The View Cheers as Extremist Guest Declares Constitution Is 'Trash'

Nicholas Fondacaro | March 4, 2022
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Shortly after getting in touch with reality for a second and demanding greater domestic oil production earlier in the show on Friday, the cackling coven of ABC’s The View dipped by into lunacy as they cheered on justice correspondent for The Nation and staunch racist Elie Mystal and his declaration that the Constitution is “kind of trash.”

After a conversation where Mystal wanted President Biden to tie January 6 to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and how all police were on a mission to kill black people, co-host Sunny Hostin gushed about his new book attacking the Constitution and pushing racism with such chapters as:

The first chapter, “Canceling Trash People Is Not a Constitutional Crisis.” Chapter nine, “The Taking of Black Land,” was another favorite of mine, and “Reverse Racism Is Not a Thing.”

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