The View co-host Sunny Hostin is doubling down on her fear of American flags. She previously said that she felt unsafe in neighborhoods that flew American flags.
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Appearing on the "Behind the Table" podcast, The View host explained that she stood by her feelings. Hostin compared the American flags to the Confederate flag.
"I was going to say what's interesting is that this is not a new conversation in the Black community," Hostin said. "I'm in the South. I've got these two kids with me. I look the way that I look, and I'm walking past a Confederate flag with a group of dudes in a pickup truck on the beach. And I scurried back to the house, and I said to the hosts, 'Do you know that there's a Confederate flag out there? You know, it didn't feel great.' And they had seen the flag for years, but it didn't have the same effect on them as it would have on me."
'The View' Host Feels Uncomfortable With American Flags
This comes after Hostin discussed American flags on The View during the 250th anniversary of America. She said it makes her feel uncomfortable.
"I said this on this show many, many years ago, because this is my tenth year on the show," she said. "I said there are times when I walk into a community. And I see American flags all over the community and I suddenly feel unsafe because there's a section of this country that has co-opted the American flag, and they equate being an American or an American flag with White supremacy, and that should never be the symbol of White supremacy, but they have weaponized it."
According to Hostin, it's not the American flags but the communities that she has the real issue with.
"Unfortunately, at this point in our country, the American flag has been co-opted by the far right. They call themselves patriots, people that storm the Capitol with Confederate flags and American flags. And they've weaponized the American flag. That is something that is happening in this country. And to deny that is ridiculous to me," Hostin said.
Hostin then said she wanted to reclaim the flag.
"I would be very happy to be part of a take the flag back, reclaim the American flag as a symbol of what it should be, which is, I think, justice, which I think is freedom. I think it's equality. It's sort of... the promise of this country," Hostin said.
