The View host Sunny Hostin says she’s been left unconvinced by recent anti-Trump rallies headed by Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Hostin, famed for her progressive views, made the remark on Monday’s installment of the program – turning panelists heads in the process.
The hosts are predominantly liberal – however, Hostin honed in on something she said the pair are missing.
Speaking from the perspective of everyday citizens, she said voters are probably more interested in improving their own economic situation – not the bank accounts of bigwigs and high-paid CEOs.
Both Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez have made ‘taxing the rich’ a cornerstone of their plans to reshape the Democratic party – leading Hostin, a licensed lawyer, to suggest plans to dismantle the billionaire class are likely not a priority for regular voters.
‘The message is, is correct. [But] I think that [it] is a little bit off,’ she said, after Ana Navarro brought up the huge crowds the duo have commanded in recent days.
‘If you look at what people want and are looking for… cost and economy is still number one,’ Hostin reminded her co-hosts.
‘Taxing the rich may not do that for the majority of people – they want to see much more of an action plan.’
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Sunny Hostin says she’s been left unconvinced by recent anti-Trump rallies headed by Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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The View host made the remark on Monday’s installment of the program – turning panelists heads in the process. The hosts are predominantly progressive – however, Hostin honed in on something she said the pair are missing. The two are seen rallying in Denver Friday
Alyssa Farah Griffin – the panel’s lone Republican – said she agreed, though first disclaimed she’s ‘not in the business of giving advice to Democrats.’
She went on to pose what she viewed should be the ‘fundamental question for politicians’ on both sides of the aisle – ‘what are [they] doing to help somebody with the anxiety they’re facing on a random Tuesday morning?
‘And every anxiety they’re facing on a random Tuesday morning has to do with the cost of living,’ she concluded, as the US remains on the verge of a recession.
‘Whether it’s putting gas in their car, feeding their kids child care, the affordability of housing.
‘And I think this is a really good exercise for the progressive base to get excited, to want to fight back,’ Griffin, who voted for Kamala Harris in November, went on.
‘But you’re going to need more than “Fight the oligarchy” [if you are] going after Trump and Elon Musk.’
That same slogan could be seen on the politicians’ podium Saturday in Tucson, Arizona, during one of several rallies being organized by Sanders as part of the similarly named ‘Fighting Oligarchy’ tour.
‘We’re going to throw those bums out, and fight for the nation we deserve,’ Ocasio-Cortez, now being floated as a possible presidential candidate, said during her time on stage.
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Speaking from the perspective of everyday citizens, she said voters are probably more interested in improving their own economic situation – not the bank accounts of bigwigs and high-paid CEOs
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Both Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez have made ‘taxing the rich’ a cornerstone of their plans to reshape the Democratic party – leading Hostin, a licensed lawyer, to suggest plans to dismantle the billionaire class are likely not a priority for regular voters
In Denver the day before, Sanders and the New York congresswoman reportedly commanded thirty-four thousand people – number Navarro insisted showed they were fighting for a justified cause.
‘People are thirsty, desperate to hear someone who gives them fire, that leads them into this fight,’ she said, after showing segments from the rallies, as well as a recent interview with Sanders where he shot down the idea or running again.
‘They want to hear from those people,’ Navarro continued, pointing to the highly attended appearances in Colorado and Arizona as proof.
‘That’s why [Sanders] and AOC are getting 34,000 people to show up to a rally in Denver, 15,000 people to show up to a rally in Phoenix.
‘I mean, think about it,’ she asserted, paving the way Hostin to weigh in. ‘This is not an election year – this is two months… and they are getting tens of thousands of people. Because people want to fight, and they want somebody who will lead them.’
Hostin added: ‘People are tired of Democrats defending the system because, as I’ve often said, you know, the rule book is gone right now.
‘And so [Americans] want an alternative for the pain that they are feeling. They want the pain to be acknowledged, but then they want an answer to their pain.’
Joe Biden warned during his final address of an unseen oligarchy supposedly forming in the US – hence Sanders’ tour tagline.
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Joe Biden warned during his final address of an unseen oligarchy supposedly forming in the US – hence Sanders’ ‘Fight the Oligarchy’ tagline and accompanying tour, which he is organizing
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‘We’re going to throw those bums out, and fight for the nation we deserve,’ the 35-year-old, now being floated as a possible presidential candidate, said, as she continues to criticize the leadership being seen from her party
Sanders stormed out of an interview this weekend when asked about the possibility of Ocasio-Cortez launching a campaign for the Senate.
‘Would you like to see her join you in the Senate?’ ABC News’s Jonathan Karl asked Sanders Sunday, referring to Ocasio-Cortez.
‘Right now, we have, as I said, just a whole lot of people in the Congress,’ Sanders replied, before abruptly standing up to go.
AOC recently turned 35, meaning she’s officially old enough to run for president.
While exceptionally popular with progressive Democrats, the firebrand Congresswoman is seen by many members of her own party as being too left-wing to appeal to centrist and independent voters.
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