Sunny Hostin is not holding back on The View. The co-host of the popular daytime show took aim at House Minority Leader Chuck Schumer in a recent episode and continued pressing him on the issue when he appeared as a guest at the Hot Topics table. Schumer’s decision to support a G.O.P. spending bill, despite opposition from many fellow Democrats, particularly caught Hostin’s attention.
After Schumer’s vote in favor of the bill, Hostin wasted no time in questioning his motives and actions. She expressed her disappointment in his choice, along with the nine other Democratic senators who also supported the bill. This move sparked criticism from within the party, and Hostin, aligning with those sentiments, didn’t shy away from addressing the matter directly with Schumer.
Despite maintaining a friendship with Schumer, Hostin didn’t hold back during their conversation on the show. She confronted him about what she viewed as a concession on his part, stating, “It gives me no pleasure to say this to you… but I think you caved. I think you and nine other Democrats caved.” Her direct approach and willingness to challenge a fellow Democrat on national television highlighted her commitment to holding political figures accountable.
She continued, “I don’t think you showed the fight that this party needs right now, because you’re playing by a rule book where the other party has thrown that rule book away,” as Schumer nodded along to her remarks and even said, “True.”
Hostin added, “So in my view, what you did really was in supporting that G.O.P. partisan bill that Democrats had no input in, you cleared the way for Donald Trump and Elon Musk to gut Social Security, to gut Medicare, to gut Medicaid. Why did you lead Democratic senators to play by that book that the Republicans are not playing by?”
Schumer insisted “nobody” wants to fight more than him, but told Hostin, “You’ve got to fight smart.” While the Senator was clear the G.O.P. bill was “bad” and he even “hated it,” he said Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid would be “far more susceptible to being eliminated” were the government shut down.
“If you have two choices — one bad, the other devastating — one chops off one of your fingers, the other chops off your arm? So I wanna fight, and we are fighting. We’re gonna fight every day,” he insisted.
Yesterday, Hostin told The View that Schumer failed to ignite that fight.
“This was a fight that needed to happen, and it didn’t happen because of Chuck Schumer. If you think about it, Republicans would have had to own that government shutdown,” she said. “They have control of everything, and it would have been squarely on their backs.”
The View airs weekdays at 11/10c on ABC.
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