The prosecutor aspect of Sunny Hostin got here out on Tuesday’s (March 24) dwell version of The View as she pressed Abby Huntsman on a problem till she caved and made the admission Hostin needed to hear.
The topic? Whether Defense Secretary (or “Secretary of War”) Pete Hegseth is certified for his place, particularly amid the more and more chaotic battle in Iran.
Huntsman, who’s guest-cohosting the speak present this week as a part of a rotating line-up of girls stepping in throughout Alyssa Farah Griffin‘s maternity leave, found herself playing defense on the subject of her former Fox & Friends Weekend cohost’s bona fides.
“I know Pete. I worked on a show with Pete, and I praise him for his service. He’s a smart guy. He was a perfect Fox News host,” Huntsman stated.
“Is he a perfect secretary of Defense?” Hostin challenged.
Huntsman declined to reply, saying as a substitute, “I would say the memes, the cartoons, and the movie memes have got to stop. When you come from military families, it’s not a game. They talk about it with high fives, Trump at the rally, saying, ‘Should we keep going? Should we keep going?’ Coming from a military family, it’s really … there are people that are dying, they’re losing their lives.”
“Is he qualified to be secretary of Defense?” Hostin then pressed.
Again, Huntsman demurred. “I don’t hope for the demise of the country and the people that are in charge right now, so I pray for the best,” she stated. “I am very concerned because the way they are playing…”
Hostin interrupted to, for a 3rd time, ask, “Is he qualified to be secretary of Defense?” This time, the viewers laughed.
Huntsman then responded with, “The way they are playing this game right now is like checkers when the rest of the world is playing chess.” She then echoed a sentiment Hostin has shared a number of occasions, which is that wars are simple to get into and exhausting to get out of.
Still, Hostin requested the identical query as soon as extra, and Huntsman ducked by simply saying, “I’m very concerned.”
At that time, Joy Behar stepped in to supply, “Do I need to save you from Sunny?”
Huntsman declined the supply however stated, “What I’ll say about cabinets is presidents usually pick people in these roles that are experts at what they do. Trump picks people that will agree with him and do what he says. You wake up every day working for Trump, and you think, ‘Am I going to get fired today?’”
“So you’re saying Pete Hegseth is not qualified?” Hostin responded.
“I’ll go ahead and say Pete Hegeseth is not qualified,” Sara Haines then answered, opening the door for her and others to converse on the difficulty of the Iran strikes and customary issues in regards to the battle.
After Hostin then proclaimed that Hegseth is “unqualified,” Huntsman jumped in to lastly agree. “By the way, I don’t think he’s qualified for the job.”
“Thank you!” Sunny Hostin stated, because the viewers cheered alongside her.
The View, weekdays, 11a/10c, ABC
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