Co-hosts of « The View, » a show known for staunch liberal stances like criticizing gun advocacy, found themselves defending the Second Amendment as a check to government power after the killing of Alex Pretti,
As the show discussed the shooting death of the 37-year-old on Saturday by Border Patrol agents, a clip of Homeland Security Secretary Noem was shown where she said, « I don’t know of any peaceful protester that shows up with a gun and ammunition rather than a sign. » Pretti was carrying a gun at the time of the incident but appeared to be disarmed before he was fatally shot.
After co-host Whoopi Goldberg accused Noem and other public officials of lying about the nature of the incident, co-host Sunny Hostin agreed.
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« I think your point is extremely important because we see now that the government lies to the American people, and they also flout the Second Amendment and Minnesota law, » Hostin said. « Because Alex Pretti, while he did have a concealed weapon, he had a permit— »
« He was allowed to carry it, » Goldberg agreed.
« There is no question that you can protest, exercising your First Amendment right to peacefully assemble in Minnesota, while having that handgun, » Hostin said.
Co-host Sara Haines recalled that a former boyfriend carried his weapon legally to all manner of places, as he had the proper license to do so, but recalled a historical fact about the Second Amendment.
« And the birth of the Second Amendment was about the people being able to protect themselves in case the government was to turn on them, » she said.
« It’s for this very same thing, » Hostin said.
« Exactly what’s happening right now, » Haines continued. « I’m guessing he carries this wherever he goes, whatever, but this is a prime example of what people were allowed to protect themselves against was to carry that weapon. »
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Co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin, a former Trump aide, said her « jaw was on the floor » hearing what she described as officials « denying the existence of the Second Amendment, something that is sacrosanct in the Republican Party. »
« The View » has a long history of condemning gun rights and questioning the Second Amendment.
While Hostin defended the Second Amendment on Monday’s episode of « The View » as intended to hold government in check, she sang a different tune in 2021. That year, she summarized that, according to a book she read, « the right to bear arms was designed to protect slavery because our Founding Fathers, and others, wanted to be able to empower a local militia group to basically put down a slave revolt and protect plantation owners. »
In 2022, Goldberg juxtaposed abortion with gun rights after the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, arguing that while it may be understandable to have a shotgun for hunting, Republicans who took away abortion rights should prepare to have their AR-15s taken away in return.
« OK, you can have your [shotgun] but you can’t have your AR-15. If you are going to get all in my business and tell me what my family can and cannot do, neither can you. They’re going to come for those AR-15s and you better get ready to give them up, » she said. « Because this is America. We were supposed to be able to do things and be the people we wanted to be, and now we are in a crazy place. »
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More recently, after the assassination attempt on President Donald Trump in 2024 in Butler, Pa., the co-hosts of « The View » suggested America’s « obsession » with owning guns is the problem.
« I say now is the time to talk about the common denominator when it came to this assassination attempt, is America’s fascination and obsession with owning guns, » Hostin said after condemning political violence.
The same co-host went on to say that she feared the incident would spark rhetoric about needing more « good guys with guns. »
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Publish date : 2026-01-26 20:06:00
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