“It Might As Well Be A Hood” The View Gives Us Another Crazy Take
Amala Ekpunobi
Amala Ekpunobi
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🗓️ 8 July 2026
⏱️ 10 minutes
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‘The View’ cohost Sunny Hostin says an American flag hat “might as well be a [KKK] hood” and that she feels “unsafe” in neighborhoods where houses display the flag. Let’s talk about it.
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| 0:00.0 | And with an American flag on that cap, you might as well have a hood on. You might as well have a hood on. |
| 0:05.2 | Because that's what it looks like. That's what it feels like. All right, guys, we are back with the |
| 0:08.9 | ladies of the view. They can't run from me. And I certainly can't run from them no matter how hard |
| 0:14.0 | I try. Let's talk about it. Yeah, you better. Yeah, you better. |
| 0:22.0 | Yeah, you better. |
| 0:28.1 | Guys, before we get into today's video, please consider liking and subscribing if you like what you hear. |
| 0:29.1 | Today, we're going to be headed over to a clip from the view, which is what we do on |
| 0:32.2 | this channel. |
| 0:32.9 | I'm sorry. |
| 0:33.9 | They have take after take that is just arcing my system. Okay, guys. And today is just another |
| 0:41.2 | one of those days. We're going to roll it back to July 4th a little bit. Of course, we celebrated |
| 0:45.9 | our 250th anniversary as a country. And one thing the view is going to do is call that out and |
| 0:52.2 | not celebrate it. On top of that, Sunny Hosten decides to go on a tirade about the American flag and how it's been co-opted by white supremacists and hate groups and how whenever she sees an American flag, she's just quaking in her boots. And with an American flag on that cap, you might as well have a hood on. You might as well have a hood on because that's |
| 1:11.0 | what it looks like. That's what it feels like. But you say this is the best nation. It's the best nation for who. Yeah. When you say it's the best nation, the best nation for who. Now they've been doing this for a really long long time. That guest, by the way, is Michelle Bito. She is an American actress and comedian. Now, they always do this. When they say America's great, great again for who? When was America great and when do you want to roll it back? When you say this country's so wonderful, wonderful for who? As they all sit in designer clothes with their red bottom shoes on the view, with a whole audience watching them |
| 1:44.2 | and giving them the claptor every time they say anything. |
| 1:46.7 | They make millions of dollars, presumably, |
| 1:49.0 | return home to nice homes with nice families |
| 1:52.0 | here in the country of United States of America |
| 1:54.1 | that they do not have to be in. |
| 1:56.4 | And you know what, if any of these women ever decide |
| 1:57.9 | to leave the United States, |
| 1:59.5 | somebody of their exact same marginalized group will be just waiting to enter this country and to take their |
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