As the left likes to say, never let a serious crisis go to waste! While discussing the absolute devastation in Puerto Rico from Hurricane Maria, some hosts at ABC’s The View wondered if the lack of media attention was a result of racist mainland Americans. Instead of putting the blame on the media for being late to alerting Americans to the serious crisis, The View’s Sunny Hostin instead suggested the skin color of Puerto Ricans was why Americans didn’t “care” about what they were going through.
The discussion started off with host Whoopi Goldberg explaining the devastation resulting from the hurricane, from homelessness to lack of clean water and food, while bashing President Trump for tweeting about the country’s “broken infrastructure and massive debt” in the midst of it. Whoopi and fellow host Joy Behar wondered if Trump’s seemingly insensitive tweets were a result of his own ignorance.
Host Sunny Hostin then defended Puerto Rico, saying they were in that financial situation because of laws which made it harder for their economy to run successfully, all the while making digs at Trump. – READ MORE
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