The View co-host Sunny Hostin has claimed that Elon Musk’s government cuts have killed over 300,000 people, most of whom are children.
In Wednesday’s episode of the political talk show, Hostin and her fellow panelists reflected on Musk’s legacy after he recently departed the role of leading the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
“But the damage that he did was just really incredible,” Hostin declared.
“He slashed 250,000 federal employees, more than 8500 contracts, more than 10,000 grants, and his cutbacks on medical research cost the lives of — the foreign aid — cost 300,000 lives, mostly children.”
“That’s the damage that Elon Musk did,” she continued. “So I don’t think anyone should be listening to him about anything.”
It is unclear where Hostin sourced this so-called statistic, although her fellow co-hosts did nothing to push back on it.
“Elon knows the 411 on everything,” fellow co-host Whoopi Goldberg chimed in.
“Yeah, he got all that information,” Hostin agreed.
“So Trump should be afraid of him,” added Joy Behar. “He has the receipts on the election, too.”
Watch the clip below:
While all the women on The View are known for their virulently anti-Trump views, Hostin is notorious for making ludicrous comments about the current president.
Back in January, Hostin described the January 6th protests as an “atrocity” on a par with the Holocaust.
“It was one of the worst moments in American history,” she argued.
“And when you think about the worst moments in American history, you know, like World War II, things that happened, you know, like the Holocaust, chattel slavery, we need to never forget.”
‘The View’ co-host Sunny Hostin compares the January 6th protests to the Holcaust. pic.twitter.com/47wFO9MoBi
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More recently, Hositn suggested that Democrats should be willing to “fight and die” in order to fight the Trump administration.
“The Baby Boomers, the civil rights generation — they knew what they had to do,” she declared at the time. “They were willing to fight and die for their rights.”
This generation of Congress, they are not meeting the moment,” she continued. “This is an existential crisis.”
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