Watching The View recently felt less like serious journalism and more like a public display of ideological blindness when co-host Sunny Hostin suggested that illegal immigrants shown by President Trump should “sue the President of the United States” if they were defamed after their faces were displayed. Hostin’s line landed like a thud because Americans know the difference between being accused and being convicted, and they also know leaders have a duty to show the public who is being arrested in sweeping enforcement actions.
Hostin didn’t stop there — she described the images as “mostly Black and Brown people” and called the individuals “predators… rapists and murderers,” while also asserting that a large share of ICE detainees lack criminal convictions. The show’s performance demonstrates the dangerous cocktail of race-baiting and legal ignorance that too often passes for moral outrage on cable TV.
Meanwhile, the White House and the administration have been unapologetically public about enforcement, lining the lawn and briefing rooms with posters and mugshots of those arrested as part of ICE operations to make a clear point: lawlessness has consequences and Americans deserve to know who’s been taken into custody. That transparency — infuriating to the coastal elite — is precisely what voters have demanded after years of unchecked illegal immigration and rising crime.
Conservatives should not flinch when the Left accuses the President of “defamation” for exposing criminal activity; the real scandal is the liberal media reflex to protect people simply because they’re uninvited, rather than holding them accountable for alleged crimes. The numbers trotted out by the administration show a surge in arrests and removals compared to the previous administration, which undermines the hand-wringing narrative that enforcement equals cruelty.
The View’s moral posturing rings hollow when you remember their habit of rewriting reality to fit a narrative — Sunny Hostin has even argued in other segments that being undocumented is “not illegal,” a talking point that ignores both the law and everyday Americans’ concerns. If Hostin truly cared about justice, she’d demand due process for victims and accountability for those who exploit our communities, not grandstanding about theoretical lawsuits on daytime TV.
At the end of the day, hardworking Americans want borders, order, and safety, not sanctimony from celebrities and pundits who profit from outrage. If the left wants to complain about posters and pressers, fine — but conservatives will keep pushing common-sense enforcement, support for law enforcement, and honest reporting of the facts until neighborhoods are safe again and the rule of law is restored.
