Hostin Seemingly Threatens DeSantis Physical Harm Over Unmasking Kids

Things got dark on Thursday’s edition of ABC’s The View as the coven went after one of their favorite hate objects: Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis after he committed the crime of informing high school students they weren’t forced to wear masks anymore. Sunny Hostin became so furious that she appeared to threaten to physically attack DeSantis if she spoke to her child. She at least warned her response would not be “legal.”

After accusing DeSantis of giving out “bad public health information,” Hostin suggested that if he told one of her kids they have an option not to wear a mask she would “go nuts” and what she would do wouldn’t be “legal”She was cheered up by Whoopi Goldberg as co-host.

HOSTIN: If that was my child, I have no idea what I’d do. It’s not clear if I would be there.

GOLDBERG – You already know what you want to do.

HOSTIN : Like, I don’t know if that would be legal. It is just too inappropriate.

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HOSTIN : I would be crazy. I would be nuts.

But while she was accusing DeSantis of giving “bad public health information,” Hostin falsely claimed upwards of “50 percent of Americans … are not vaccinated.”

Let’s do the math. The 2020 Census data shows that there are 329.5 millions Americans. It is also known that over 215,000,000 Americans have been fully vaccinated. That means 65.2 percent of the country is vaccinated, which means 34.8 percent either weren’t fully vaccinated or only had one dose.

This isn’t the first time The ViewIt has been a hub of COVID misinformation. Back in January, Goldberg suggested she got her case after opening a window (she’s repeatedly claimed COVID was just generally in the air now). They also defended the misinformation of Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor who stated that 100,000 people were in hospital and placed on ventilators.

Returning to Thursday’s show, Goldberg got irate that DeSantis felt the need to tell the kids they had a choice. “But no, you had to point out — you wanted people to see that there were people with masks, and how you felt how you didn’t like it,”She laughed. “So now, great. You jumped on the kids, who are doing exactly what you’ve recommended they do which was make a choice. Yay, Ron.”

The ViewThey say they are following the science and CDC recommendations. But despite the fact the CDC says much of the country doesn’t need to wear masks indoors anymore, The View’s entire audience was wearing masks (seemingly branded for the show) while the cast got to go maskless.

Sara Haines, co-host of the show, also spoke out to depict DeSantis being a schoolyard bully who pushes kids about:

You should also remember that these students were in high school and they look very young. They are not being mocked lightly by adults. You’re watching the governor of your particular state. This is going to be everywhere. These kids are at an age where people are already teased and bullied and you saw that girl scrambling to take hers off, like, what do you do? I just found, to say that to a bunch of minor?

 “I find that he’s all about personal choice and, you know, you take off the mandates and you say, now it’s up to people as to how do they feel,” she added.

Clearly, The View isn’t about choice.

Hostin’s apparent threat was made possible because of lucrative sponsorships from General Mills and Vicks. Their contact information is linked.

The transcript is below, click “expand” to read:

ABC’s The View
March 3, 2022
11:03:12 a.m. Eastern

WHOOPI GOLDBERG: So yesterday, the White House — stop looking at me — announced their pandemic reset plan saying that lockdowns and school closures were no longer necessary. And you would think this would make that guy down in Florida, the, you know, what is his name? DeSantis, happy.

SUNNY HOSTIN: DeSantis.

GOLDBERG: But apparently not. He was all fired up when he saw high school kids wearing masks at a public event yesterday. Take a look.

GOV. RON DESANTIS (R-FL): You do not have to wear those masks. I mean, please take them off. Honestly, it’s not doing anything, and we have to stop with this COVID theater. If you want to wear it, fine, but this is ridiculous.

JOY BEHAR: Oh, he’s so, like, edgy. “This is ridiculous.” You can’t wear a mask, you can’t say gay. That upsets him too. He’s very touchy.

SARA HAINES: I find that he’s all about personal choice and, you know, you take off the mandates and you say, now it’s up to people as to how do they feel. By the way, these were high school students and you think about the age that they’re at right now. This is not just an adult kind of mocking them a little. This is the governor of your state, and it’s televised, like, you’re on video. It’s going to go everywhere. This is a time when people have already been bullied and teased. You saw the girl trying to get hers, and it was like: What do you do? To say this to several minors, I found.

BEHAR: One kid looked at him, like, “shut up.” I like that kid.

HOSTIN: Yeah. Some kids didn’t take off their masks. That was a great example of good parenting. They did the right thing. It’s amazing that this school is in Hillsboro County. It is a community so large that even masks have been used.

GOLDBERG: Required.

HOSTIN: These are recommended for indoor use.

GOLDBERG: Yeah. Yeah.

HOSTIN : They also received bad public information. I’m not sure if or not I would make it.

GOLDBERG – You already know what you want to do.

HOSTIN : Like, I don’t know if that would be legal. It is just too inappropriate.

BEHAR: NO, that would be impossible.

HOSTIN : I would be crazy. HOSTIN: Yes, I would.

GOLDBERG: Well, here’s the thing, you say people have choice, then give them the choice and stop mocking.

HAINES: Yeah.

HOSTIN: Yeah.

GOLDBERG No, people had to be made aware that mask-wearing people existed and what you thought about it. So now [clasps], great. You got on board with the children. Who are doing exactly what you’ve recommended they do which was make a choice. [Claps] Yay, Ron.

BEHAR: You can do whatever you want.

GOLDBERG – They made the decision.

BEHAR It’s not his right to say so.

HOSTIN: That’s right. HOSTIN: He didn’t.

HAINES – You don’t always know whether someone has an immunocompromised family member or not. So, even though Omicron is a more mild case in general, if you can’t have it for whatever – maybe you can’t be vaccinated, maybe someone in your home can’t. It’s not something you know. To put it another way, the act was inappropriate and irresponsible.

HOSTIN: The governor gave poor guidance and poor information regarding public health. I live with someone who’s immunocompromised and so I have to be extra vigilant as do many of the people in my home.

Although I believe the new CDC guidelines (I think they are over 90 pages in length) could have been more concise, it shows us we are at a different phase of this pandemic. The pandemic, is not over, but we’re in a new phase where we’re being more agile and more flexible.

GOLDBERG, Well we are doing the same thing as last time. The last time it sunk it’s head away, everybody came up for air, and then Omicron showed up, and then we put the masks back on. This is how it works. This is how it will continue working. However, I do not understand your desire to highlight something you had suggested. It’s not clear to me why some people say, “Well, it’s not our thing.” Now you don’t need to.

HOSTIN: Yeah.

GOLDBERG: What’s the problem?

HOSTIN: Exactly.

GOLDBERG

HOSTIN: I am interested in hearing more from the White House regarding their new COVID strategy. They say that they would be happy to give this anti-viral medication to some pharmacies if you are positive. It will come to you. I’d love to hear more about that because for those that aren’t vaccinated, I think that could be a life-saving measure as well.

It is obvious, we think. 40%, 50% of Americans and at least 60% of Republicans have not been vaccinated.

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