‘The View’s Sunny Hostin Says Donald Trump “Benefited” From Toned Down Rhetoric After Assassination Attempts: “Silencing Of Factual Information”

Sunny Hostin shared a arguable mentation astir Donald Trump connected this morning’s section of The View. While discussing nan impending statesmanlike predetermination — which is now little than 2 weeks distant — and really some Kamala Harris and Trump are treated by nan media, Hostin said she thinks Trump “benefited” from nan displacement successful sum of his run aft he survived 2 assassination attempts.

Hostin noted that location was a near-universal telephone to “tone down nan rhetoric” successful nan aftermath of a concerning spark successful governmental unit complete nan summer; Trump was grazed by a slug astatine a rally successful Pennsylvania successful July and later targeted successful an attempted assassination connected his play people successful Florida successful September.

But, she claimed, that very displacement successful rhetoric meant a little captious oculus connected Trump — meaning immoderate cardinal “factual information” astir him wasn’t being wide reported, according to Hostin.

“We had those 2 assassination attempts against nan erstwhile president, and nan connection that was sent retired crossed nan committee was, ‘Let’s reside down nan rhetoric,’ and successful toning down nan rhetoric, that silenced group that were calling him a fascist, a threat to society,” Hostin said. “That silenced actual information.”

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Looking astir nan table, she said, “Many of america still called him a fascist, a dictator connected time one, but location has been benignant of this silencing of actual accusation astir nan erstwhile president, and I deliberation that benefited him greatly.”

When Joy Behar piped up to say, “How travel we haven’t toned down?” asking Hostin, “How do you explicate that?” Sara Haines replied pinch a swift one-liner.

“Have you ever listened to directions?” she asked.

The View airs weekdays astatine 11/10c connected ABC.