The View Co-Host: Did ‘Vile’ Trump Provoke Attempted Assassination?

The View Co-Host: Did ‘Vile’ Trump Provoke Attempted Assassination? (NewsBusters)

The View’s Sunny Hostin on Tuesday waded into some dangerous territory as the show’s hosts discussed an attempted assassination of Donald Trump. After Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar condemned the attack, Hostin wondered if the “vile” Trump was to blame for a tone that leads to violence: “You are never supposed to violently try to take someone out because of their views. But with the Trump campaign and all that campaign rhetoric to incite violence— ” 

She continued, “He [Trump] did say ‘I should punch this guy out,’ one of the protesters. It makes me wonder whether or not that campaign, the vileness of it and all the rhetoric will bring more people out of the woodwork like that.” 

Proving she was serious, Hostin repeated, “I wonder whether or not that's part of it.” Back in November, the co-host said, “The bottom line is there was a lot of rhetoric out there and people need to be more accountable for what comes out of their mouth.”