The View Claims DeSantis Scamming Donors, 'Losing Their Homes!'

Nicholas Fondacaro | July 15, 2022
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***The complete post is on NewsBusters***

The Friday after the National Review published a scathing article calling out The View’s faux “conservative” Alyssa Farah Griffin, she showed her true blue colors as she falsely accused Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis of scamming his supporters with a recurring donation “grift.” This was backed up by co-host Sunny Hostin asserting, without evidence, that “people are losing their homes” to his scam.

These false accusations were spewed during a conversation where the liberal cast was gawking at the possibility of DeSantis running for president in 2024. ABC chief legal analyst Dan Abrams was guest co-hosting and suggested DeSantis was duping Trump supporters who were giving to his gubernatorial campaign because it could be used to run against former President Trump:

And there are Trump donors who now giving to DeSantis. Meaning they're giving to his, quote, “re-election campaign” – right – for governor. But they know he's raising much more money than he's actually going to need for the governor's race. And as a result, he's going to have this huge war chest at the end of this re-election campaign. Guess where that's going to go?

 “Who are these people giving money to these people?!” Hostin exclaimed in disbelief.

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