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Sunny’s Passionate Reaction to Trump’s Comments Prompts Viewer to Question Her Commitment to Haiti

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Sunny Hostin once again hit back at a Twitter user who tried to diminish her stance. The co-host of “The View” remarked on President Donald Trump’s racist remarks about Africa and Haiti and one viewer didn’t like what she heard.

“For this president to say that [Haiti] is a ‘shithole,’ I felt like he was talking about my [Haitain] father-in-law, like he was talking about my husband, like he was talking about my Haitian children,” Hostin says. “And I am so offended.”

In response, a viewer claimed no one has ever seen Hostin traveling to Haiti or any African countries, claiming she could be abducted or assaulted.

https://twitter.com/Lovelyxillusion/status/951850109435867136

And in true Hostin fashion, the senior legal correspondent and analyst, who recently came back from a trip to Haiti, schooled @Lovelyxillusion.

Some commenters thought Hostin should simply exercise her use of the block button.

Yet Hostin’s remark garnered plenty of support, too.

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