according to an NBC poll. On issues like the border, cost of living, the perception of crime, 43 percent of Americans felt like Joe Biden's policies had personally hurt them. Understanding that many people saw you as an extension of Joe Biden, were there glaring warning signs that, when there's only two options to vote on, that you missed going into election day?
KAMALA HARRIS (former vice President): You know, I write about it as you all know in the book - and I know that's probably the first chapter you read was my chapter on The View.
[Laughter]
But it really -- the book is about a reflection, and that – that day and that interview for me really was symbolic of the issue. It was -- it did not create the issue, but it was symbolic of the issue, which is that I -- I'm a loyal person, and I didn't fully appreciate how much people wanted to know there was a difference between me and President Biden. I thought it was obvious. And I didn't want to offer a difference in a way that would be received or suggested to be a criticism.
And – you know, in the campaign full time I was pointing out the differences. My theory of the case was we need to bring costs down. We're going to extend the child tax credit. We're going to have Medicare cover home healthcare for people including people in sandwich generations who are raising young children and taking care of their parents. I was about taking on price gauging, bringing down costs. And I thought I was making the point and I realize now that I didn't fully appreciate how much of an issue it was.
SUNNY HOSTIN: Yeah, that President Biden was deeply unpopular. I did realize that, and in -- During your appearance and you write about it, you say, “everything about my appearance on The View was going well until it wasn't.” And if you recall, you were here 28 days before the election, and I asked you, “if there was anything you would have done differently than President Biden during the past four years,” and you said, quote, “there is not a thing that comes to mind," end quote.
HARRIS: Yeah.
HOSTIN: You write you had no idea you just pulled the pin on a hand grenade. In the moment I knew. The Trump campaign weaponized your answer against you. My question. And some, including James Carville and Jake Tapper point to that answer as a turning point in your candidacy. Do you think that moment tipped the election?
HARRIS: No, no.
BEHAR: Good, because Sunny doesn't want to take the blame.
[Laughter]
HARRIS: It was kind of a confession happening here. No. [Makes the sign of the cross]
ANA NAVARRO: I absolve you.
HARRIS: Exactly.
(…)
