The hosts of ABC’s The View blasted President Donald Trump on Monday over his decision to deploy the National Guard to Los Angeles, accusing him of “fascism” and warning of a looming “civil war.”
During the broadcast, co-host Sunny Hostin sharply criticized what she called the “militarization” of the National Guard, warning that Trump’s actions resemble authoritarianism.
“He is militarizing and deploying the Guard for the purpose of policing Americans’ protest activity — our freedom of speech, our freedom of assembly,” Hostin said. “This is the kind of internal military policing that leads to chaos, fascism, and yes, civil war.”
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Co-host Whoopi Goldberg echoed Hostin’s concerns, asking rhetorically, “Whatever happened to states’ rights?”
Goldberg questioned the legality and necessity of deploying federal troops without a request
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