Sunny Hostin Calls Out Gretchen Carlson During Tense ‘The View’ Moment
Oct. 25 2021, Published 3:17 p.m. ET
Sunny Hostin went after former Fox News host Gretchen Carlson after she labeled herself an "independent" during a tense exchange on The View.
According to reports, Hostin and Carlson started arguing during a segment that focused on President Joe Biden’s faltering poll numbers with independent voters. It was at this point that Carlson disclosed that she considers herself an independent voter.
Carlson then went on to say that if Biden wants to pass his Build Back Better agenda – his $7 trillion plan focusing on Covid-19 relief as well as future economic and infrastructure development – that he needs to start appealing to moderate and independent voters. She also claimed that Biden “campaigned on being a moderate” and that he had a “history of bringing the two parties together.” This is when things started to heat up.
“See, I disagree with that. That sounded very Republican of you,” Hostin fired at Carlson.
“No, it's very independent. I’m not a Republican. I’m an independent,” Carlson countered.
“But it sounded Republican,” Hostin responded. “Let me say this, you know, there have been many studies about the rise of independents and what those studies have found that few Americans who identify as independent are actually independent.”
Prior to this spat, everything was going really well between The View regular and guest host. When Carlson first arrived in front of the cameras and sat down with the rest of the hosts, she was greeted very kindly.